Reluctant
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But many countries – even some that would normally be receptive to a Cuban application – would be
reluctant
to cross the US.
Firms are typically
reluctant
to keep workers on when their temporary contracts end, as this would imply giving them high employment protection.
Owing to its inward-looking political system and the persistence of strong isolationist undercurrents, the US has been consistently more
reluctant
than European countries to enter into or to abide by international commitments.
The European Central Bank, for its part, is
reluctant
to do anything to jump-start growth.
Though Chancellor Angela Merkel often lavishes Macron with praise for his courage and policy goals, she seems
reluctant
to agree to any action to strengthen the EU.
But, while the scientific community – including academic and professional institutions, agency heads, managers, and editors – is often
reluctant
to handle cases of misconduct rigorously, the reputation of science as a whole is at stake, not just that of a person, institution, journal, or national science entity.
Fourth, because of America’s leverage, its adoption of CFT would “nudge”
reluctant
trade surplus countries to accept such a payments system.
France, in turn, had to swallow the Stability and Growth Pact to convince a
reluctant
German public that the euro would be as stable as the Deutsche Mark.
By so doing, Bush's team left America's friends in Latin America - no less than in Europe and elsewhere - in a hapless situation: rightly unable and unwilling to support the US march of folly, and understandably
reluctant
to poison hemispheric relations in general with the type of strident criticism that local public opinion demands.
With the US increasingly prone to using its currency as an instrument of diplomacy, even of warfare – a process known in Washington as “weaponizing the dollar" – China, Russia, and Saudi Arabia, for example, may well be
reluctant
to shift even more of their wealth into US Treasury bonds.
Wealthy Catalans, who are
reluctant
to subsidize poorer Spanish regions, have allied themselves with left-wing radicals espousing the nationalistic populism that economic crisis and malaise have fueled on the EU’s periphery.
Both South Korea and China are
reluctant
to support robust sanctions.
The villain of the piece, then, is not China, but the US Federal Reserve Board, which has been
reluctant
to use all the tools at its disposal to vanquish deflation and jump-start employment growth.
But the European Central Bank remains
reluctant
to ease monetary policy.
Until recently, she seemed likely to muddle through to the end of her four-year term in 2018, if only because opposition parties were
reluctant
to clean up the economic mess her government created.
Emerging-market officials have been increasingly
reluctant
to turn to the IMF for advice and assistance, undermining its ability to play an effective global role.
Perhaps because Iraq will define his legacy, he has proven
reluctant
to let go at a point when his policy appears to be a disaster.
Congress is
reluctant
to be portrayed as failing to support troops in the field; while they will criticize, they will not block Bush’s plan.
The Saudis, too, may be
reluctant
to be associated with a plan that many will deem a sellout.
If the new crown prince is worried about his domestic political standing, he will be
reluctant
to stand shoulder to shoulder with an American president seen as too close to an Israel that is unwilling to satisfy even minimal Palestinian requirements for statehood.
But important shareholders, not just crisis-hit eurozone countries, but also the United States, are
reluctant
to go along.
Given the dangers of travel, it is no wonder that my grandparents are
reluctant
to seek medical care.
The second group comprises listed companies whose depressed turnover jeopardizes their already diminished share value and their standing with banks, suppliers, and potential customers (all of which are
reluctant
to sign long-term contracts with an underperforming company).
They are
reluctant
to negotiate salaries and rarely know how to do so.
It is thus difficult to understand why the Cypriot government was at first so
reluctant
to inflict any losses on depositors.
As for Japan, last month Trump forced a
reluctant
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to accept a new trade framework that the US views as a precursor to negotiations on a bilateral free-trade agreement.
The surgery is often carried out by tattooists and sometimes veterinarians, because qualified physicians and surgeons are
reluctant
to operate on healthy people.
So, if triggering OMT intervention would be so beneficial, why are the Spanish and Italian governments so
reluctant
to do so?
Both Syria’s
reluctant
alliance with Iran, and its economic desperation, provide openings that Israel and the West should test.
But the funding for expanding these efforts will rest largely on provincial officials, who will be
reluctant
to compel local cadres to disrupt production and lay off even more workers.
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