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Indeed, China has already announced that, if its solar-panel exports are taxed, it will retaliate by imposing duties on related imports from Europe.
Strong once wrote, “You are a dear queer old duck, and one of my duties seems to be to lecture you now and then.”
By contrast, women with less economic autonomy may feel that their interests are best served by emphasizing family hierarchies and reciprocal duties.
Parliamentarians were allowed to claim expenses for the upkeep of properties connected with their official duties.
Duties of government, like fighting wars, educating children, or punishing criminals, are being outsourced to private companies.
The US House of Representatives has passed a bill that would allow duties to be imposed on imports from countries, like China, that manipulate their currencies for trade advantage.
Tensions reached a boiling point on April 27 when the General Staff issued a statement stressing that “the Turkish armed forces maintain their sound determination to carry out their duties stemming from laws to protect the unchangeable character of the Republic of Turkey.
Better yet, Trump could be impeached or removed from office under the 25th Amendment of the US Constitution, if enough members of his own government deem him incapable of carrying out the duties of the presidency.
The pound has duly plunged on currency markets, anticipating the economic harm of a hard Brexit: costly trade barriers – customs controls, rules-of-origin requirements, import duties, and discriminatory regulation – will divide UK and EU markets and affect nearly half of Britain’s trade.
WTO members have already agreed that rich countries – and developing countries that are in a position to do so – would open their markets completely to 97% of exports from the world’s poorest countries, and dramatically reduce duties for those products where barriers remain.
Excise duties on liquor account for 22% of the state revenues that sustain generous welfare programs in Kerala, which boasts the best social development indicators in India.
In other words, excise duties from Kerala would now fill Tamil Nadu’s coffers.
Against the advice of his economic advisers, he announces across-the-board import duties on Chinese exports.
On September 5, 1988, he resigned in protest against then-president Ali Khamenei’s interference in his duties.
When elected representatives spend more time in Parliament than they do interacting with citizens, they are not neglecting their duties; they are doing their job.
Under our proposal, the Italian government would issue “tax rebate certificates” (TRCs) granting reductions in future payments to the state (taxes, duties, social contributions, and so forth) in amounts equal to their nominal value.
Property taxes, excise taxes, import duties, and sales taxes - all of which are paid, directly or indirectly, by corporations - can have a magnified impact on corporate profits, and hence on the stock market.
Beyond this, the mythic nature of the president of the republic must be cut down so as to more clearly define the executive’s duties.
As evasion increases, governments levy "additional" or "special" duties, inciting further evasion.
After the Gujarat incident, one group of Dalits in the state declared outright their intention to suspend their traditional duties.
As an expressive act of religious mania, organized hatred is rooted in a collective revelation of divine order and the duties arising from it, along with the promise of eternal reward for those who are unconditionally committed to fulfilling God's plan.
Not surprisingly, many women, faced with these double duties, drop out of the labor market altogether.
Instead, what is needed is a focus on the duties of controlling shareholders toward minority investors.
The incumbent refuses to acknowledge the vote as a rejection of his policies and has a visceral dislike for the president-elect, who he accuses of dishonesty and dismisses as too frail to assume the duties of office.
Laws, rules, and regulations must not stand in the way of central banks’ ability to perform their duties as LLR and MMLR.
In Northern Ireland, however, all four of the EU’s fundamental freedoms would continue to apply (with only a few exceptions): capital, services, people, and goods may move free of customs, duties, and controls.
Coney Barrett has said that her faith would not interfere with her duties as a justice deciding on constitutional matters.
US President Donald Trump has nicknamed himself “Tariff Man,” and imposed import duties on goods from US allies and adversaries alike.
Perhaps it will vastly diminish all of the time that is wasted commuting and sitting in traffic, thereby expanding time for family, friends, household duties, and so forth.
The concept is enshrined in Article 100 of the UN Charter: “In the performance of their duties the Secretary-General and the staff shall not seek or receive instructions from any government or from any other authority external to the Organization.”
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