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If we merely add new institutions to EU countries’ already Byzantine arrangements, we will fail to address the effectiveness, flexibility, and smoothness of information
transfer
through the EU-level supervisory system.
Moreover, China has been charged with egregious violations of international rules, ranging from allegations of currency manipulation and state-subsidized dumping of excess capacity to cyber-hacking and forced technology
transfer.
Governments that worry about the
transfer
of critical technological know-how to foreigners are, in turn, free to enact rules prohibiting their firms from investing abroad or restricting foreign takeovers at home.
Although consumer spending has increased during the past four quarters, helped by substantial government
transfer
payments, the pace of spending growth by households was less than the overall pace of GDP growth, because households were increasing their rate of saving.
But a significant
transfer
of power from the presidency to parliament, or from the central to provincial governments, has yet to be brought about.
Nigeria’s Lost ChanceNigeria’s first attempt since independence in 1960 to
transfer
power from one civilian government to another has just ended – farcically.
After all, capital inflows traditionally have been regarded as a positive
transfer
of savings from rich industrial countries to capital-scarce emerging markets.
Only when a
transfer
of competencies to the supranational level leads to efficiency gains that exceed the welfare losses due to centralization should national and regional responsibility be replaced by the supranational.
But such an outcome is unlikely, given that the agreement lacks any enforcement mechanism, such as the automatic eviction of Russia from the SWIFT financial
transfer
system should it renege on any aspect of the agreement.
As Frederick Mackeson, a British colonial officer, observed of the tribesmen in 1850, “their fidelity is measured by the length of the purse of their seducer, and they
transfer
their obedience according to the liberality of the donation.”
The MGI research estimates that $170 billion – as well as the
transfer
of capabilities and knowledge that typically accompany such investment – is needed between now and 2030.
First, Europe could become a
transfer
union, with the north giving more and more credit to the south and later waiving it.
This reduction in the demand for low-skilled workers could be offset by taking into account the hourly equivalent of
transfer
payments when calculating the minimum wage.
For example, someone who receives $8,000 a year in
transfer
payments (such as food stamps, housing assistance, and the Earned Income Tax Credit) might be deemed to have received the equivalent of $4 an hour toward meeting the minimum wage.
The advantages of this hybrid status include the security and predictability of America’s rule of law, eligibility for federal
transfer
payments, and favorable tax treatment.
Finally, there is the argument that Chinese FDI fails to
transfer
technologies and skills to local businesses – what economists refer to as “positive spillovers.”
The failed measure involved only a
transfer
of previous US commitments from a supplementary account to the IMF’s core funding source, at virtually no cost to taxpayers.
In principle, a web of bilateral
transfer
arrangements could achieve such an unblocking of trade.
Integration of immigrants makes much sense; but it is desirable to help create sustainable conditions in troubled countries with the help of a generation of emigrants who first
transfer
resources and then return themselves.
As for the Huawei case, if it turned out that the company did indeed violate contractual obligations not to
transfer
US technology to Iran, then it is only reasonable that there should be consequences.
Now consider the German voters who have turned against Chancellor Angela Merkel and her SPD coalition partners, mainly because they resent what they see as uncontrolled immigration and unjustified
transfer
payments to Greece.
The challenge for US policy is to ensure that Chinese policies comply with WTO rules, including the requirement to notify other countries of subsidy programs and the prohibition of zero-sum tactics like IP theft, forced technology transfer, and discriminatory procurement practices.Finally, the PCAST report underscores the need for the US to respond to China’s challenge in semiconductors with an industrial policy of its own.
The challenge for US policy is to ensure that Chinese policies comply with WTO rules, including the requirement to notify other countries of subsidy programs and the prohibition of zero-sum tactics like IP theft, forced technology transfer, and discriminatory procurement practices.
In a fiscal crunch, the first spending cuts hit productive public investments, because governments prefer to protect current – and often inefficient – spending on public-sector jobs and
transfer
payments to the private sector.
The plan also calls for knowledge
transfer
to enable poor countries to adopt environmentally sound technologies.
They were savage colonial conflicts under the Czar and almost genocidal under Stalin, who deported the whole Chechen population, a third of which perished during their
transfer
to the Gulag.
Indeed, Japan provides far more foreign direct investment than China in every major economy in Southeast Asia and ASEAN as a whole, and its leading firms – global players such as Mitsubishi and Sony –
transfer
far more technology and know-how to developing Asia than their Chinese counterparts.
For decades, and especially since the mid-1990s, China has made knowledge
transfer
via joint ventures with Chinese partners a condition for access to its large market.
Underpinning the anger over technology
transfer
is a belief that American ingenuity will one day be used against American interests.
Of course, technology
transfer
from China and India could be a mere smokescreen for a new “brown imperialism” aimed at exploiting African oil, food, and minerals.
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