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US officials dispute this, arguing that American companies are among the region’s largest foreign
direct
investors, while 11 of the US’s 20 free-trade agreements (FTAs) are with Latin American countries.
But it is already clear that achieving it will require new incentives for public and private actors to
direct
investments toward those who are at risk of being left behind.
This will only be assured if citizens organize themselves to play a more
direct
role in relief and rehabilitation for the long term.
At the same time, however, many Americans cherish national myths, no less foundational in their way, which are in
direct
opposition to the idea of a nation of laws.
The Grossman-Stiglitz conundrum seems less compelling in the financial singularity if we can imagine that computers
direct
all the investment decisions.
Western investors, including Wall Street banks and hedge funds, now view
direct
investments in land as a safe haven in an otherwise turbulent financial climate.
Unlike foreign bondholders, who could cut and run after the IMF guaranteed that they would be paid, these
direct
investors suffered major losses when crisis struck--and thus can hardly be said to have benefited from bailouts.
But Gaddafi now seems to want to reconcile his teachings and rule with a more open economy, including foreign
direct
investment and market-based competition.
This suggests that Russia, unable to compete with the world’s fast-developing countries, will have to
direct
its efforts towards protecting its waning assets.
A
direct
US attack on Syria without UN backing is far more likely to inflame the region than it is to resolve the crisis there – a point well appreciated in the United Kingdom, where Parliament bucked the government by rejecting British participation in a military strike.
Evangelicals were brought in on the basis of so-called “family values,” meaning opposition to abortion and gay marriage, and promises of active government support for religious activities, including
direct
payments to religious groups for social services that they provide locally and internationally.
Even now, many of the losses that bankers should have faced are being shouldered by the public sector, including through various forms of
direct
support and the extraordinary and risky actions of the European Central Bank.
These can be obtained only through careful examination and
direct
questioning of patients.
In several recent years, India’s outward
direct
investment in Britain has exceeded inward
direct
investment from Britain.
But, when it comes to long-term
direct
investment, they committed a record-high $43.8 billion to India in 2011-2012.
The final major problem with the BAT is that it violates World Trade Organization rules, which allow border adjustment only on indirect taxation, such as value-added tax, not on
direct
taxes, like those levied on corporate income.
To avert financial crises, credit creation by banks needs to be controlled directly or even eliminated altogether, in favor of
direct
lending to businesses by savers through capital markets.
The UN-REDD Program, launched in 2008, currently supports 44 developing countries, with 16 countries receiving
direct
financial and technical support.
In the keynote speech at this year’s CDF, Vice Premier and Politburo Standing Committee Member Zhang Gaoli drove this point home, emphasizing the need to
direct
supply-side initiatives at China’s “main threat.”
Eric Holder, the US attorney general, was even more explicit about the Times Square episode: “We know that they (the Pakistan Taliban) helped
direct
it.
Likewise, the court has prohibited the creation of a permanent European stability mechanism that would entail financial obligations over which Germany’s parliament had no
direct
control.
In fact, Germany's current economic dominance has been built on a policy framework that stands in
direct
opposition to that championed by former Chancellor Ludwig Erhard, the father of its post-World War II “economic miracle."
First, the 2012 law was a
direct
response to the large public demonstrations that began the previous year in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and other Russian cities to protest Vladimir Putin’s decision to stand for a third term as president, his election, and his inauguration.
Losing the Foreign Investment RaceLatin America is in serious trouble when it comes to foreign
direct
investment (FDI).
What is lacking are effective government policies to attract high-quality FDI, particularly for exports, which could have a multiplier effect domestically, creating both
direct
and indirect employment.
Knowledge of the potentially horrible consequences of a military confrontation and of the equally horrific consequences of an Iran in possession of the atomic bomb must force the US to abandon its policy of no
direct
negotiations and its hope for regime change.
The Bush administration must lead the Western initiative in harmonized,
direct
negotiations with Iran, and, if these negotiations succeed, the US must also be willing to agree to appropriate guarantees.
The contribution of
direct
government information to long-term cultural relationships varies with three dimensions or stages of public diplomacy, and all three are important.
The greater flexibility of non-governmental organizations in using networks has given rise to what some call “the new public diplomacy,” which is no longer confined to messaging, promotion campaigns, or even
direct
governmental contacts with foreign publics serving foreign-policy purposes.
The world’s richer countries created their regulatory infrastructure over generations, during a time when there was little
direct
global competition.
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