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And Modi’s relationship with the US has not been entirely positive, either,
owing
to American officials’ decision to deny him a visa following the deaths of many Muslims during riots a decade ago in Gujarat, where he was Chief Minister.
Three weeks earlier, the state-controlled newspaper Global Times offered a more plausible explanation for China’s failure to deliver the promised data to India: the data transfer had been intentionally halted,
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to India’s supposed infringement on Chinese territorial sovereignty in a dispute over the remote Himalayan region of Doklam.
Nuclear energy also featured prominently on the agenda,
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to both countries’ dependence on energy imported through dangerous sea-lanes.
FDI promotes technology transfer and contributes relatively more to economic growth than domestic investment, because it increases total investment in the economy more than one for one,
owing
to complementarities with domestic firms.
Making matters worse, Iran has a major investment bottleneck,
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to collapsing real-estate values and a frozen banking system.
Another company, Gubretas, which had bought Razi, one of Iran’s biggest petrochemical companies, for $650 million dollars in 2008, has not yet been able to start production,
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to administrative restrictions.
The problem is that the old European parties’ intellectual and moral foundations have rapidly eroded in recent years,
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partly to their failure – or inability – to adapt to EU-level systems.
Empty houses and uncultivated fields – a common feature of southern Europe – represent a relatively secure investment that does not cost much,
owing
to low property taxes.
As it stands, many EU countries resist the introduction of any trade restrictions, whether
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to an excessive commitment to liberal economic ideals or fear of jeopardizing their own interests in China by, say, establishing an EU mechanism for managing foreign investment.
Though voter turnout was relatively low,
owing
largely to the somewhat technical nature of the issues, the election’s message was clear: most Japanese abhor the prospect of a return to the grim economic trajectory that prevailed in Japan before “Abenomics.”
Japan’s leaders must also work to expand the workforce, which faces severe constraints,
owing
largely to the country’s rapidly aging population.
Owing
to this adverse balance-sheet effect, devaluation turned out to be contractionary, leading to severe recessions.
Indeed, exceptions to this pattern are rare: South Africa is one,
owing
to the genius of one of the century’s most outstanding statesmen, Nelson Mandela.
From Unemployment to EntrepreneurshipCHICAGO – It is well known that manufacturing employment has declined significantly in the United States,
owing
to the rise of manufacturing in developing countries like Mexico and China.
Beyond endangering lives, more frequent and stronger storms could cost many billions of dollars,
owing
to infrastructure damage and lost revenues from farming, fisheries, and tourism.
Even before the recent Middle East political shocks, oil prices had risen above $80-$90 a barrel, an increase driven not only by energy-thirsty emerging-market economies, but also by non-fundamental factors: a wall of liquidity chasing assets and commodities in emerging markets,
owing
to near-zero interest rates and quantitative easing in advanced economies; momentum and herding behavior; and limited and inelastic oil supplies.
It is of course tricky to establish the level of government spending that is consistent with intergenerational equity,
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to uncertainty about oil reserves, future oil prices, and investment returns.
To be sure, there have been some noteworthy exceptions,
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to concerted efforts to consolidate a constructive strategic vision.
With US budget deficits likely to widen by at least $1 trillion over the next ten years,
owing
to the recent tax cuts, pressures on domestic saving will only intensify.
The situation in the eurozone is particularly unstable,
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to citizens’ growing alienation from a distant, technocratic elite; the absence of conventional economic adjustment mechanisms (exchange rates, inflation, public investment, and so on); and tight limits on fiscal transfers, which send powerful signals about the real boundaries of cohesion.
As US President Barack Obama’s domestic opponents resist his signature health-care legislation,
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to the wealth transfers that it implies, Japanese bureaucrats are trying to recover the authority to administer tax revenue to support social-welfare programs.
In fact, such a large increase has seldom – if ever – been attempted,
owing
to the risk that it would spur consumers to spend before it takes effect, thereby reducing future consumption.
They view budget deficits as creating negative spillover effects for neighbors, owing, for example, to the moral hazard of bailouts.
Some believe that monetary expansion in one country shifts the trade balance against its partners,
owing
to the exchange-rate effect; others believe that any adverse effect on trade balances is offset by higher spending.
But trade patterns have changed so much since the 1980s, particularly
owing
to the emergence of regional and global supply chains, that the very notion of a bilateral trade imbalance – one of the main sticking points for Trump – seems outdated.
Thus, a universal basic income must be rejected,
owing
to its “enormous cost and the potential disincentives to work.”
The G-20’s role should increase further in importance,
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to emerging countries’ share of global GDP – projected to reach 60% in 2030 – and to the global nature of the challenges of the twenty-first century.
Just as business and credit cycles there tend to be more frequent and extreme, the real possibility of de facto currency crises in the eurozone,
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to higher sovereign borrowing costs and slow adjustment to shocks under fixed exchange rates, renders massive balance sheets unsupportable and thus obsolete.
By contrast, developed country policymakers’ default stance seems to be that proactive or preemptive measures require a high degree of certainty,
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to a deep-seated belief that financial markets are stable and self-regulating.
And here, Obama appears determined to undermine his own signature reform,
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to pressure from the powerful US pharmaceutical lobby.
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