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The paradox here is that the crisis presents a unique opportunity for the United States and China to strike a deal that would lay the groundwork for a global climate agreement.
Such an outcome would not only end ISIS on the ground in the Middle East; it could lay the groundwork for reducing regional tensions more generally.
Though the LTBT certainly did not end the Cold War, it provided proof that negotiation and agreement were possible, and laid the groundwork for future pacts.
Progress on the big questions – the Kashmir dispute and Pakistan’s use of terrorism as an instrument of policy – will require much more groundwork and constructive, gradual action.
This would lay the groundwork for future talks on other issues, such as Iran’s missile development and support for terrorist groups.
The economic orthodoxy pursued after the collapse of 1998 laid the groundwork for today’s sustained Russian boom.
If India implements policies that boost short-term growth, while laying the groundwork for long-term performance, confidence should rise naturally.
And, although the groundwork has been laid for product-market reforms, no preparations for serious public-administration reform have been made.
But the real objective was clear: to lay the groundwork for direct talks with the Taliban.
An ambitious transatlantic trade pact that is fully compatible with World Trade Organization standards and accepting of third parties should aspire to more than laying the groundwork for an “economic NATO.”
In 2012, former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi – who had won Egypt’s first presidential election after former President Hosni Mubarak’s regime was toppled in 2011 – laid the groundwork.
Trump and Xi, one sincerely hopes, will soon be laying the groundwork for it.
Humiliation was a force strong enough to unite leftists and nationalists, laying the groundwork for the creation of an unconventional post-election coalition between Syriza and the hard-right Independent Greeks party.
Numerous academic studies, following the work of the American economic historian Douglass North, support the notion that it is competition among states and regions that lays the groundwork for technological progress and economic growth.
One way to clear it would be to develop the regulatory and institutional groundwork needed to enable funding to flow more smoothly from institutional investors in advanced economies to projects in the emerging world, where huge populations still need access to essential infrastructure services.
Remember, economic stability lays the groundwork for peace, while peace is a necessary precondition for trade and sustained economic growth.
And, as hope takes root among Syria’s lost generation, they will lay the groundwork for the reconstruction and revival of their country.
If Obama can ensure the ratification of the TPP and bring the TTIP negotiations to a conclusion, he will have laid the groundwork for future progress.
The provisions in the chapter on democratic principles, which concern the EU’s institutions and procedural functions, lay the groundwork for a system that is more open to public debate on EU policies.
So the objective in Sunnylands must be to lay the groundwork for rules that prevent the alleged Sino-American rivalry from boiling over.
The big questions – the Kashmir dispute and Pakistan’s use of terrorism as an instrument of policy – will require much more groundwork and step-by-step action for progress to be achieved.
With this macroeconomic groundwork laid, greater economic, and soon political, stability followed.
With new methane-measurement practices, countries, cities, and companies could address sources of methane that are easily controlled, laying the groundwork for tougher challenges in the years ahead.
Anticipating a shift from a dollar-based (and, more broadly, US-dominated) system toward a multi-currency, multipolar system, China’s leaders are laying the groundwork for their country (and its currency) to grasp one of the positions at the top, alongside other great powers.
And they are also in line with Obama’s long-term security strategy – the groundwork for which he has been laying for years.
First, US officials did not lay the political and psychological groundwork for deployment.
Macron has persuaded all other EU member states (with the exception of Hungary and the United Kingdom) to conduct similar public consultations, which he hopes will lay the groundwork for the EU-level reforms he proposed in major speeches in Athens and at the Sorbonne last year.
Along with strong prudential supervision, this should help manage the vulnerabilities of capital-account volatility and credit booms, and lay the groundwork for the eventual adoption of the euro.
Governments should advocate for trade agreements that cushion the impact when manufacturing jobs are lost, while laying the groundwork for the transition to more tech-heavy industries.
As these measures demonstrate, governments in Latin America and the Caribbean have laid the groundwork to strengthen the international response to the world’s refugee crisis.
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