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By seeming to say that they would not support the TPP under any conditions, Obama had little incentive to pursue their demands.
We would destroy the German building boom, which is beginning to lead to higher wage demands and that has the potential for inflating the country.
Only then can leaders design the kind of thoughtful, comprehensive, and forward-looking strategy that the migrant crisis – and, indeed, the EU’s own survival – demands.
At first, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh stood firm against Harare’s demands on technical grounds.
Furthermore, inadequate education at the secondary and tertiary levels, including technical and vocational education and training, is leaving students unequipped to meet the job market’s changing demands.
Moreover, growing defiance reflects the public’s perception that the authorities have grown afraid of the people and tend to yield to their demands when confronted by angry protesters.
Democracy demands that politicians respect their voters; but an increasing number of politicians are respecting the often odious views of the public toward refugees, adopting brutal responses toward those seeking shelter in Europe.
Japan's dependence on imported Middle Eastern oil also demands that we understand what a war against Iraq might mean.
In addition to imposing demands and constraints on minorities to join the mainstream, society must be willing to demand of itself that it make room for all its citizens.
In financially risky countries, China now demands majority ownership up front.
Sirisena, in need of more time to repay old loans, as well as fresh credit, acquiesced to a series of Chinese demands, restarting suspended initiatives, like the $1.4 billion Colombo Port City, and awarding China new projects.
Though China may have the means to finance the large-scale infrastructure projects that the initiative demands, such a fragmented strategy would inhibit integration, while reinforcing the view that a rising China poses a threat to the international order.
Among their demands are a clear job description for the role, public scrutiny of candidates, and a shortlist with more than one candidate.
Will the benefits – increased access to international markets – be greater than the costs of meeting rich countries’ demands?
Arguably the world’s only theocracy, the Iranian system requires reconciling the demands of a rapidly changing twenty-first-century economy with the traditional values of spiritual leaders and aging clergymen.
The greatest danger is that humanitarian relief will be tailored to meet donors’ demands, rather than actual needs.
One area of concern is the health and stability of growth in emerging markets as they attempt to benefit from capital inflows; satisfy North Atlantic demands for open financial markets; and manage the resulting instability created by speculative “hot money,” the carry trade, irrational exuberance, and overshooting.
The more stressed water resources become, the more energy the water sector demands, as groundwater must be pumped from greater depths, and surface water must be transported across longer distances.
In a vote on July 5, the Greek electorate resoundingly rejected demands for further austerity by the country’s foreign creditors: the European Central Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the other eurozone governments, led by Germany.
If EDI would supply additional troops to allow the US Army to withdraw its 4,600 soldiers, that would suit America very well because there are many other demands on US forces around the world,Yet in the final weeks of the Clinton Administration America’s attitude to EDI changed.
The danger of this predicament is that it could make Netanyahu amenable to the demands of his coalition’s more ambitious factions.
If he goes against his principles and surrenders to the aggressive demands of his coalition, he will be compromising his allegiance to the office he holds and the country he governs.
Today’s job market demands skills based on problem-solving, critical thinking, modern languages, and technology, but Arab educational systems generally remain traditional, rote-based, and authoritarian.
Society increasingly demands that these “corporate citizens” be altruistic, just as people are.
Second, many corporations view CSR as an effective defensive strategy against powerful activist NGOs (such as Greenpeace) that have taken to using online agitation, boycotts, and other means to “blackmail” targeted corporations into acceding to the activists’ demands.
The purpose was to make Wal-Mart a “better employer, neighbor, and corporate citizen,” and Wal-Mart eventually capitulated on some of the SEIU’s specific demands as well.
But while Clinton and his team remain aware that American self-interest demands active international involvement, the new American mood is suspicious of any international involvement even if it is so clearly to America's advantage as with Mexico.
But any examination of the protesters’ slogans and demands clearly indicates otherwise.
Had rebels taken the Syrian capital, one of their key demands – the ouster of President Bashar al-Assad – would very likely have been met.
The absence of sustained military momentum by any side has led to a dizzying mix of new security realities and strategic demands (from the implementation of Sharia law in opposition-held areas to predictions of regional secession).
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