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I believe that the fairest and simplest proportionate response would be to
impose
a no-fly zone on Syria.
Moreover, despite the pain they impose, economic sanctions historically have a poor record of prompting countries to change fundamental policy.
Should he wake up one morning and decide to
impose
heavy import tariffs on European cars, things could get very ugly, very fast.
The world would no doubt be a safer place, and the power that had helped to
impose
such inspections would be praised for its far-sighted statesmanship.
The country now suffering them is Iraq, the power that helped
impose
them is the United States.
For example, I recently testified at a hearing of the House Financial Services Committee on Republican-proposed legislation that would
impose
on the Fed greater limitations on both monetary policy and regulation.
Fischer appears to prefer to rely on the resolution powers of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, which is empowered to takeover failing financial institutions, with the expectation that it will
impose
losses on creditors in such a way that will not cause global panic.
First, the committee explicitly discussed whether the capital market would suffice to
impose
fiscal discipline on the currency union’s members, and agreed that a system of rules was needed.
Within weeks, the Clinton administration must decide whether to
impose
sanctions on a French-Russian-Malaysian consortium set to develop Iranian offshore gas fields – a multi-billion consortium originally planned by the American oil company Conoco, which was banned from participation by the executive order.
The US cannot
impose
its will unilaterally, and trying to do so has merely arrayed other powerful countries, including China and Russia, against it.
All of this would
impose
much higher costs on China than on the US.
Finally, revenues should be open to public scrutiny and their efficient use, both for investment and consumption, must be ensured by institutional mechanisms that
impose
clear accountability on public officials.
This is a main goal of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, which has warned of the unprecedented pressures that economic growth will
impose
in coming decades on infrastructure (especially transportation), housing, waste disposal (especially of hazardous substances), and energy supplies.
All this is not only fostered by the state, but also requires the kind of uniformity that only a centralized state can
impose.
In a medical emergency, it can
impose
life-threatening delays in care.
Some politicians fear the burden that migrants will
impose
on local communities and taxpayers.
Having achieved this, EU leaders have no further reason to
impose
austerity on Greece or strictly enforce the terms of the latest bailout.
On paper, the Greek bailout will
impose
a fiscal tightening, thereby aggravating the country’s economic slump.
More broadly, Congress took no significant action to avoid headwinds that
impose
a drag on growth and discourage companies and individuals from investing in their future.
As it stands, his administration seems eager to
impose
limits on US imports from NAFTA countries.
By contrast, Western governments were wary of this perspective, which they feared would hamper free-market practices,
impose
overly cumbersome financial obligations, or both.
There, both the resilience of the local political culture and strategic imperatives are converging to define the limits of the West’s capacity to
impose
its values.
The irony is that Putin has long criticized the United States for overreaching and attempting to
impose
its values on others.
The US and Europe not only tried to
impose
their trade agenda on developing countries; they also continued to insist on their right to subsidize agriculture and raised new demands that would have made lives in developing countries even worse.
Most importantly, it is not clear that the bailout will actually
impose
any net costs on US taxpayers, since it may prevent further systemic effects that bring down the financial sector and, with it, the world economy.
In fact, Germany has already enacted a law that will
impose
severe fines on platforms that do not remove illegal user content in a timely fashion.
Later, the NTC was unable to
impose
discipline on the myriad militias that formed to fight Qaddafi’s troops, or even to direct foreign weapons efficiently to the fledgling Libyan National Army.
But why does China’s government seek to
impose
the curriculum in the first place?
Tough EU environmental standards
impose
high costs on these businesses, which might mean they grow more slowly than they otherwise would.
Troubled by the president’s apparent soft spot for (or perhaps fear of) Vladimir Putin, overwhelming bipartisan majorities in both chambers passed a bill to
impose
more sanctions on Russia and – most unusually – to prevent the president from lifting any such penalties.
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