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The competitiveness gap between China and the OECD countries is
closing
much faster than the regulatory environment is converging.
With public concerns about immigration fueling xenophobia and nationalism in the West, some countries are
closing
their borders.
In his
closing
statement, he dropped a bombshell: he claimed that Wang Lijun, his former police chief and henchman (and a “vile character”), was secretly in love with his wife.
But Bo apparently is not accepting his political demise as a final act – in his
closing
statement, he told the court that he wanted to keep his Party membership (he was expelled anyway) – and a comeback calculus may well have motivated his spirited performance.
The international community banded together, banned the substances, and the holes are now
closing.
In that vein,
closing
down trade with China, while failing to address the saving shortfall, is like putting pressure on one end of a water balloon.
That helps preserve the political power of entrenched veto-wielding players,
closing
the trap.
The issue of shrinking and
closing
spaces for civil society must be added to the agenda of national parliaments, multilateral organizations, and international negotiation processes.
By
closing
loopholes, we will finally close our ports and markets to illegally obtained fish.
Closing
the Youth Apathy GapNAIROBI – When the United Nations’ member countries adopted the Sustainable Development Goals two years ago, they committed themselves to reduce substantially “the proportion of youth not in employment, education, or training.”
But perhaps the most effective approach to
closing
the apathy gap focuses on initiatives led by young people themselves.
In its recent reports, the FSB has concentrated on capital requirements, on
closing
legal loopholes that allow banks to evade them, and on improving accounting standards.
We seem to be
closing
in on just such a moment.
So, despite the current regime’s tough, often anti-Western rhetoric, they are not at all interested in
closing
Russia off from the West.
This was emphasized by China’s new senior leaders – Executive Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli and Premier Li Keqiang – in the Forum’s opening and
closing
remarks, and considerable detail was provided in many of the working sessions.
As Robert Hannigan, the former director of the British intelligence agency GCHQ, recently observed, the window for tech companies to reform themselves voluntarily is quickly
closing.
The total cost of
closing
the “pain gap” and providing all the necessary opioids would be just $145 million a year at the lowest retail prices (unfairly, opioids are often more expensive for poorer countries than richer ones).
Closing
America’s Jobs DeficitBERKELEY – The latest data on employment in the United States confirm that the American economy continues to recover from the Great Recession of 2008-2009, despite the slowdown engulfing the other G-20 nations.
Specifically, universities could play a crucial role in
closing
urgent education and skills gaps, by helping to prepare workers for the jobs of the twenty-first century.
The Open Society Institute committed over $2 million to assist the government in
closing
a large institution for people with intellectual disabilities.
Michel Camdessus' successor as IMF managing director should be charged not with renewing and reinvigorating the Fund, but with either drastically curtailing its functions or
closing
it down.
Participating in global value chains is an alternative way to learn by doing that is potentially more powerful than
closing
markets to foreign competition.
Thus, governments interested in
closing
the health gap – such as the British Labour government in 1997-2010 – usually end up pursuing such relatively painless “downstream” interventions.
Of course, that means
closing
the current account deficit, which has been about 1-3% of GDP, and that, in turn, implies further weakening of sterling.
For this reason, closed and
closing
societies have always feared sexual liberationists, and have sought to link political dissidence with sexual anarchy.
For all the dire warnings that the window for a two-state solution is rapidly
closing
(or has already closed), it is the solution itself that is the problem.
Closing
the gender gap in labor-force participation would deliver 54% of those gains; aligning rates of part-time work would provide another 23%; and shifting women into higher-productivity sectors to match the employment pattern of men would account for the rest.
Closing
the TB Funding GapNEW YORK – In the 25 years since tuberculosis (TB) was declared a global-health emergency, policymakers and health-care professionals have devoted considerable time discussing ways to eliminate it.
Researchers are
closing
in on more effective drug regimens, better diagnostics tools, and viable vaccines.
The conjurer thus resorts to the rosy scenario: since he cannot find enough tax loopholes to eliminate, he must claim that what he meant by
closing
the revenue gap was that stronger economic growth will bring in the additional revenue.
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