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Economic relations between major players such as China and Japan are increasingly close – owing not only to booming trade, but also to direct investment and regional production networks.
The majority of the Central Committee, not surprisingly, are Abbas’s close associates and supporters.
Most close observers of the relationship agree that the US-Japan alliance is in much better shape today than 15 years ago.
On opposite sides of religious and ethnic divides, a close bilateral relationship would seem unlikely under even the best circumstances.
The world and its worries are meant to close down while Europeans repose.
For example, every day millions of people drive at high speeds encased in a ton of metal, and they do so extremely close to others who are doing the same thing.
They are patriots, who believe not in Communist authoritarianism, but in pluralism and the close connection between personal freedom and prosperity.
Given that Greece had a current-account deficit close to 10% of GDP in 2010, a drop in imported consumption goods of that magnitude seems to be needed before the country’s external debt can be stabilized.
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Money helps, but so do other things, such as close human relationships, acts of kindness, absorbing interests, and the chance to live in a free, ethical, and well-governed democratic society.
When a would-be dictator – anywhere, any time, on the right or the left – wants to close an open society or initiate a crackdown against a democracy movement, he follows ten classic steps: invoke a threat, create secret prisons, develop a paramilitary force, establish a surveillance apparatus, arbitrarily detain citizens, infiltrate citizen groups, target key individuals, go after journalists, call criticism “treason,” and subvert the rule of law.
The son of a close ally was abducted – and, fortunately, later released – by unidentified men.
But, given the close linkages between Mexican production and US consumption (which is now sputtering again), any resilience in the Mexican economy could be short-lived.
Free products also depress the value of close substitutes.
After much old-style “Nasserite” rhetoric, they decided to create the Close Neighbors Economic and Trade Association Council.
Were he to opt to close the Doha Round as it has been negotiated to date, he could become a general without any troops.
The other option is to close the Round by resolving the US-India discord on agriculture.
People should be encouraged to report the possible radicalization of those close to them to the relevant authorities, whether psychiatric professionals or the police.
Yet, as highlighted at the recent conference “Mining Dialogue 360 Degrees,” youth unemployment has reached unprecedented levels, and real inward investment for mining is close to zero – while inflows in neighboring Zimbabwe are rising steadily.
UNAIDS maintains a close partnership with the Global Fund.
Both companies and governments can help close the gap between living and minimum wages.
For their part, local and state governments can close the gap – currently $3 per hour in Fresno and $6 per hour in San Francisco, by raising the minimum wage and expanding EITC coverage and other benefits.
Given the tumultuous international environment and the EU’s own recent close call, there is no alternative but to take action, and her remarks could have far-reaching consequences for Germany’s place in the EU, and for its relationship with France.
Even in Germany, often regarded as the strongest manufacturing economy in the developed world, manufacturing employment peaked around 1970, at close to 40%, and has been steadily declining ever since.
This kind of House seat can easily flip to the Democrats in 2018, if a candidate like Min can persuade voters that Walters is out of touch – and too close to Trump.
While innovation sometimes comes from brilliant individuals – 21 of Britain’s Nobel prizewinners were refugees – it generally comes from the synergy of talented people in close proximity.
In the absence of close and broad international cooperation, the US must join the race and lower its corporate-tax rate.
Like Japan, Korea was characterized by close government-business relations, conglomerates (known here as chaebols), a weak labor movement, and mercantilist industrial and trade policies, with foreign exchange and domestic credit allocated by the state.
Overly close contacts with NATO (let alone membership) would deprive Russia of strategic independence.
Sexual relations between other close relatives, such as parents and their adult children are, the report argues, in a different category because of the different power relations between generations, and the greater potential for damage to other family relationships.
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