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In the meantime, the Fed and other central banks will have to keep walking a tightrope that leaves them especially vulnerable to outside
pressure.
Ultimately, however, foreign
pressure
will have little effect on China’s massive and powerful economy.
An increase in gold imports placed further
pressure
on the current-account balance.
The combination of corruption, inequality, and political repression builds up enormous pressure, and there are no institutional channels through which to release it.
With strong political will, sustained
pressure
from an informed public, and a “can do” attitude from water professionals and institutions pursuing intersectoral cooperation, the world’s water-management problems can be addressed effectively.
It would also put
pressure
on those using the black market to come out of the shadows.
But, because of political
pressure
exerted by small, powerful interest groups, windfall profits will inevitably be spent at home in unwise subsidies.
A decade ago, Europe disappointed Iran by withdrawing from negotiations, under
pressure
from the US – a move that some have suggested aided former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s rise to power.
By preserving its unity of purpose and maintaining the
pressure
and negotiating momentum that it has generated, Europe can demonstrate to Iran, the US, and itself that it has what it takes to be a major global actor.
The cycle goes something like this: American or international
pressure
mounts on Israel to stop settlement activities in the occupied territories.
Eventually, world
pressure
subsides and the freeze fails to materialize.
The only way that Europe can escape from this trap is by acting in anticipation of financial markets’ reactions, rather than yielding to their
pressure
after the fact.
Papandreou had to reverse course quickly in response to both internal and external pressure, but the option that he put on the table will not go away whatever the fate of the present Greek government.
Only since he began to feel
pressure
from the British public – who have been deeply affected by images of those fleeing persecution, especially the photo of the lifeless body of Aylan Kurdi, a three-year-old Syrian boy, washed up on a beach – has Cameron’s stance begun to change.
In addition, the moderation of inflationary
pressure
as a result of slower growth and cooling global commodity markets will allow Chinese and other Asian policymakers to shift their focus from containing economic overheating to rebalancing growth.
But the United States put
pressure
on the Secretary-General to leave Israel off the list;Ban acceded, and decided to leave Hamas off the list as well.
When President Richard Nixon was intent on being re-elected in 1972, he put heavy
pressure
on then-Fed Chair Arthur Burns to “juice” the economy.
In the 15 years and 200 sittings of the court it took to get to a conviction, Singh’s devotees made numerous efforts to
pressure
investigators, police, judges, and the complainants to withdraw the case.
How those sanctions worked in tandem with other forms of
pressure
provides hope that they may yet help turn Iran around.
That will put more
pressure
on the country’s already limited stock of agricultural land.
This suggests that what the Bush administration has been doing – slowly ratcheting up the
pressure
through the use of diplomacy to create an international coalition that now includes the Russians – is the proper course to be on.
Given this dissonance, the financial markets are responding with renewed upward
pressure
on Italian borrowing costs.
Financing adaptation to climate will be a formidable challenge, particularly as it involves additional costs above traditional development assistance – at a time when foreign-aid budgets are under
pressure.
While some tweaks to trade relations are needed, in the past such changes would have been pursued in an orderly and cooperative fashion – not under constant and growing tariff
pressure.
That belief was behind China’s
pressure
on Cambodia to block ASEAN’s final communiqué this summer.
Given long-term constraints on both fiscal and household spending in the wake of the financial crisis and downward
pressure
on asset prices, the sustainability of such an employment trend is questionable.
Moreover, aggressive counter-terrorism activities and the separation barrier have decisively reduced cross-border attacks, containing mounting
pressure
in Palestine as the conflict remains on the back burner.
Some researchers consider the reaction with nitric oxide the most problematic, because it raises blood
pressure.
Furthermore, the Turkish military can increase the
pressure
on Iraqi Kurds with far less drastic measures.
Third, the West needs to counter Russian
pressure
on its neighbors, especially Ukraine -- most likely the next target in the Kremlin’s efforts to create a new sphere of hegemony.
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