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As Trump’s political position weakens and the obstacles facing him grow, his mental instability will pose an ever-greater danger.
Creditors, asserting their right to be repaid in full, historically have created as many legal and political obstacles to default as possible, insisting on harsh sanctions – garnishment of income, for example, and, at the extreme, imprisonment or even slavery – for borrowers’ failure to honor their debt obligations.
Now it is up to leaders in the region to overcome the remaining obstacles, starting with an understanding between the governments of Belgrade and Pristina.
And that is why, despite all the obstacles, the odds still favor success.
Abe has, however, encountered several obstacles.
Even well financed entrepreneurs face obstacles to growth, often due to a lack of experience.
For too long, government officials have tinkered with Mexico’s economic structure through piecemeal reforms that seek to ensure political stability, but that do not address the key obstacles to greater innovation and competitiveness.
Beyond legal barriers, women also face social and cultural obstacles that limit their access to education, work, and finance.
And, unfortunately, there are severe obstacles to exposing them – beginning with the opaqueness of China’s financial transactions with other emerging economies over the past decade.
Differences in indirect taxes such as VAT pose another way in which borders become obstacles to trade.
Transforming the SDR into a true international currency would require surmounting other obstacles.
In the short term, there are concerns that oil production will peak soon, owing not to the unavailability of reserves, but to obstacles to investment – for example, access to reserves, sanctions, and policy uncertainty.
The sad reality is that, despite significant social, political, and economic progress, women still face major personal and professional obstacles in developed and developing countries alike.
For example, political obstacles to comprehensive economic policymaking in many advanced economies have undermined the implementation of structural reforms and responsive fiscal policies in recent years, holding back business investment, undermining productivity growth, worsening inequality, and threatening future potential growth.
This good faith must continue no matter what obstacles arise.
And when there are challenges or obstacles (mostly in the more recent movies), these are quickly overcome (and with humor).
But their soft-power ambitions still face major obstacles.
Potential obstacles abound: more aggressive monetary tightening, especially in the United States; a further escalation of protectionism; a harder-than-expected economic landing in China; and a return of tensions in the eurozone, triggered by concerns over the fate of Italian finances.
Race, color, and gender were never supposed to be obstacles to full and equal civic participation.
On this International Women’s Day, we must not forget that in the world’s poorest communities, poverty, hunger, domestic violence, and discrimination remain endemic obstacles to gender parity.
Rather, they indicate that there are obstacles impeding economic activity.
These obstacles could include excessive taxation or regulation, both of which can discourage work, innovation, saving, and investment.
With US/UK ground forces outnumbered in most fights, and with many terrain obstacles to overcome, this dual offensives would be highly risky were it not for air power.
But there remain considerable obstacles to fulfilling that commitment.
To achieve the second goal – making Mexico a place where modern companies thrive – Mexico needs not only to remove obstacles such as restrictive zoning, which limit the growth of modern stores; it also must improve the overall business environment and ensure that contracts can be enforced.
Last year, a study of German Muslims analyzed social integration (including obstacles), religion, attitudes to democracy, the rule of law, and politically-inspired violence.
It is as if truth and justice are seen as potential obstacles to peace, stability and progress.
Closing the Education Gender GapWASHINGTON, DC – Completing primary school in Niger was never a certainty for Aishetu Mahmoudu Hama, given all the obstacles that stood in her way.
In the end, the effects of efficiency-minded reforms have been offset by factors – social insurance policies and market imperfections – that systematically channel too many resources to informal firms and create obstacles to formal firms.
Rather, they require targeted, country-specific reforms that remove actual obstacles to the expansion of modern sectors, and social policies that are compatible with structural transformation.
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