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That clause, contained in Article 7 of the agreement, authorizes countries, “after consultation with the [International Monetary] Fund, temporarily to
impose
limitations on freedom of exchange operations in the scarce currency”; and it grants those countries “complete jurisdiction in determining the nature of such limitations.”
The Trump administration would set a ceiling on the US trade deficit each year, and then
impose
limits on major US trading partners’ surpluses.
The low yields of organic agriculture – typically 20-50% below conventional agriculture –
impose
various stresses on farmland, especially on water consumption.
The government can, say,
impose
zoning regulations, help small retailers find specialized niches in the market, or provide skills training to displaced workers.
The dynamic, ever-changing European order - enlightened or dark - has, until now, always been founded on power: the strong
impose
an order which suits them.
But even where the European Commission had the legislative tools and political mandate to
impose
sanctions – for example, to punish non-compliance with the Stability and Growth Pact – member states managed to avoid punishment by “reforming” the requirements.
The Kuwait invasion was reversed by Operation Desert Storm and other events that led the United States, the United Kingdom, and France to
impose
crippling sanctions and no-fly zones across large swaths of Iraq.
No one seems to have the power to
impose
a sensible resolution of its peripheral countries’ debt crisis.
The government’s desire to
impose
its will on the majority of the country is therefore potentially dangerous.
The big question is whether it will be able to
impose
tougher environmental standards throughout the whole country.
And no textbooks predicted that European cooperation would
impose
pro-cyclical austerity on crisis-struck countries, creating depressions that in some cases have rivaled those of the 1930s.
But the events of recent years have shown that bankers can make megabucks, even as they undermine the economy and
impose
massive losses on their own firms.
The government used the period of high oil prices from 2004 to 2013 to quintuple its external debt, expropriate significant chunks of the economy, and
impose
draconian price, labor, and currency controls.
That is why bankruptcy courts and bonds with collective-action clauses (CACs) seek to
impose
on all bondholders, including potential holdouts, agreements accepted by a qualified majority of creditors.
Or at least it was until March 1, 2018, the day Trump signaled his intention to
impose
across-the-board import tariffs of 25% on steel and 10% on aluminum.
Not surprisingly, governments that perceive the creation of a global public forum as a threat to their authority are seeking to
impose
restrictive policies to interfere with freedom of expression.
All economists who accept the scientific reality of climate change support policy interventions to address “externalities” – costs that polluters
impose
on others but do not pay.
Using the latter two types to
impose "
odious debts" on Africans undermines western lenders' credibility concerning money laundering, good governance, transparency, fiscal discipline, and macroeconomic policies conducive to economic growth.
As a result, these countries have condemned themselves to continued austerity, low growth, and high debt, while diminishing any future incentive for private lenders to
impose
fiscal discipline on sovereign borrowers.
So, for starters, the EU should establish an orderly migration policy with quotas and criteria, as Australia and Canada have successfully done, and
impose
proper control over its external borders.
In large part, this is because wealthy countries have sought to
impose
a one-size-fits-all model on the world, by influencing the rulemaking process at the World Trade Organization (WTO) and forcing their will via trade agreements.
I am convinced that this is a misguided strategy – not only because of the uncertainty about the dangers that global warming might pose, but also because of the certainty of the damage that these proposed policies aimed at mitigation will
impose.
During the campaign, Trump said that he would be prepared to
impose
significant and comprehensive tariffs on imported goods.
By framing this effort under Section 301 of the US Trade Act of 1974, the Trump administration could
impose
high and widespread tariffs on Chinese imports.
Nowadays, activism and terrorism provide, or rather impose, a new source of legitimacy.
The declaration, these critics attest, was created by colonial powers with a long history of gross human-rights violations, and amounts to yet another attempt by a few Western players to
impose
their will upon Muslim countries.
China and India can pursue security of supply by using their large coal resources, but unless they also have access to improved coal technology, the burdens they
impose
on the atmosphere will be large.
Small new companies may have neither such protocols nor the people – for example, independent board members – to
impose
them.
But in deceiving ourselves into thinking that it is a moral imperative that the state
impose
order, we are joining the fashionable madmen, which is when the thin whine of hysteria can be heard.
The struggle between church and state for political mastery goes back to the Middle Ages, when Philippe le Bel’s jurists sought to
impose
royal power over the Roman Catholic Church in France.
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