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But the real significance of the meeting may turn out to be, not the limited decisions which the heads of government are able and willing to take this time round, but the opening up, virtually for the first time, of serious discussion about the future direction of the European Union.
This discussion of Africa’s prospects will involve not only official policy makers, but also representatives of the private sector and civil society, which, as we all recognize, have a key role to play.
Finally, today’s economic transformation has prompted a healthy discussion of the relationship between economic output and wellbeing or happiness.
These numbers are large but such falls are in everyday discussion.
Regardless of its prospects, CAFTA is far from a done deal, and it at least opens the way for more discussion and debate.
That’s an interesting discussion, particularly at a time with unemployment is still above 8% (with recent declines largely the result of many jobless workers’ decision to stop looking and drop out of the labor force altogether).
Otherwise, the national discussion would focus entirely on the current week’s poll results, which is not particularly valuable for helping voters make informed decisions.
First comes the political discussion over whether to start or enter it.
More recent developments may have contributed to the downward pressure on prices, including discussion about abolishing interest-rate ceilings on deposits (the cap on term deposits of one year or more was removed on August 25).
On the contrary, the lack of product-focused discussion is symptomatic of a far more serious problem facing businesses of all sizes in nearly every industry.
France has so far not been active in this discussion.
These issues are now the subject of daily political discussion.
A serious discussion of global capital-account regulations would benefit both advanced and emerging-market economies.
While much of the current Western discussion centers on the extension of Nato to the East, the much more urgent matter is to assure that America remains actively involved in Furope.
There is a discussion of how much of the burden to pass on to future generations.
In this war, there was no such discussion.
But any genuinely diverse discussion would include not only the 21 state-approved writers on the list, but other officially recognized writers on the more critical end of the spectrum, such as Yan Lianke, who was refused permission to attend this year’s London Book Fair three times.
A diverse discussion would also have to include writers who have been completely silenced in China, such as Wang Lixiong, Tan Hecheng, Mo Jiangang, and Yang Jisheng.
Rather, it seeks to provide policymakers with benchmarks that can serve as a starting point for discussion of beneficial reforms.
The IMF/World Bank meetings in Tokyo on October 12-13 thus might be the ideal opportunity to begin broadening the international monetary agenda – by giving the green light to coordinated regulation of cross-border capital flows, and launching a discussion about the future of the international monetary system.
The topic under discussion at the SWP was the re-elected British government’s planned “in-out” referendum on EU membership, and how to handle the run-up to it.
What has largely been left out of the discussion is whether it is ever appropriate to perform invasive, dangerous, and expensive surgery on 97-year-olds – even if they want it.
At the same time, the G20’s agenda became cluttered with issues – from climate change to gender equality – making it less a platform for action than a discussion forum, at a time when what the world really needs is a proactive and dynamic player.
It offers no discussion of the lethal policies since 1949 that led to the persecution and starvation of tens of millions of Chinese.
Even now, many argue that including everyone in the discussion would result in politicization of the tax system, and that decisions should thus be left to the experts.
As a result, the entire discussion could easily backfire.
More recently, the discussion has shifted toward a seemingly more credible cause: the proliferation of margin financing since 2010.
Nonetheless, any discussion about AI-based automation must also take public anxieties into account.
Interestingly, there was some discussion under the French presidency about reforming the so-called Athena Mechanism, which is the means used to determine the amount that each EU member state contributes to the common costs of a mission.
However, it is understandable that plans under current discussion envision focusing first on the youngest and oldest workers.
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