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The much larger deficits and debts (add several portions of nationalist rhetoric and a generous helping of foreign-policy inexperience to the mix) could easily prompt a surge in risk aversion and a sizeable increase in long-term interest rates – which would undermine much of the rationale behind self-financing infrastructure investments.
Instead, it must now prompt North Korea to halt its nuclear development activities and return to the six-party talks with America, Japan, China, Russia, and South Korea that broke up weeks ago.
The government’s prompt action to counter the crisis – fiscal stimulus, growth packages, and monetary easing – proved effective.
There is also the risk of a disruptive decline in the dollar, which could prompt investors to flee US debt.
The draft Protocol contains language in which China agrees to establish independent “tribunals… and procedures for the prompt review of all disputes relating to the implementation of laws, regulations, judicial decisions and administrative rulings of general application.”
The severity of the ongoing Asian crisis should prompt serious discussions about reforming the international financial system.
The cornerstone of control is prompt treatment using first-line drugs, which doesn’t require a sophisticated health system.
Despite the dangers of false flags and the difficulty of obtaining prompt, high-quality attribution that would stand up in a court of law, there is often enough attribution to enable deterrence.
Prompt, high-quality attribution is often difficult and costly, but not impossible.
Nor will it deliver the prompt lift to low-end jobs in Europe and to low-end pay in the "Anglo-Saxon" nations that are needed so badly.
The transfer of military equipment and technology to third countries could affect regional security and prompt a revision of threat assessments.
But if the weapons have already been produced, the attack could prompt their use and, possibly, counter-use by the invading party, leading, conceivably, to the world’s first two-sided nuclear war.
Under the new policy, excess capacity now signals that supply should be allowed to contract and prompt redundant firms to exit the market.
While a broad and abrupt sell-off by major foreign holders of dollars – for example, China – appears unlikely, a cataclysmic event, similar to the outbreak of the Great War in 1914, could prompt a search for a new international medium of exchange.
The NRC also was supposed to act as a forum for “holding prompt consultations” in crisis situations and to prevent such crises by “early identification of emerging problems.”
At this point, the correct course for the West would be to call on Egypt’s military to reinstate Morsi; to offer prompt financing to help stabilize the Egyptian economy; and to support true pluralism, not the kind that reverts to military coups when elections produce inconvenient results.
There remains one further concern: America has rushed to sign a series of bilateral trade agreements that are even more one-sided and unfair to developing countries, which may prompt Europe and others to do likewise.
It is important for policymakers and the public alike to understand the real fiscal outlook and the damage that high deficits will cause if prompt action is not taken.
By retreating from free trade and casting doubt on US security guarantees for its allies, he could prompt Japan, South Korea, and others to race to acquire nuclear weapons to protect themselves against a rising China.
Despite this alarming conclusion, the study did not prompt the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission to order utilities to remove spent fuel from overcrowded pools at more than 100 US commercial reactors.
The recent experience of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum highlights the limitations of open sectoralism and should prompt a thorough re-appraisal.
If those anxieties prompt some countries to build up their militaries, Asia’s strategic landscape will be fundamentally altered.
Bold and prompt US action to reform the corporate tax system is essential.
A credible outlook for the price of carbon, for example, would prompt new private-sector investment in cleaner technologies.
In an already fragile region, a major Arab country like Iraq would most likely prompt interventions by its nervous neighbors - of which there is no shortage - if it turns into a failed state.
Merkel’s prompt decision to take responsibility for forming a viable coalition government means that her commitment to preserving the EU and her staunch defense of democracy and Western values will continue to guide German policymaking.
But the growing risk associated with US Treasury bonds should prompt China to reduce its holdings of US debt.
At the same time, we cannot count on the prompt discovery of new and better antibiotics.
Other countries, such as Greece, needed to have a full-blown crisis in order to prompt such adjustment measures, whereas Britain was acting prudently and preemptively.
The British response should prompt other industrial economies, above all the US, to tackle their long-term fiscal weaknesses.
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