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Smith then declared, after considering the applicable law, that the provisions of the Criminal Code preventing physician assistance in dying violate disabled people’s right not only to equality, but also to life, liberty, and security.
Other provisions could be added.
Instead, they argue that the reforms are too risky or purge their substantive provisions.
Clearly, some of the growth in 2004 was due to provisions that encouraged investment in that year—when it mattered for electoral politics—at the expense of 2005.
Despite the Court’s traditional conservatism on social issues, it would surely reject the key provisions of the proposed abortion law – a prospect that would empower PiS moderates to rein in their extremist colleagues.
As a chorus of researchers has pointed out, the provisions, pushed by the pharmaceutical companies, were so unbalanced that they were bad for scientific progress.
Provisions demanded by the US would have made it difficult for small countries, like Botswana, to gain affordable access.
Countries needed to open their economies at a sensible pace; leverage global technology and demand; specialize in tradable sectors; pursue a lot of investment (some 30% of GDP); and promote foreign direct investment, with appropriate provisions for knowledge transfer.
Provisions on the free flow of data, together with prohibition of data localization and forced technology transfer, were included in so-called “twenty-first-century trade agreements,” like the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.
But many in the US Congress insist that provisions must be added to the agreements to prevent currency manipulation.
China is not a party to the TPP, but Japan is, and many congressional critics cite it as the target of their insistence that provisions to prevent currency manipulation be included in the deal.
The euro, too, has depreciated significantly against the dollar over the last year, and some US trade critics want provisions to prevent currency manipulation added to the TTIP.
Finally, provisions that target other central banks could also be applied against the US.
In 2003, in an article in the American Economic Review, Ashoka Mody and I made the case for these provisions.
Because new contractual provisions are not easily retrofitted into old bonds, it will take years before the clauses are included in the entire stock of debt.
But, either way, both provisions will reduce the competitiveness of North American producers across the board.
If we make provisions for long lives that are cut short, we will have wasted huge amounts of precious economic resources.
But if we fail to make provisions for lives that are longer, many elderly people will be condemned to poverty.
Assuming that they comply with the Maastricht Treaty's provisions concerning the EMU - and are not unfairly held to more stringent criteria - the core issue is whether new members would benefit more by waiting or whether they should seek early entry.
The Soviets were so eager for an agreement that they accepted provisions that, barely noticed at the time, incorporated the principal post-WWII international human-rights norms.
That is how Alexeyeva and her fellow disidenty noticed the human-rights provisions of the agreement.
For Iran, the focal point of its efforts will be recognition of its right to civilian use of nuclear energy, in keeping with the provisions of the Non-Proliferation Treaty and its protocols.
A compromise was found with the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP) and its provisions for adhering to the Maastricht criteria, which sought to quantify the fiscal soundness of sovereign states without actually interfering with their budget and tax policies.
As the law’s provisions take effect, policymakers must start paying closer attention.
It would probably be easier to boost corporate investment, such as by introducing accelerated depreciation, tax credits to promote research and development, and more generous loss-offset provisions.
The agreement provides merely a framework for reporting and reviewing on the implementation of disparate national agendas, as well as provisions aimed at nudging countries to achieve deeper cuts.
It is common sense that countries with the world’s most generous social-welfare provisions (Western Europe) must say no to millions (indeed hundreds of millions) of would-be migrants.
In the past, the US took advantage of its position as the world’s biggest economic power and largest trader to rule out any multilateral trade provisions that did not serve its interests; otherwise, the US would not promote free trade.
If no adequate provisions are made to sustain global competitiveness, the economic, social, and political consequences could be dire.
Such a mission could then ensure the real implementation of the political provisions of the Minsk II agreement.
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