Impose
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Russian troops have occupied Crimea, and European and American leaders are threatening to
impose
stiff sanctions on Russia if it does not respect Ukraine’s sovereignty.
Both sides hailed a newfound commitment to high-level exchanges on cyber crime; but the US is about to
impose
sanctions on Chinese companies that have benefited from egregious hacking.
Since Trump actually lacks the ability to
impose
his will on others, his approach guarantees an endless cycle of threats, counter-threats, and escalation.
When the economy falters, however, creditors – and those who are willing to entertain the prospect of default – can
impose
their will on everyone else.
Is it simply to accept the market’s will and
impose
the requisite pain on their people?
But neither the G-20 nor the IMF can
impose
its will on national governments – nor should they.
They believe that regulators can ring-fence capital supporting different business lines, to prevent contagion risk, and perhaps
impose
a surcharge on large “systemic” firms, to reflect the price of their implicit support from the central bank and government.
We are presented with the outline of a centralized Union endowed with strong powers to coordinate economic polices and
impose
a common social policy.
We cannot
impose
an ecological rhythm on people who are poorer than we are when it is the very fact that we freed ourselves from that rhythm that made us richer.
Economic contraction, or even stagnation, is not a solution for the developed countries, either, for a similar reason: it would imply that we either accept existing inequalities or
impose
a regime aiming at an equal redistribution of resources.
The cause of his outburst – accompanied by threats to
impose
taxes “like never before” on the company – was the news that Harley plans to invest in new manufacturing operations outside of the United States.
On the other hand, higher equity for banks will reduce the incidence of bank failures, which
impose
high costs on the economy and on individuals.
On the contrary, such a refusal “should be considered an acceptance of the human condition, or a wish to avoid the application of a medical procedure disproportionate to the results that can be expected, or a desire not to
impose
excessive expense on the family or the community.”
This may be more conducive to peace than trying to
impose
on them a hated occupation or an equally hated Shia hegemony.
That would
impose
high costs, because the small size of the domestic market would prevent them from achieving economies of scale in technology, product development, and manufacturing.
Politicians are loath to
impose
such a tax, fearing a political backlash.
Xi now leads a new economic group that will coordinate and
impose
his reforms on fractious colleagues.
In an ideal world, distressed countries would default as soon as private markets stopped funding them, and they would
impose
the losses on private bondholders.
Realizing that no single group is powerful enough to
impose
its habits on others, Nigeria's peoples are working out ingenious ways to accommodate one another's differences.
Currently, Malaysia has no law that would
impose
the death penalty on apostates.
And to get the corporate-tax rate below 30%, Republicans would have to
impose
a large minimum tax on these firms’ foreign profits.
Of course, Trump, who has repeatedly threatened to
impose
tariffs on China, could also influence China’s exchange-rate policy.
Some claim that the ideal of sexual equality represents a particular cultural viewpoint, and that we Westerners should not seek to
impose
our values on other cultures.
Imagine how we would react if someone tried to excuse racial discrimination by arguing that it is wrong to
impose
one’s culture on others.
Unfortunately the euro crisis transformed the EU into something radically different: a relationship of creditors and debtors in which the creditor countries
impose
conditions that perpetuate their dominance.
The same thing could happen if our governments
impose
more stringent regulations to protect us from the impact of greenhouse-gas emissions.
Weak oil prices also damage US energy producers, which comprise a large share of the US stock market, and
impose
credit losses and potential defaults on net energy exporting economies, their sovereigns, state-owned enterprises, and energy firms.
No force could
impose
coherent plans or extract improved output, so performance fell through the floor.
If large emitting countries were to
impose
carbon prices of $30 per ton of CO2, they could generate fiscal revenues amounting to about 1% of their GDP.
The events of the past few months are the consequences of shortsightedly seeking to
impose
one’s will while ignoring the interests of one’s partners.
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