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This has not gone unnoticed by Asia’s governments, which are heavily
dependent
on economic growth to meet their young and growing populations’ demand for jobs and prosperity.
But the eurozone’s peripheral countries simply did not have a choice: they had to reduce their deficits, because the foreign capital on which their economies were so
dependent
was no longer available.
China needs to prepare itself for an economy whose performance is not
dependent
on exports and low domestic wages.
Europeans have become
dependent
on such companies, which are all based in China or America.
Even an economy as impoverished as Haiti’s is a complex system
dependent
on trade between rural and urban areas, transport, electricity, port services, and government functions.
The insurrection, which continues to this day, and Indian security forces’ response to it have caused great loss of life and property, and have all but wrecked the state’s economy, which is largely
dependent
on tourism.
Short on skilled experts, a post-Qaddafi Libya risks becoming
dependent
on foreign assistance, much like the Palestinians, who live largely from international aid rather than from their own economic activity.
It was not until 1919, after the war was over, that Wilson defined his foreign-policy vision of “liberal internationalism”: support for collective security and promotion of open markets among democracies, regulated by a system of multinational institutions ultimately
dependent
on the United States.
Slowly but surely, national income is becoming less
dependent
on agriculture, thereby reducing Moroccans’ vulnerability to poor rainfall and failed harvests.
After all, it is said that the advent of globalization has rendered distinct national moneys dependent, if not powerless.
In East Asia, which has become the focus of US foreign policy, China will find itself increasingly
dependent
on Middle Eastern oil.
In Afghanistan, America’s military was so tactically
dependent
on Pakistan that, on several occasions, the US encouraged India to curtail development projects, such as rebuilding Afghanistan’s infrastructure.
Skeptics might argue that singling out capable partners for new forms of cooperation would risk making NATO members’ security
dependent
on non-members, or that it could alienate less capable partners, or give current NATO members a free ride.
Several European countries also became too
dependent
on domestic demand and need to rebalance toward the tradable side.
Maybe the real US strategy is to try to owe the commodity-exporting countries so much money that they will feel
dependent
on making America happy!
Moreover, domestic economies do not provide the diversification benefits that countries
dependent
on single-commodity revenue streams seek.
Many media companies are
dependent
on government advertising revenue, and, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists, this spending is being used as leverage by the authorities to censor unfavorable coverage.
And yet deficit countries are treated like sinners, because running a deficit makes a country
dependent
on notoriously fickle foreign capital.
Apparel production is a prime example of China’s declining competiveness in markets
dependent
on low-cost labor.
And, partly because an American child’s lifetime prospects are more
dependent
on his or her parents’ income and education than in other advanced countries, the US now has the least equality of opportunity of any advanced country.
Such figures have led many observers to believe that overall domestic demand must be low, leaving China
dependent
on external markets for growth.
No reasonable person expects Greece ever to be able to pay off its debts, but the country has become trapped in a seemingly endless cycle of payments and bailouts – making it
dependent
on its donors for its very survival.
The IMF, World Bank, and WTO should not only report to, but be
dependent
upon this new UN reformed structure.
The Chinese economy is also much more
dependent
on exports than the US economy is.
At the same time, China’s leaders need to ask themselves how much longer they intend to provide unconditional support to the North Korean regime – which is completely
dependent
on Chinese supplies – rather than putting pressure on it to cease its provocations.
Why, for example, in a case that is so
dependent
on public opinion – and on which so much depends – must Assange face allegations that may have grave consequences for him, while his accusers remain hidden?
Despite all the talk about the coming shift to internal demand, China remains heavily
dependent
on exports and external demand as major drivers of economic growth.
South Korea is hugely
dependent
on exports to advanced countries, Brazil much less so.
The Chinese economy’s dynamism is highly
dependent
on exports, which would suffer greatly from a collapse of emerging markets.
Lastly, some argue that if farmers are permitted to sow GM varieties, they become
dependent
on large seed producers such as Monsanto, which have patent protection – and thus a monopoly – on the seed.
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