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Yet overregulation, heavy bureaucratic burdens, policy uncertainty, poor digital and transport infrastructure, and, in some industries, a lack of skilled workers, are currently impeding investment by companies in new and existing capacity.
Mikoyan, as one joke had it, left the Kremlin one day in heavy rain and refused to share a colleague’s umbrella.
The aim of the ECSC was explicitly political: to remove control of the two most important raw materials for the production of heavy weaponry from states that had just fought the bloodiest war in history.
By signaling their intention to contain price pressures, they would alter inflation expectations – and thus essentially convince the public and the government to do the heavy lifting.
Today’s examples of illiberal capitalism range from toleration of extreme inequality to favoring heavy redistribution, and from overweening statism to broad deregulation of markets.
The EU began life as a cartel of heavy industries determined to manipulate prices and redistribute monopoly profits through a bureaucracy located in Brussels.
Brazilian, Colombian, and Egyptian youngsters who work in brickyards often suffer irreparable spinal damage from carrying heavy loads.
When the French changed their labor law to mandate the 35 hour work week, heavy restrictions on the use of part-time and temporary employees by French employers were removed.
The contractionary fiscal and monetary policies imposed by the Stability Pact and a European Central Bank fixated on inflation have taken a heavy toll.
In focusing on summit declarations and promises of far-reaching reforms of EU institutions, investors are missing the real risk: the collapse of public support for, or at least public acquiescence to, the austerity policies required to work down heavy debt burdens – and for the governments pursuing these policies.
The death of Al Qaeda’s leader deep in Pakistan, in a city with a heavy military presence, appears to confirm what many have long alleged: Pakistan, not Afghanistan, has become the epicenter of international terrorism.
According to international standards (such as ASTM D6954), the use of OBP would demand proof of degradation and biodegradation, and confirmation that there are no heavy metals or eco-toxicity.
As Sri Lanka’s government pointed out, “That means low-emitting countries like us could not emit more because our space has already been exploited by developed or global heavy polluting countries without our consent.”
I find this to be a rational strategy, given the heavy toll that infections take, and that many can be prevented and treated at a relatively modest cost.
Similarly, George H.W. Bush’s administration did most of the heavy lifting on NAFTA, before Bill Clinton signed it into law in December 1993.
There should be one major multi-donor bank account to finance the heavy outlays required for Haiti’s recovery.
The cost to the UK for its contribution to the NATO operation in Afghanistan, for example, totals £3.1 billion – a heavy burden on British taxpayers.
In several towns, accepting a visitor into your home meant the risk of a heavy fine.
Indeed, the current growth model is also taking a heavy toll on the environment, with pollution threatening the population’s health, especially in urban areas.
The EU is also doing its share of the heavy lifting.
Companies in these industries tend to be not only family-owned, but also large in size and heavy in capital investment, and they do not typically view startups as potential strategic business partners.
The ongoing sovereignty disputes in the South and East China Seas – involving China, Taiwan, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Vietnam, Brunei, the Philippines, Indonesia, and Malaysia – are particularly poisonous, because they also carry a heavy burden of historical grievance.
Investors need to be offered heavy discounts to persuade them to part with their money.
Value-subtracting heavy industries shrunk, services expanded to over 50% of GDP, and the private sector produces almost 60% of Russian output.
Its economy – despite decades of pro-market reforms – continues to be defined by heavy state intervention.
And the increasingly heavy influence of political factors on market performance will likely weigh on global growth for years to come.
Under the GDPR, he notes, “non-compliant organizations can face heavy fines, up to 4% of their revenues.
Efforts to control TB and NCDs – which, like HIV/AIDS, place a heavy burden on low- and middle-income countries – can leverage the lessons learned from the response to HIV.
The region’s performance during the global financial crisis has not hidden fundamental problems: the heavy burden of an unrealized agenda of social inclusion and a combination of inequality and injustice that could turn lethal in the near future.
It is normal for India’s east coast around Chennai to suffer heavy monsoon rains at this time of year.
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