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And many emerging-economy governments’ understandable aversion to running substantial and persistent current-account deficits will lead them to counter weaker export prices by increasing export volume, even if that drives down prices further.
In the name of short-term expediency, too little was done to sack corrupt governors and police, or to counter involvement by high-level officials in the narcotics trade.
The government’s prompt action to counter the crisis – fiscal stimulus, growth packages, and monetary easing – proved effective.
In each case, an old order fell, and progressive parties have been too weak to counter the emergence of authoritarian and xenophobic forms of governance.
China might then be forced to bolster its military presence in Pakistan and in tribal areas along the Afghan border in order to counter terrorist groups such as the Pakistan-based East Turkestan Islamic Movement, which the Chinese believe is responsible for attacks in Xinjiang.
Its members are eager to assist the Afghan government to counter regional narcotics trafficking and terrorism.
The SCO and Afghan governments adopted a joint statement that expressed support for the efforts of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) to counter regional narcotics trafficking.
As I traveled around the island admiring its ancient capitals, notably the ones sacked by Tamil kings, and Buddhist shrines set up to counter the impact of Hinduism, I began to understand the traumas endured by the Sinhalese.
Advocates of austerity counter that confidence in the government’s credit might collapse, and the government might have to roll over its debt on unfavorable terms.
Indeed, a “coalition of the unwilling” is finally forming to counter increasingly dominant Euro-skeptics, reflecting observers’ growing anxiety that Cameron’s risky strategy – which requires a delicate balance between demands and concessions – might fail, and that the UK will eventually leave the EU.
The opposition countered with the argument that a coalition government would counter the country’s deep political polarization, while helping to establish stronger checks and balances.
Most would be outraged if a mega-discounter bugged shopping carts to find out what should be pitched to a specific customer at the checkout counter, even if it helped keep prices low, and machines, not humans, did the eavesdropping.
Making matters worse, the rise of far-right populists in key countries is undermining the security apparatus needed to counter Russian aggression.
While in office, Macierewicz’s attempts to reorganize the army and Ministry of Defense led Poland’s NATO allies to question whether the country could be relied on to counter Russia.
Above all, the EU needs to gain greater democratic legitimacy if it is to counter the growing sentiment that the European project benefits only Europe’s elite.
Others counter that there is little evidence that trade erodes national standards.
Its resolve to counter the Islamists’ growing influence has been weakened by two unfortunate events: the recent assassination of Salman Tasser, the governor of Punjab, Pakistan’s most populous province, and the deaths last month of two young men allegedly at the hands of an American official named Raymond Davis.
The Kremlin has already shown, with its wars in Ukraine and Syria, that it is ready to counter domestic malaise with external aggression.
Emerging economies counter that their per capita incomes remain far lower than those of their developed counterparts, and insist that addressing their enormous development challenges demands flexibility in terms of their trade obligations.
In response to America’s failed policies in the Middle East, whether in Iraq, Iran, Syria, Lebanon, or Palestine, Russia appears to be using its oil-fired wealth to knit together a new bloc to counter the US presence.
One does not counter military aggression only with stabilization credits, but also with military support.
If the US is looking to develop a post-Cold War strategic relationship with India to counter Chinese influence in South and Southeast Asia, the recent China-India agreements suggests that an alternative strategic calculus may exist in both China and India.
The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) is working hard to counter this trend.
But it would be a mistake to counter the threat they pose simply by denying the fact that new forms of warfare may require new rules.
In order to counter that pressure, he will have to show that a cessation of violence is in the higher interest of Palestinians.
To counter this, Abbas will have to seek external Arab and international support.
Of course, the crypto-cartels would counter that customers who incur the cost of buying a token will benefit if that token appreciates in value.
The complexity of securitized pools of loans that were sold worldwide – bilaterally over the counter – as pieces of various tranches, meant that nobody was certain about who owned what or what it was worth.
But this runs counter to “strengthening the institutional framework on an ongoing basis,” another recommendation of the guidelines.
Moreover (and again counter to the guidelines), CFMs, almost by definition, require some discrimination between residents and non-residents.
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