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If the US is to make its financial weaponry an effective foreign-policy tool, big banks cannot blithely proceed to do what US authorities have prohibited.
So when one miscreant is discovered, the enforcement authorities hit it hard, to signal to others that, while they might not get caught, the financial penalties will far exceed the limited benefits of disobeying the government’s foreign-policy edicts.
Today, most governments separate their environmental authorities from those focusing on energy, agriculture, and planning.
China’s saving will come down as its GDP growth slows, the authorities decontrol interest rates on bank deposit, and the economy rebalances toward consumption.
Popular discontent in Russia has also been inflamed by the authorities’ widely reviled pension reform, which includes an increase in the retirement age.
Unfortunately, at the time that the “troika” – the European Commission, the European Central Bank, and the International Monetary Fund – first included this irresponsible demand in the international financial program for Greece, the country’s authorities had no choice but to accede to it.
ECB President Mario Draghi’s confidence trick, in the form of his declaration in 2012 that the monetary authorities would do “whatever it takes” to preserve the euro, has worked so far.
Running clinical trials under the auspices of affected countries’ health ministries and the WHO – with full transparency in terms of processes and outcomes – would enable the relevant authorities to make timely and informed decisions regarding which treatments and vaccines to investigate further and when to deploy them.
She became involved with a local grassroots group, Girls Empowerment Network, joining other young women and civil-society groups across Malawi to urge village authorities and parliamentary ministers to put an end to child marriages.
The authorities should focus not only on producing renewable energy, but also on improving the energy efficiency of existing systems.
This incoherent claim has underpinned policy in Canada, where the authorities continue to push for major new tar-sands pipelines.
In the battle against the PLCs, international and national regulatory authorities must fill this role, setting and enforcing the rules of the game to protect the health of people worldwide.
Today, China’s authorities are looking at a broader range of measures at the local and national levels that cover not just growth, but also quality of life.
The authorities dare not relax their vigilance, especially when it comes to policing the media and the Internet.
A much smaller number even disclose information that embarrasses the authorities and make explicit demands, often at great personal risk.
Sanctions imposed on journalists, lawyers, and others who cross an invisible line often involve punitive legal action, though in many cases the authorities dispense with formalities to ensure their line is toed.
To be sure, the authorities may point to undoubted successes of their own over the past 25 years in support of continued one-party rule.
Moreover, it implies that the crisis is fully under European control, and that the European authorities have elaborated a comprehensive plan that will resolve all of Greece’s fiscal and structural problems.
China’s Green DriversBEIJING – Earlier this month, China’s government announced another bold move to ease traffic congestion and reduce carbon emissions: the authorities want 60% of all motor-vehicle use in towns and cities to be public transportation, and the government in Beijing is urging regional governments to use more zero-emission and alternative-energy vehicles.
The authorities want renewable energy to account for one-fifth of its total energy demand by 2015.
For example, the authorities have imposed a 12% tax on gas-guzzlers.
This is one of the highest such subsidies in the world, attesting to the authorities’ seriousness about encouraging consumers and fleet owners to switch.
This short-sighted strategy contrasts sharply with the long game being played by the Chinese authorities.
For example, by stating their willingness to take any territorial disputes to the International Court of Justice, Japanese authorities could help to dispel perceptions of militarism.
And the November figure will be adjusted downward because of a recently discovered statistical error by Canadian authorities.
So one can sense that the monetary authorities are very concerned to prepare the ground for their next moves.
Before the referendum is held, the UK public must understand that such matters simply cannot be returned to national authorities.
At various times he was persona non grata to the authorities in a number of countries after characterizing either their policies or their behaviour in ways they did not appreciate.
This government’s move represents a radical change of course, following three decades of relatively liberal economic policymaking, during which the authorities have permitted private-sector foreign-exchange transactions and even capital flight.
Arizona law allows any interested party to report an individual’s bizarre or threatening behavior to the authorities, who can involuntarily commit the individual for psychiatric evaluation.
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