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Today, Germany has clearly become the point of reference for shaping policy on the most important issues facing the EU.
Donor agencies, facing reduced aid from major players like the US, could be forced to withdraw funding for the kind of research described here.
Facing escalating geopolitical competition with the US, China is scrambling to win friends in the region.
Richemont, the Swiss luxury goods company that owns the Cartier and Montblanc brands, has said that it is facing “the toughest market conditions since its formation 20 years ago.”
In Jordan and Morocco, the authorities are facing a rising challenge in containing militant tendencies.
Now watch this video on the challenges facing France’s President-elect Emmanuel Macron:Central Asia’s Waking GiantTHE HAGUE – The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) brings together almost half the world’s population, several members own nuclear weapons, many are big energy suppliers, and it includes some of the world’s fastest growing economies.
The US is undoubtedly facing serious political challenges, exacerbated by a mercurial, polarizing, and brash administration.
Most of these countries have very small financial systems relative to the size of their economies, and, with small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs), households, and infrastructure projects facing credit constraints, they certainly have ample room for sustainable market deepening.
In that case, the problem that many people around the world are facing today is one of food security, not a lack of food.
But, given the other challenges currently facing the EU, this is not a likely outcome.
US manufacturers that rely on steel inputs are already facing higher costs, and could soon face shortages, with the price of steel in the US having risen 50% above that in China or Europe.
International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde warned in October 2014 that the advanced economies were facing a “new mediocre.”
While politicians interpreted the law with a good deal of creativity in these instances, they usually did so to ensure the survival of fragile democracies facing a crisis.
The challenges facing city-dwellers are disproportionately borne by the poor.
Facing the prospect of having to raise additional capital at a time when their shares are selling at a fraction of book value, banks have a powerful incentive to reduce their balance sheets by withdrawing credit lines and shrinking their loan portfolios.
The question facing European policymakers is how to close this gap.
The next trouble spot is Italy, which is facing a banking crisis and a referendum in October.
The problems we are facing did not arise because of European integration.
Iran under Ahmadinejad is facing its worst economic crisis in decades.
The threats facing sharks are well documented.
President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali’s aides had started worrying more about being caught on the wrong side of Tunisian history than about facing the wrath of their beleaguered boss.
Defending a Divided IraqOXFORD – The United States and its allies are facing another major policy challenge in Iraq.
Facing worrisomely high and debilitating inflation, Volcker declared war against it – and won.
Facing greater challenges in delivering desired outcomes, they have essentially pushed both policies and their brand power to the limit.
The events of the last twelve months have surely driven home to most people that the most dangerous conflict facing humanity in the future is not the conflict between Man and the environment, but between Man and Man.
“Everyday people come with ideas to demobilize the fighters and integrate them into society,” notes an official in the Labor Ministry, referring to the most pressing problem facing the NTC.
The Republicans’ hegemony will enable easy agreement on tax cuts financed mainly by higher public borrowing, rather than by facing down special-interest lobbies’ resistance to the elimination of exemptions and loopholes.
Israel’s Missing Peace OffensiveTEL AVIV – Even before the latest cease-fire took hold, it had become clear that the dilemma facing Israel in Gaza entails more than simply developing military answers to the challenge posed by Hamas.
Live Earth, Deaf to RealityThe organizers of next Saturday’s Live Earth concerts hope that the entire world will hear a crystal clear message: climate change is the most critical threat facing the planet.
That is the question facing several emerging-market economies, and its impact extends well beyond their borders.
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