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Without nuclear fusion, future generations’ energy options will be severely limited – creating a serious problem for developed and developing countries alike.
In Sweden, in particular, a strong commitment to political correctness has severely limited public debate.
While there are some pockets of excellence, most Japanese firms are severely lacking in these areas.
Moreover, budget restrictions have severely constrained French military capabilities.
The Abdication of the LeftRONDA, SPAIN – As the world reels from the Brexit shock, it is dawning on economists and policymakers that they severely underestimated the political fragility of the current form of globalization.
While this severely weakened Japan’s defenses, the US ensured East Asia’s security by deploying an aircraft carrier and cruisers, and American forces also searched for missing victims together with the JSDF.
With no salaries to pay teachers (or even the security services), his ability to influence even his own presidential guard was severely limited.
What happens now can either legitimize the mechanisms that have been created, or weaken them severely.
Its actions in Haiti, however, have severely undermined those goals.
Ukraine suffers from the sharp drop in global demand and trade, severely undermining its steel industry.
To be sure, France has been severely hit by the global financial crisis and economic downturn.
Women who transgress the ideal role of wife and mother by seeking autonomy or self-expression outside the family are severely punished.
They find that US districts where the economy was severely hit by Chinese exports have responded by replacing moderate representatives with more radical politicians – either from the left or the right.
Despite the relatively costless overthrow of the Qaddafi regime, America’s prolonged interventions in Afghanistan and Iraq have severely strained the public’s tolerance for an active foreign policy.
A policy decision can be positive in the aggregate but severely harmful to some groups – which is frequently the case with liberalization measures.
At present that promise is severely in question.
The immediate and medium-term prospects for economic growth in the United Kingdom are severely diminished, and the impact on the rest of Europe will be negative.
With different regions and industries desperately trying to opt out of a “hard Brexit” from the European Union, and Scotland even considering independence, whatever ties bind the UK together are being severely strained.
Without aid from the US, however, UNRWA’s ability to deliver its most valuable service will be severely diminished.
Even barring such a major geopolitical upheaval, which would severely damage the global economy’s prospects in the short run, serious medium- and long-term risks loom.
The problem is not so much with the agreement’s trade provisions, but with the “investment” chapter, which severely constrains environmental, health, and safety regulation, and even financial regulations with significant macroeconomic impacts.
We were severely understaffed.
The average US tariff rate severely understates the actual tariff rates applied to Chinese goods.
A decade of regular adrenaline shots, in the form of ultra-low interest rates and unconventional monetary policies, has severely depleted their power to stabilize and stimulate the economy.
There is also the risk that the politics of identity can replace – or severely weaken – the politics of economic justice.
Yet according to Human Rights Watch, “Thailand’s military junta tightened its grip on power and severely repressed fundamental rights” last year.
In short, China is back to where it started, with its growth dependent on export demand, which is now severely constrained by debt overhangs in advanced countries.
As for mobility in a pedestrian city, it is possible to structure low-cost bus-based transit systems and to severely restrict car use during peak hours.
Estonia, Georgia and Kazakhstan have achieved this end;-- regulatory legislation which invites grotesque state intrusion in the market must be abolished;-- the power of bureaucrats must be severely check by all legal and administrative means.
Politicians across the political spectrum know that such a situation would unsettle an already fragile US economy, severely weaken the dollar, and raise serious concerns about the country's ability to meet its debt-service obligations, including to the many foreign creditors that the US will need in the future.
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