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According to one poll, 67% of respondents disapprove of how the ruling coalition pushed the legislation through the Diet.
There is a widespread feeling in Japan that Abe’s cabinet “did not make a sufficient effort” to explain the legislation to the public.
Second, they need to use their workforces efficiently, which requires modern labor legislation that encourages employment of women, the young, and senior citizens.
At 19% of GDP, national savings rates are very low – indeed, much lower than in Asia – and labor legislation is antiquated, discouraging efficient use of human capital, while productivity growth is meager.
The host government has been actively rolling back legislation aimed at addressing climate change.
That is why enabling legislation for spending programs should contain sunset clauses, with extensions subject to independent evaluation.
Last month, the United States considered legislation that aimed at stopping Internet piracy.
For the moment, Internet activists, together with Google, Facebook, and other major online players, have carried the day, persuading the US Congress to shelve its anti-piracy legislation.
Legislation from even further back, such as the 1977 Community Reinvestment Act, helped to push banks into providing more financing for housing.
The law now affects only the Shia minority, but threatens to affect pending legislation that could restrict the rights of non-Shia women as well.
But legislation is a blunt instrument for dealing with history.
Many countries enact legislation to stop people from inciting others to commit violent acts, though some go further.
Thus, Peru saw its labor legislation virtually rewritten by United States Congressmen indebted to American unions before the US-Peru PTA was concluded.
India has yet to finalize its anti-surrogacy legislation.
The earliest drafts of the legislation actually encouraged commercial surrogacy, mandating that mothers employed as surrogates surrender their babies.
But that risk only underscores the need for clear and strict legislation.
France and Germany should also promote a “borderless sector” model in a few strategically important industries, which means common legislation, common regulation, and even a common regulator.
This has proven impossible on controversial policies – such as binding reductions on carbon emissions – even when a simple majority supports the legislation.
Since 2005, the US Congress has repeatedly flirted with legislation aimed at defending hard-pressed American workers from the presumed threat of a cheap Chinese currency.
Governments not only needed to help by providing a combination of public assistance and new legislation guaranteeing deposits, but also were called on to shield their constituencies from destabilizing international influences.
And a shortage of investigative resources has led to an emphasis on problematic legislation, instead of the larger issue of inadequate enforcement of laws that promote the CRC’s principles.
The US can afford a second TARP, but it would require Congressional legislation, which is not guaranteed (though the US Federal Reserve can, of course, keep the system funded no matter what).
He tightened legislation aimed at throttling civil society, pursued lawsuits against protesters, and blocked the activity of Alexei Navalny, a promising opposition politician.
In recognition of its outsized historic and per capita emissions, the US should agree to economy-wide emissions reductions in line with domestic climate legislation currently being considered.
For ten years, it has struggled with the costs of a mandatory 35-hour week – a ceiling that is now so embedded in the legislation regulating working hours that simple abrogation would lead to chaos.
The Larijani brothers have been vehement critics of the president, whom they accuse of ignoring legislation and key judicial rulings.
And the Norway option would simply assume away the problem by requiring Britain to adopt passively any economic legislation adopted by the EU.
We also argued in favor of a permanent process of policy consultation that would, as a counterpart to the UK’s submission to EU economic rules, give the British a voice – but no vote – in the creation of European economic legislation.
Since then, the authorities have dramatically reshaped media legislation, a move that some fear will “restrict media pluralism in the long term.”
While the US president can instruct administrative agencies like the Commerce Department or the Treasury Department to take specific actions (as long as they do not conflict with valid legislation), the administration cannot tell the Fed how to manage interest rates, reserve requirements, or any other aspects of monetary policy.
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