Poised
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Automation, facilitated by better artificial intelligence, is
poised
to have a major impact on jobs.
In fact, after running twin current- and capital-account surpluses persistently for two decades, China’s foreign-exchange reserves are
poised
to break the $4 trillion threshold, with the marginal cost of every dollar accrued vastly surpassing its potential benefits.
Asia today is in the midst of a powerful recovery; crisis countries have already, or are
poised
to, recover their pre-crisis levels of GDP.
The world is
poised
to undergo one of the most dramatic power shifts in human history.
Here is an outline of the next depression,
poised
to happen.
Interest rates around the world are
poised
to rise.
But now, five years later, the Chinese leadership is
poised
to tackle the next phase of the implementation challenge.
Ciller is widely believed to have forged an alliance with Refah, which she once condemned as more dangerous to Turkey than the rebellious Kurds to protect herself from the very charges of corruption that Turkey's new government now seems
poised
to bring against her.
Nor could you infer it from the behavior of voters, who seem
poised
to re-elect President Cristina Kirchner in October.
Similarly, in Austria – which, to be sure, never admitted guilt in the first place – Chancellor Sebastian Kurz’s far-right, anti-immigration coalition is
poised
to end the EU’s politics of “identity annihilation.”
For starters, Africa is
poised
for a modest, if fragmented, growth recovery.
By contrast, those nations that remain nostalgic for the cause of Che, such as Venezuela, Ecuador, and Bolivia, are at this very moment
poised
on the brink of civil war.
But whereas Juppé, who coined the term l’identité heureuse (the happy identity), aims to transcend the deepening divisions within French society, Sarkozy seems
poised
to capitalize on them, presenting Islam as a fundamental threat to the French way of life.
That supposedly buried past was always there,
poised
to erupt with a vengeance once the economic miracle slowed or stopped.
Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo appears
poised
to try to amend the country’s constitution to allow himself a chance at a third term.
The Black Sea is
poised
to become a key conduit for non-OPEC, non-Gulf oil and natural gas flowing into European markets and beyond.
Rather than continue fighting (as in the US) after a heated presidential election, Mexico’s major political parties appear
poised
to cooperate on a number of critical structural reforms that could energize economic growth for decades to come.
A country
poised
to embark on some radical and uncharted course of action often believes that vacations produce additional scope for delaying or frustrating the other side’s counter-move.
And 13 states already offer a public-financing option for candidates running for state office, with many more
poised
to follow suit in response to grassroots pressure.
In Germany, the electorate seems
poised
to eject Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder out of discontent with his tepid allegiance to the neo-liberal project.
For example, why is there an international economic organization such as the G-7 without China, which is
poised
to overtake Germany as the world’s third largest economy and since 2000 has contributed almost as much to global economic activity as the entire euro zone?
China’s outward FDI is
poised
to increase sharply again in 2010, judging by the first half of the year, when it was rising at an annual rate of 44%.
Obama’s presidency is coming to an end, the Republicans are
poised
to regain control of the Senate in November’s mid-term election, and Democrats are increasingly reticent to be viewed as “soft on Iran.”
In Britain, the government may be
poised
to propose the creation of a UN-type Security Council for Europe which would ride above the existing Brussels institutions and which be headed (no surprise) by Britain, France and Germany.
If a half-century of experience in the US is an accurate guide, the waistlines of Asian consumers – in Asia and America – are
poised
to expand in step with the fast-food industry’s increasingly ethnic-focused marketing, with serious potential health consequences.
The continent also seems
poised
to gut the important “one-stop shop” principle, which would have allowed companies to deal with the data protection authority in the country where they have their main European base.
Now the CPA is
poised
to face its most vital test: the South’s referendum on independence, scheduled for January 9.Whether or not a new state is born in one of the most strategically sensitive areas of the world is of utmost concern to Sudan’s neighbors and others.
The Kurds in CommandEAST LANSING, MICHIGAN – In a remarkable change of fortune, Turkey’s long-marginalized Kurdish minority is
poised
to play a pivotal role in the country’s politics.
Europe, Japan and the Ghost of John Maynard KeynesNEW HAVEN: Eleven countries within the EU are
poised
to merge their currencies forever into the euro.
Europe by DegreesROME -- A year ago, few people would have bet that the European Union, still reeling from the trauma of the Constitutional Treaty’s rejection in 2005, would be
poised
to ratify the new Reform Treaty, adopted in Lisbon last December.
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