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At one point Joan and Bernard get their child custody duties mixed up and accidentally leave Frank alone for three days.
And one might think, that she takes her parental duties a little bit too seriously.
If all else, U.S. Navy Sailors, like myself who wear the cloth of the nation, when viewing a portrayal of our duties, deserve to see them portrayed correctly.
While filling his duties in personnel he learns that there are eight openings for inspector and three of those eight will be filled by woman.
Under the rules of the World Trade Organization, the same import duties must be applied to all WTO participants – which means that if Britain’s imports from the EU are duty-free, its imports from the rest of the world must be, too.
At the same time, young people seem to think that they have exhausted their civic duties by tweeting and blogging.
At such times, directives are issued to produce programming with specific ideological content, and such shows - dubbed renwu (duties) - are perfunctorily overseen by TV producers, after which the more bottom-up mode returns.
This approach to the duties of a national leader, stated bluntly and honestly, forces us to consider a fundamental ethical issue.
But, it might be said, the abstract ethical idea that all humans are entitled to equal consideration cannot govern the way we look at the duties of a political leader.
To break the impasse, one or two bold and far-sighted leaders need to remind their citizens of their countries’ legal and, perhaps more important, moral duties to the refugees.
Governments can directly influence the prices of key resources like energy, money, and public goods and services through taxation, customs duties, production quotas, and natural-resource ownership.
No less important, when Japan sends hardware, experts and training follow, and we convey our sense of pride in committing ourselves to our duties.
A new border bureaucracy will have to check customs compliance, calculate import duties depending on where goods are deemed to have originated, ensure payments, verify that goods comply with EU standards, and so forth.
Imposing unilateral duties after unilaterally labeling China a “currency manipulator” would undermine the multilateral system, with little payoff.
China might respond by imposing duties on those American products effectively directly or indirectly subsidized by America’s massive bailouts of its banks and car companies.
But if prejudicial desires lead to a dead end, and fail to reveal the right course of action, where does the key to rectitude lie?“We should all do our duty” – a very German reply – merely displaces the disagreement to another plane, where we interminably debate competing duties.
Unlike personal tastes, which are fickle and offer no sure path to happiness or virtue, duties can be discerned by a logical mechanism common to all humans.
Turning to Europe, Kant’s principle implies important duties for governments and polities.
And Germany and France would be held to be in dereliction of their duties to a functioning Europe.
Congress has authorized the President to impose import duties on Chinese products if China remains unwilling to increase the value of its currency substantially against the dollar.
The president is then suspended from carrying out his duties, and the vice-president fills in until the accusation is resolved.
This was another urgent trip by Ban to a war-torn capital, as part of his regular duties as the UN’s chief representative, seeking to uphold peace and restore global comity.
It makes them more aware of their rights and duties and affects how they interact within their communities and with the state and its institutions.
This provision will offer some buffer –specifically, for Canada – against anti-dumping duties and other protectionist measures.
One thing he can do unilaterally is slap duties on imports, potentially in violation of WTO rules.
These might be taken as evidence of a heavy burden of tax and duties.
Taxes, duties, and fees for businesses must be lowered, as should the share of social insurance paid by firms for their employees in China.
As a result, the rules that govern trade, such as anti-dumping duties and countervailing duties to offset illegal subsidies, were in the domain of both the WTO and the PTAs.
Candidates for public office, and those holding high administrative or corporate positions, should be judged on their policies and performance, not on private acts that are irrelevant to how well they carry out, or will carry out, their public duties.
Trump has temporarily exempted Europe from his newly imposed import duties on steel and aluminum.
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