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In the US, as elsewhere, debates about fiscal policy should be open, with clear statements of alternative goals and balanced assessments of how best to pay for what government does.
Merkel’s statements were driven partly by disagreement between Trump and Europe on climate change, trade, NATO (particularly Article 5, its collective defense clause, which Trump refused to endorse), and relations with Russia.
And yet, when news broke last month that China had officially replaced Japan as the world’s second-largest economy, instead of crowing about surpassing a longtime rival and having the top spot, held by the US, in its sights, the government issued statements emphasizing that theirs remains a “poor, developing” country.
Such statements make headlines, but they are nonsense.
And in its policy statements and actions, it has refused to acknowledge its broader responsibility for the stability of the world economy.
Ahmedinejad may be making increasingly challenging statements, but he does not have the authority to act on them.
As statements of shared values and principles, the UN Charter, the Declaration of Human Rights, and the Geneva conventions are great achievements.
He also won the backing of a small group of extremist rabbis who declared that selling or renting apartments to non-Jews is forbidden and treasonous (one of the rabbis is under investigation for these and other statements).
Too bad, because his comment made a lot more sense than his predecessors’ statements.
Another reason exists for their statements.
Some believe that, without such statements, the dollar would plunge relative to the Euro and Yen.
Statements about a “strong dollar” policy could support the value of the dollar over a short period of time, even years.
If statements about a strong dollar policy had any effect at all, they probably helped promote America’s financial bubble during 1998-2000.
The 88 Generation leaders, including Min Ko Naing, Ko Ko Gyi, women activists like Su Su Nway, and others bravely expressed their grievances time and again in letters, statements, and public demonstrations prior to the Saffron Revolution.
Many pundits would have one believe that Ireland would have pulled through unscathed absent Germany’s blundering statements.
When dealing with international security challenges, diplomacy remains the primary tool; but, by investing in defense, we can back up our statements with military strength and improve our chances of addressing challenges successfully.
But unless Kumar is instructed to file a new deposition before the Supreme Court, his statements appear to have put paid to India’s claim to the world’s most fabled diamond.
At the same time, Osama bin Laden released two audio statements condemning Western and Israeli attacks on Muslims and reiterating the need for violent warfare to liberate occupied Muslim territories from the infidels.
Such statements are an alarm, not a reassurance.
Manafort has been charged for his own alleged financial crimes – tax fraud, money laundering, and making false statements to investigators.
One hopes that its leaders respond, though their fondness for autocratic measures and indulgence of illiberal and intolerant statements by their supporters – behavior that has spurred serious concern across the political spectrum – raises serious doubts that they will.
Though the media almost exclusively covered his most hyperbolic and controversial statements, it was largely his economic message that won him support.
Such statements could well have pushed some undecided voters to decide against Clinton.
But, despite well-intentioned statements and narrow gestures, China’s new leadership has yet to establish a concrete, bold reform plan capable of resolving the economy’s deep-rooted problems.
As is often the case in Europe, the crossfire of contradictory official and non-official statements has been throwing markets into turmoil.
Because Trump’s hostile tweets and swaggering public utterances are usually followed by more cautious statements from senior members of his cabinet, Kim might not take them seriously.
So far, the European Union and the United States have reacted to Turkey’s descent into authoritarianism with little more than vague statements of concern.
No official has offered criticism analogous to Swedish Foreign Secretary Carl Bildt’s condemnation of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko’s show trial in that country, or US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton’s frank statements about Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s erosion of the rule of law.
If not, contrary to the administration’s public statements, financial markets will have to live with a heavy dose of financial repression in the years ahead.
It would be good if more athletes spoke out, despite efforts by the Russian organizers to ban political statements.
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