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Imagine further how, wherever homosexual relationships are lawful, the obstacles to gay and lesbian marriage would vanish if the state did not require the spouses to state their sex.
While trying to build on the limited progress of recent years, they will have to confront a number of additional obstacles in building a cohesive and sustainable peace on the Korean Peninsula.
What obstacles does it face?
Alas, Colau soon realized that she faced insurmountable obstacles.
But they are still struggling to overcome blind spots and biases, both conscious and unconscious, stemming from structural and behavioral obstacles that women face, especially when trying to secure senior positions for which they are amply qualified.
There will not be any quick solutions (if, indeed, there are any solutions at all), given the parties’ diametrically opposed interests, their respective domestic and alliance-related obstacles, and a profound lack of trust on all sides.
The obstacles hindering its success included Russia’s inability or refusal to transform itself in line with the European model, as well as Europe’s lack of the ambition and imagination needed to launch a new project for the genuine unification of the whole of Europe.
The Petri-Plummer study predicts that the bulk of the economic benefits of the TPP will come from reductions in non-tariff barriers (such as regulatory barriers on imported services) and lower obstacles to foreign investment.
But both strategies would face serious legal obstacles.
Although there have been many obstacles on the road to good relations, this year could provide a unique opportunity to forge a new discourse of tolerance and understanding between the peoples of the Islamic world and the West.
But, in recent years, many African governments have worked to reduce administrative and legal obstacles for SMEs.
The Global Commission report sets out to identify the main obstacles to financing such infrastructure and to create an agenda to overcome them.
Indeed, countries other than China can avoid obstacles in the South China Sea by using sea-lanes around Indonesia’s southern flank – specifically, the Lombok, the Sape, or the Ombai Straits, then the Makassar Strait and the Philippine Sea.
Of course, Capriles faces formidable obstacles.
Of course, tariffs are far from the only way to create obstacles to trade.
Sadly, ideological objections and partisan politics are likely to strew obstacles in the path of any effort to modernize America’s infrastructure and create such opportunities at home.
As for the underlying blockchain technology, there are still massive obstacles standing in its way, even if it has more potential than cryptocurrencies.
Of course, Russia will probably not become a full NATO member in the foreseeable future, owing to the many structural, technical, and psychological obstacles blocking its path.
Overcoming Market Obstacles to New AntibioticsLONDON – From the strict perspective of some investors, astute financial management by a company to bolster its share price is a good thing.
ALMA provides management tools, such as the scorecard for accountability and action, that help to track progress, identify obstacles and bottlenecks, and advance solutions.
New materials will also be necessary to overcome one of the main obstacles to successful gene therapy: the absence of appropriate delivery systems.
After all, with fewer global rules, China will face even fewer obstacles when asserting its growing influence abroad.
Moreover, the salient issues concerning monetary unions were well understood, and remedies for the most significant obstacles were proposed at the outset.
Both President Clinton and President Khatami also face obstacles at home, as the arrest of Tehran’s mayor demonstrates.
The digital economy holds the promise of a new way forward, but it is still in its infancy, and young people face obstacles in putting technology to productive use.
And while ECB President Mario Draghi has highlighted the technical, legal, and accounting obstacles that stand in the way of helicopter drops by his institution, he has not ruled them out.
The number of obstacles faced by scientists and public health experts in the race to contain deadly infectious diseases is staggering.
In January, ECB President Mario Draghi effectively sidestepped both obstacles by launching a program of quantitative easing so enormous that it will finance the entire deficits of all eurozone governments (now including Greece) and mutualize a significant proportion of their outstanding bonds.
Despite long-standing political obstacles to some of these reforms, this may be the best and most likely moment for a political breakthrough.
Partisan polarization in Congress has also undermined the executive branch, unduly blocking government appointments – including routine and essentially uncontroversial ones – and placing unwarranted obstacles in the way of implementing even the most sensible and seemingly bipartisan legislative proposals.
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