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The 1997 Kyoto Protocol marked a major step forward in efforts to head off the most disastrous consequences of climate change, establishing a precedent for legally binding
limits
on emissions.
Such a move would be met with a potential legal challenge, based on the impeachment clause or other constitutional
limits.
Despite raising expenditure substantially, however, the budget relies mainly on growth and improved tax collection to keep the country's fiscal deficit within reasonable
limits.
The ritualized culture of death and funerals in the old European tradition was an experience in which society was aware of its
limits.
Because our societies have no sense of limits, they strive to eliminate death from our consciousness.
This severely
limits
the prospects of women and girls.
One result of this likely evolution in US policy is that pressure will shift to other countries, particularly China and India, to accept some
limits
on their own economic behavior.
As so often in the past, this latest reform effort hit the
limits
of permissible Party tolerance almost before it got going.
Of course, this is a thought exercise with
limits.
Tolerance has
limits.
Since fiscal room for maneuver is severely restricted in many economies, and expansionary monetary policies have reached their limits, addressing the global crisis effectively requires global cooperation – by governments, businesses, and employees.
Two recent arrests of diplomats by their host countries have put a spotlight on the justification for, and
limits
of, the immunity from local law that such officials typically enjoy.
And now the recent financial crisis has exposed the
limits
of fiscal integration in the eurozone and raised questions about the role and future of the euro.
Perhaps most important, a new paradigm would acknowledge the
limits
of central banks’ power and foresight.
Most Israeli Jews believe that there should be
limits
on their Arab counterparts’ political influence, with “crucial national decisions,” such as self-determination, being left to the Jewish majority.
But creditors don’t have an incentive to place tough
limits
on banks.
That means lower loan-to-value ratios, stricter mortgage-underwriting standards,
limits
on second-home financing, higher counter-cyclical capital buffers for mortgage lending, higher permanent capital charges for mortgages, and restrictions on the use of pension funds for down payments on home purchases.
Thus, the political economy of housing finance
limits
regulators’ ability to do the right thing.
For example, politicians who manage an economy well should not be subject to term
limits.
Given tight government-imposed
limits
on foreign investors’ renminbi purchases, as well as Chinese investors’ use of renminbi to invest abroad, not many observers would describe the currency as freely usable.
The renminbi’s exchange rate has historically been fixed daily by the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), without regard to underlying market sentiment, and allowed to trade within very narrow
limits.
But Obama’s visit, while heavy on symbolism, reveals the
limits
of his power.
So this brings us to the need to increase “normal” access
limits.
France and Italy, for example, demanded that the
limits
imposed the budget deficits of euro zone members by the Stability and Growth Pact exclude public spending for research.
This
limits
losses to stockholders and completely protects almost all creditors.
Thus, not only is the EU exposed to global supply disruptions; it is also helping to prop up authoritarian governments and empower hostile regimes, which
limits
its own ability to provide effective, coordinated responses to threats and provocations.
The US, convinced of the importance of intentions in the conduct of foreign policy, believes that once China recognizes the
limits
to its power, a structure of peace will follow naturally.
Although Abe has lifted Japan’s sights and self-confidence, he recognizes that Japan faces real
limits.
The US, too, should recognize that there are
limits
to the extent of the subordination that it can ask of an ally.
Subsequent investigation revealed that the structure, the longest of its kind, simply pushed the
limits
of railroad-bridge engineering too far.
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