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In 2002, the US discovered that the regime was secretly enriching weapons-grade uranium in
direct
violation of its earlier pledge.
Both India and the US have a
direct
– albeit different – interest in restoring peace and order to the South Asian neighborhood.
Information is liberating in the traditional political sense of the term: the spread of information has had a
direct
impact on the degree of accountability and transparency that governments must deliver if they are to survive.
Instead, the EU's
direct
involvement in the Balkans should lead it to rethink its enlargement strategy.
The other key ingredient is
direct
engagement.
Thirdly, East European countries are too poor to pay from the state budget (as in France or Germany) for quality university education that comes free of
direct
charge to each student, regardless of means.
Whereas regulators worry that the merger would lead to higher prices, AT&T argues that it is facing
direct
competition from tech giants like Netflix and Amazon, which both offer online video streaming and original programming.
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employment in exporting industries does not play a significant role in the US labor market.
This new nationalism takes different economic forms: trade barriers, asset protection, reaction against foreign
direct
investment, policies favoring domestic workers and firms, anti-immigration measures, state capitalism, and resource nationalism.
But they will have little
direct
effect on Russia’s energy relations with Europe, because they do not oblige Russia to adopt more competitive and transparent energy transport and investment policies.
Yes, Russia’s relations with the United States, and now also with the UK, are worse than in the 1950s, and the chance of a
direct
conflict is higher than at any time since the 1962 Cuban missile crisis.
Beyond the
direct
danger of further casualties, there is the growing fear among populations, which populist politicians are eagerly attempting to exploit.
Becoming a committed European player, fostering foreign
direct
investment, including venture businesses, promoting financial services and IT resulted in a formidable brain drain reversal for Ireland.
But what if policymakers looked at a range of options simultaneously – comparing bridge-building with spending on school textbooks – to figure out where first to
direct
any additional money?
We see how one country’s policies, whether pertaining to work, the environment, public health, taxation, or myriad other issues, can have a
direct
impact on others.
The most
direct
way to encourage the purchase of health insurance would be to exclude employer payments for such insurance from employees’ taxable income.
Some governments practice an even more
direct
method of suborning favorable coverage.
In Honduras,
direct
government payments to journalists are common, as are minimal or non-existent salaries for reporters.
This illiberal result is a
direct
consequence of the SPD’s participation in Merkel’s government.
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engagement with the Palestine Liberation Organization or the Palestinian Authority and the government in Damascus will be necessary if secure negotiated settlements are to be achieved.
For example, an increase in
direct
taxes, such as income tax, can reduce consumption by twice as much as energy and carbon taxes that raise the same amount of revenue.
There are no exceptions to this, other than “averting a
direct
threat” to the mother’s life.
The calculus of probability…was supposed to be capable of reducing uncertainty to the same calculable status as certainty itself…”For Keynes, this is untenable: “Actually…we have as a rule only the vaguest idea of any but the most
direct
consequences of our acts.”
But the discussion should focus on
direct
measures to impede and undermine the country’s inherently aggressive nuclear program – not to offer more concessions that will only strengthen a rogue regime’s hand.
They complain about year-long waits for eye operations and hip surgery--a
direct
result of a Social Democratic reform of 1994 that abolished the right of patients to seek alternative care at public expense if they are not treated within three months by their regional council.
The European Financial Stability Facility/European Stability Mechanism (EFSF/ESM) should carry out the necessary recapitalization of the Greek banks via
direct
capital injections.
Regardless of what Greece does, eurozone banks now need to be rapidly recapitalized, which requires a new EU-wide program of
direct
capital injections.
More than 65% of foreign
direct
investment has gone toward mining and logging, which are notorious for generating little employment and concentrating wealth in the hands of a few.
By the end of that year, flows of foreign
direct
investment (FDI), portfolio equity, and portfolio debt to emerging economies had reached record highs.
Exports jumped from 5% to 30% of GDP, and the GDP share of inward foreign
direct
investment tripled.
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