Impose
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The Grand Strategy of Xi JinpingSEOUL – China spent much of 2014 seeking to revive a concept that Japan proclaimed seven decades ago, when it was an imperial power seeking to
impose
its will on the region: “Asia for the Asians.”
With its regional authority apparently threatened by rising pro-European sentiment in Ukraine, Russia invaded and annexed Crimea and began supporting separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine, prompting the US and Europe to
impose
increasingly tough political and economic sanctions.
Likewise, the EU has failed to give adequate support to Georgia, or to
impose
appropriate sanctions on Uzbekistan for last year’s massacre at Andijon.
In practice, this means 42 years of quarterly reviews, during which the European Commission and the ECB “in collaboration with the IMF” may
impose
new “measures” on Greece (such as austerity, fire sales of public property, and restrictions on organized labor).
How, then, can US President Donald Trump’s decision to
impose
substantial tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum be justified?
But as we tally these costs, we need to keep in mind that runaway climate change would
impose
the greatest costs of all.
By the same token, the prediction that governments will
impose
massive carbon taxes has little basis in reality.
These powers may allow large countries to
impose
their will on smaller ones.
China threatens to
impose
food and fuel sanctions if North Korea cheats or breaks the agreement.
Periodic outbreaks of instability
impose
high social costs on those who had the least to do with causing them.
But if EU leaders
impose
high costs on the UK – namely, by restricting its access to the single market – Europe could end up cutting off its nose to spite its face.
He has threatened to
impose
a 50% tariff on goods from China, Mexico, and other US trade partners, but no such measures have materialized.
We restrict access to most drugs,
impose
heavy taxes and marketing constraints on tobacco, and control gun circulation and ownership.
As a result, most advanced societies
impose
direct controls on gun ownership.
The police arrested one of the attackers, but did not refer the case for prosecution – an outcome that, Martha believes, had a lot to do with her inability to pay the unauthorized “processing fee” that some police officers
impose
on rape victims and their families.
Desirable as these provisions seem, they could
impose
a heavy cost on German companies.
But what, then, do we do when we confront enemies so implacable that they stop at nothing to
impose
their values?
Nor did the Court’s decision address the borders of an independent Kosovo, or whether and under what circumstances force could legally be used either to
impose
independence or to resist it.
It began to increase later that decade, and grew rapidly after eight formerly communist countries joined the EU in 2004, when Britain – unlike, for instance, France and Germany – waived its right to
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a seven-year delay before allowing free movement of people from the new member states.
In the end, any effort to
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a bilateral solution on a multilateral problem will backfire, with ominous consequences for American consumers.
Such policies should start from the trade regime’s Golden Rule: do not
impose
on other countries constraints that you would not accept if faced with their circumstances.
On the critical dimension of excessive bank size and what it implies for systemic risk, there was a concerted effort by Senators Ted Kaufman and Sherrod Brown to
impose
a size cap on the largest banks – very much in accordance with the spirit of the original “Volcker Rule” proposed in January 2010 by Obama himself.
The federal government must promote national-level goals;
impose
tough criteria for project selection and rigorous performance metrics in construction and maintenance; and push state and local governments to eliminate bureaucratic red tape and costly internecine squabbles.
Nuremberg happened because the Allies inflicted unconditional surrender on the Nazis and so could
impose
a so-called victor’s justice.
Uncertainty about whether the Obama administration can marshal enough votes in Congress to ratify the TPP has now been compounded by proposed legislation that would
impose
tariff duties on countries that engage in “currency manipulation.”
In the US, output continues to expand, but at a moderate 2% pace; and, even leaving aside the fiscal cliff looming at the end of the year, when Congress will be forced to
impose
spending cuts and allow tax cuts enacted in 2001 to expire, recovery remains at risk.
At first, Vladimir Lenin seemed amenable to these demands; but he soon deployed the new Red Army to
impose
Soviet power across the former Russian Empire.
In the meantime, Trump’s constant threats to withdraw from NAFTA or
impose
new tariffs – for example, on Mexican automobile exports to the US – will inevitably irritate Mexico’s new leaders.
So if the US were to
impose
steel tariffs only on some countries, those countries’ steel exporters could send their products to US allies, which could then increase their exports to the US.
It has threatened to
impose
countervailing measures if the US follows through with its tariffs.
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