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The perceived need for greater leadership power – reflected in the elimination of the presidential term
limit
– has become a key element of the authorities’ implementation efforts.
Beyond legal barriers, women also face social and cultural obstacles that
limit
their access to education, work, and finance.
Would it not be far better to force conscious choice in order to
limit
the consequences of paternalistic mistakes?
In exchange for an exemption from the tariffs, South Korea agreed to reduce its steel exports to the US to 70% of 2015-17 levels, postpone a phase-out of the 25% US tariff on small trucks for 20 years (from 2021), and increase its annual
limit
on US-made automobile imports from 25,000 to 50,000.
The South Korean government will need to allocate quotas among its steel producers; and US customs officials will have to check all steel imports from South Korea to ensure that they are within the 70%
limit
and were not transshipped.
The Stability and Growth Pact, aimed at punishing countries that breach the 3%-of-GDP deficit limit, was a joke: not a single wayward country was ever punished.
There was always uncertainty over the extent to which central banks should attempt to correct or
limit
asset-price bubbles when there was no corresponding rise in the general level of inflation.
Perhaps I had forgotten the travails of President George W. Bush’s predecessors in their second term, but his own current predicament shows that the constitutional
limit
has its own problems.
However, the fate of Bush’s friend, British Prime Minister Tony Blair, shows that lame-duck status can occur even without a constitutional term
limit
– indeed, without a written constitution at all.
Blair made the fatal mistake of setting his own
limit
to his tenure of office by saying that he would not contest a fourth election as leader of the Labour Party.
And they have grilled the deputy director, Andrew McCabe – who was close to Comey and could verify his claims that Trump tried to persuade him to
limit
the investigation – for eight and nine hours at a time.
Our moral sentiments both
limit
individuals’ abuse of the common good, expressed in the conflict between “me” and “us,” and maintain the coherence of the group, to support the competition between “us” and “them.”
For example, a bill in the state legislature would offset the new federal tax law’s
limit
on state income- and property-tax deductions – a provision that will hit California hard because it has one of the highest tax rates in the country, and its residents own expensive homes.
In exchange, Trump wants an additional $25 billion for security on the border with Mexico – including his promised wall – and reforms to
limit
family-based legal immigration and favor higher-skilled workers, which is the norm in most developed countries.
Moreover, China’s increasingly strong commitment to
limit
and then reduce its emissions is more important than any American backsliding, and Germany’s ability to combine stunning export success with rapid growth of renewables proves the absurdity of the claim that building a low-carbon economy threatens competitiveness.
For example, investments in research on alternative energy systems that can
limit
global warming are vital;third, we should insist that our politicians agree to greater international environmental cooperation, lest the neglectful and shortsighted policies within each nation end up destroying the global ecosystem.
Two major factors
limit
China’s soft power, as measured by recent international polls.
The other
limit
is China's reluctance to take full advantage of an uncensored civil society.
Formulating a basic law governing national security, a law that would define the role and
limit
the actions of the SDF, is a mechanism we should seriously consider.
Thanks to Bush's tax cuts and military spending, which have contributed to budget deficits of $500 billion per year, the US will have to raise taxes and
limit
budget spending, whether or not Bush is re-elected.
All of this helped to
limit
the fallout of the financial crisis and push the global economy toward recovery.
Such is NATO’s interest in Israel that Patrick Hardouin, a high official at the Political Affairs and Security Policy Department of the Alliance, made it explicit in 2006, saying that “the ups and downs of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict must not
limit
Israel-NATO cooperation.”
But the legislation’s integrity has been gradually eroded by amendments that
limit
free speech and journalists’ ability to work unimpeded, and by uneven application of existing rules.
These measures do not just
limit
the topics that journalists can safely cover; they also work to
limit
funding for independent media, by imposing restrictions on foreign investment and advertising.
Both Japan and Germany were slow in liberalizing their domestic financial systems as they tried to
limit
capital inflows for a substantial period of time in order to avoid rapid currency appreciation and the consequent erosion of their export competitiveness.
In a monarchy, a king may have the power to forgive citizens’ crimes virtually without
limit.
But Iran is unlikely to be able to take advantage of the rial’s low value to restructure its economy, or to increase exports in the short run, given that oil remains the country’s most important export, and current sanctions severely
limit
the quantities in which it can be sold.
Abysmal air and land transport
limit
the ability to move fighting forces to where they are needed most.
Several countries, including NATO allies, have imposed “national caveats” that
limit
where their troops can be deployed or the tasks they undertake.
It is in part to avoid the difficult choice of either living with a nuclear-armed Iran or attacking it that the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council and Germany have pursued negotiations to
limit
Iran’s nuclear program and place it under international supervision.
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