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If Greece’s new government does not tread lightly in these discussions, withdrawal of these institutions’ liquidity support for Greek banks could follow.
Moreover, so-called “patent thickets” – the fear that some advance will tread on pre-existing patents, of which the innovator may not even be aware – may also discourage innovation.
Ghana's Dagomb conflict illustrates why governments should tread carefully with tribal loyalties.
In other words, they are putting taxpayer money where commercial companies fear to tread.
Wrestlers wash their faces, mouths, and armpits before entering the dohyo (ring), on whose sacred sand neither shoes nor women may tread.
And then: “He turned to his workmates and said: ‘Death to Machines’/They tread on our future and stamp on our dreams.”
With global demand flagging, the priority has to be recovery, without abandoning the goal of reform – a difficult line to tread politically.
Those defending democracy against populists also sometimes have to tread on the dangerous ground of identity politics.
Indeed, there is a worrying aspect to the new plans: they must tread a narrow path between reckless freedom for financial institutions, which contributed to the recent global financial crisis, and over-caution, which can suffocate innovation and create inefficiencies.
Political sensitivities in the predominantly Muslim north have forced Jonathan, a Christian southerner, to tread lightly in his efforts to contain Boko Haram.
The Financial Times recently observed that in China’s “efforts to build soft power outside its borders,” the country “needs to tread more lightly and take a more reciprocal and less authoritarian approach.”
Now is a time not only to advance current research, but also to reflect and to tread cautiously.
But we would do well to heed the findings of economists such as the late Charles Kindleberger and Harvard’s Kenneth Rogoff and Carmen Reinhart, and tread carefully.
Here, everyone needs to tread with care.
The West should tread carefully.
Obama will tread carefully as he approaches Congress and, even as his Republican opponents vote to offer limited support, they will make his life as difficult as possible.
Qatar must also tread lightly with Iran, given their shared ownership of the world’s largest natural gas field, South Pars in the Persian Gulf.
But Ukrainians know well the complexity of the history and the need to tread lightly on Russian sensitivities.
All three parties involved will need to tread with care to make certain that the thaw in China-Taiwan relations is not set back by this proposed arms deal.
So, a central bank with a growth mandate may tread a bit more carefully in case its actions dampened activity that could increase national output to its new potential rate.
Moreover, he himself will have to tread carefully, because Merkel is one of his only allies within the EU.
MENA governments that took advantage of falling oil prices to reduce budget-busting fuel subsidies should thus tread carefully.
But they must tread lightly, lest they be drawn into a shooting war, which would catalyze new alliances among local and foreign militants.
He must tread between the shrapnel shards of constant Israeli military actions against the Palestinians, the ambivalence of the US about the road map, and a plethora of militant Palestinian groups seeking revenge for every one of their assassinated leaders.
On the contrary, policymakers should tread carefully in their pursuit of financial liberalization.
Where the weak tread, we [in Britain] look keen to follow...”The failure of expansionary austerity in Britain should give all of its advocates around the world reason to reflect on and rethink their policy calculations.
It is true that democracies always find it difficult to balance their commitment to human rights with their commitment to free speech: it is a delicate path to tread, and there is no easy answer on a legal and constitutional level.
Italy would be wise to tread carefully.
Although Macron has an ideal vision of what Europe needs to become – a responsible, sovereign, and autonomous power – he must tread a fine line in pursuing it.
The world must tread carefully, but it can and should do more than simply cheer Belarus on.
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