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Xi will have to follow these measures with legislation that formalizes some of the most critical reforms.
Ambitious but thwarted presidents are easily tempted to take unconstitutional measures; after all, they reason, the people elected them directly.
The Crisis of PutinismPARIS – Why is Russian President Vladimir Putin resorting to increasingly repressive measures against his opponents?
Europe needs structural reforms, but such reforms alone will not end the Continent's malaise, and some measures - those that weaken employment protection or the social safety net - may come at a high price, especially for people at the bottom.
Fourth, China dispenses aid without compliance conditions such as environmental protection measures or community-participation exercises.
A better mix of fiscal and monetary policies and sustained measures to enhance productivity and competitiveness remain necessary conditions for addressing America’s labor-market challenges.
The austerity measures that many countries have adopted to reduce public deficits and debt are hampering fiscal policy, while near-zero policy rates in the largest developed economies have constrained their scope for monetary-policy maneuvering.
In this context, policymakers may reach for the low-hanging fruit of competitive devaluations, leading to a series of unilateral policy measures and retributive responses.
Currency wars and beggar-thy-neighbor policies are triggered when one country’s policy measures distort the choices open to others.
Managing capital inflows – which support further currency appreciation and inflation – required an increase in the financial operations tax and other administrative measures.
But claiming that unconventional monetary-policy measures would carry the risk of “much stronger politicizing of exchange rates” misses the mark.
In fact, the modest measures implemented in response to the changing distribution of global power have been limited to the economic realm, with the hard core of international relations – peace and security – remaining the exclusive preserve of a handful of countries.
Will the US take measures to reassure China?
If adopted, these measures will further compound America's fiscal mess.
The “comprehensive” in its official title refers to the lifting of nuclear-related sanctions and the verification measures to ensure compliance.
Brown need not take such measures in his forthcoming budget.
Like Putin, Xi uses anti-corruption measures to dispatch rivals and concentrate power in his own hands, and he has been even more ruthless than Putin in doing so.
Commodity prices spread worldwide, though influenced by local conditions and constraints (including tariffs and other protectionist measures in China, Russia, America, and elsewhere).
The idea that Germany would show financial solidarity with weakened eurozone members only if they accept draconian stabilization measures is similarly unrealistic.
Such measures would only exacerbate deflation in these countries, which are the most important markets for German exports.
The measures called for by the bailout program were adopted within a very short period of time; indeed, many of them were part of previous agreements, but had never been implemented.
Regarding taxes, the government has adopted measures to reduce evasion and increase collection rates.
Even Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz has questioned whether these countries’ debt payment measures represent an exaggerated concession to neo-liberal orthodoxy.
So should members of the militias and the Chavista armed gangs called colectivos, if they have acted to terrorize the population, and anyone who has coerced public employees by threatening to fire them unless they vote as ordered or carry out particular measures.
For some health issues – such as elevated cholesterol – screening yields positive results: a simple blood test measures the amounts of good and bad cholesterol in the blood, making it easier to detect related cardiovascular disease, which could lead to heart attacks or strokes.
Once we know that, legislation and regulatory measures can be brought to bear to advance our collective goals, and to encourage bottom-up experimentation.
Countries are taking measures to track and document fish imports.
This week, we commit the US and the EU to combat illegal fishing, to strengthen our monitoring, and to enforce management measures in our role as parties to regional fishery organizations and to various international treaties.
So far, the regime has merely applied the same blunt measures that fueled Tibetans’ grievances in the first place.
The Germans see no reason to take measures to reduce their own super-competitiveness.
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