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Since 1979, these MEPs have been elected
direct
rather than indirectly from national parliaments.
Civil society must also play its part, with a united campaign to
direct
their governments’ attention toward this issue.
The most
direct
method is purchases of foreign assets.
By contrast, the link between official intervention and exchange rate movements is much more
direct
and potent.
Given massive trading volumes,
direct
intervention can alter supply and demand for currencies only on the margin.
If the IMF’s analysis of global imbalances is not balanced, if it does not identify the US as the major culprit, and if it does not
direct
its attention on America’s need to reduce its fiscal deficits – through higher taxes for America’s richest and lower defense spending – the Fund’s relevance in the twenty-first century will inevitably decline.
A survey in July 2009 found that 64% of respondents in seven Arab countries believe that Turkey’s EU membership prospects makes Turkey an attractive partner for reform in the Arab world, underscoring the
direct
link between Turkey’s foreign-policy potential and its EU accession course.
Under these conditions, the
direct
economic effects of the Fed’s move should be minimal.
These reserves do not give China much
direct
bargaining power over the US, either, given that interdependent relationships depend on asymmetries.
Governments also promote innovation through
direct
funding of research and development and through fiscal incentives.
In fact, Israel and Iran this year engaged in their first-ever
direct
military encounter.
With traditional monetary policy becoming less effective, non-traditional policy tools aimed at generating greater liquidity and credit (via quantitative easing and
direct
central bank purchases of private illiquid assets) will become necessary.
Despite giving lip service to peace, the Israeli army’s refusal to leave the occupied territories continues to be in
direct
contravention to what the preamble to United Nations Security Council resolution 242 termed the “inadmissible taking of land by force.”
Writing in the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs , Shirl McArthur, a retired US Foreign Service officer, estimates that
direct
US aid to Israel between 1949 and 2006 totaled $108 billion.
Several factors can
direct
consumers towards more environmentally friendly behavior.
Indeed, the surprising actions taken by Singapore and Switzerland were a
direct
response to this divergence, as was Denmark's decision to halt all sales of government securities, in order to push interest rates lower and counter upward pressure on the krone.
Medical-training programs in developing countries should also be considering how they can better
direct
future doctors toward meeting domestic needs.
Indeed, WTO rules prohibit export subsidies – which, economically speaking, are enrich-thy-neighbor policies – while placing no
direct
restraints on export taxes.
And, as for the wider mandate to protect civilians, the resolution allows airborne attacks to knock out tanks or troop columns advancing on Benghazi or other rebel-held towns, and – should they exist – concentrations of forces within those areas that pose a
direct
and immediate threat to Qaddafi’s opponents.
Is it within the scope of the no-fly zone to take out command and control centers that might
direct
aircraft?
Foreign
direct
investment should be encouraged, not hindered, regardless of whether it will support goods production and job creation or stronger public policies and more active citizenship.
This is even more likely in countries that do not face the same constraints on national solutions as members of the EU -- most prominent among them China or India, which only recently opened their borders to foreign
direct
investment in the financial sector.
But the rapid expansion of credit brought about by foreign financial intermediaries using various channels (including
direct
lending, lending via banking subsidiaries, and lending via leasing subsidiaries) has fueled asset booms and heightened exposure to foreign-exchange risk.
Both the EU and the US should be prepared to enter into direct, comprehensive, and unconditional negotiations with Iran.
According to data released by China’s Ministry of Commerce, non-financial outward
direct
investment exceeded $170 billion in 2016, a 44.1% increase from 2015.
It is imperative to avoid using
direct
Chinese investment for the short-term export of production capacity, which would not be in China’s interest – and often not in the recipient’s interest, either.
From field to fork, the food sector is a major contributor to climate change through
direct
and indirect emissions, and by its often-negative effects on soil health and deforestation.
Direct
communication between universes is, for example, ruled out.
The State Department estimates that its employees are in
direct
communication with more than 15 million people worldwide.
In an environment dominated by
direct
quantitative controls, such as increasingly stringent lending quotas, shadow banking is meeting genuine market demand, with the interest rates that borrowers are willing to pay providing a useful price-discovery mechanism.
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