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And, in fact, it enacted some sensible policies and reforms.
But neither Papademos nor Monti can work any technocratic magic if they are not given the political tools to get the right policies enacted.
Thus, when the United States Congress enacted “Buy America” provisions for public procurement, many US firms, such as Boeing, Caterpillar, and General Electric – all fearing retaliation in their foreign markets – lobbied successfully to moderate the legislation.
The approach taken by Obamacare was proposed in conservative think tanks such as the Heritage Foundation and enacted in Massachusetts by Republican Governor Mitt Romney.
The law, originally enacted in 2005, now bars all such goods from passing through EU territory and ports, and from being promoted at fairs and in industry publications.
In 2012, 1,799 laws were enacted; in 2011, there were 2,062.
Some laws, enacted long ago for a European Community of six founding members, are still on the books.
That federal law, enacted in June 2016, also established an Oversight Board with fiscal decision-making authority for the US commonwealth.
In 1930, the US enacted the Smoot-Hawley Tariff, which raised import duties on more than 20,000 goods.
Indeed, China recorded a trade deficit in part of this period, as high investment in fixed assets (owing to government stimulus policies enacted in the wake of the global financial crisis) fueled domestic demand for goods in the same way that higher consumer spending would.
In 1947, however, following President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s election to four terms in office, Congress enacted the Twenty-Second Amendment to the US Constitution; since its ratification in 1951, US presidents have been limited to two four-year terms.
The good news is that the 13th Five-Year Plan (covering the 2016-2020 period), which is to be enacted in March 2016, appears likely to address these concerns explicitly.
Read More from "Zone Defense"Memory Laws and Nationalist LiesATLANTA – A controversial law recently enacted by Poland’s ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party has attracted a tremendous amount of attention around the world for its criminalization of expressions like “Polish death camps.”
The public response to the book’s description of unsanitary conditions in the industry was so strong that the United States Congress enacted the Pure Food and Drug Act – the first law to require labeling of contents on food packages – the very same year.
This was true even in the United States, which enacted the most restrictive immigration laws since the country’s founding.
Nonetheless, the Warren-McCain bill is unlikely to be enacted soon, if only because President Barack Obama’s administration is preoccupied with keeping the government open and paying its bills, while bipartisan agreement on what day of the week it is, let alone on further financial reform, cannot be guaranteed.
Many countries enacted regulations in the early 1970s to protect existing small shops against competition; as a result, the development of more modern distribution systems was delayed.
The idea dates back to renaissance Italy, but modern patent law originated in England, where, in 1624, the Statute of Monopolies was enacted to grant a 14-year exclusive right to the "true and first inventor" of any manufacturing method.
Although the stimulus package of tax cuts and increased government outlays enacted earlier this year will give a temporary boost to growth, we are unlikely to see the start of a sustained upturn until next year at the earliest.
More promising is the $150 billion tax cut that the US Congress recently enacted.
In fact, the Competitiveness Pact’s failure even to mention the Europe 2020 strategy, which EU leaders enacted less than a year ago as a blueprint for economic development, reinforces the impression of uncoordinated, ad hoc, and downright erratic policymaking that is heavy on theatrics and light on implementation.
After the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial-reform legislation was enacted in the US, and after financial firms’ capital requirements were raised and some of their riskiest activities limited, industry leaders announced that the battle had largely been won.
If the recently enacted laws are to have the intended effect, Indian society must reject discriminatory mindsets and practices.
Its 12th Five-Year Plan, enacted in March 2011, lays out a broad framework for a more balanced growth model that relies increasingly on domestic private consumption.
At the start of this year, Norway enacted legislation that requires that both sexes be represented by at least 40% on all corporate boards.
The US Dodd-Frank legislation, enacted in 2010, did (weakly) cap the size of future bank mergers.
The irony is that Congress took up the big banks’ offer to separate commercial and investment banking, but then enacted deposit insurance anyway.
For now, only limited HFO bans have been enacted, such as those enforced in the Southern Ocean and the waters around the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard.
Second, immigration reform in the US should be enacted in a way that protects the rights of Latino migrants.
Its first article declares that the Republic certifies liberty of conscience and “guarantees the free practice of worship under the sole restrictions enacted (…) by the interest of the public order.”
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