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Europeans also like to maintain that a
weak
dollar was behind the US economy’s rapid rebound.
In particular, because the US refuses to lead and Europe is too
weak
militarily to influence developments in Syria on its own, there is a threat of a de facto European alliance with Putin’s Russia.
The
weak
and only partly implemented Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012, and the world requires a much stronger framework, one that sets a strong target for stabilizing greenhouse gases by 2050 by including agreements on ending tropical deforestation, developing high-mileage automobiles, and shifting to low CO2-emitting power plants.
The picture is further complicated by security risks such as nuclear arms proliferation, fundamentalism, and
weak
or failing governance.
Such a court would be empowered to prosecute any act of terrorism perpetrated after its creation, offering desperately needed assistance to countries with
weak
legal systems and providing a strong deterrent to would-be terrorists.
While older statesmen take pride in how far China has come, younger Party figures and elites – especially those who have returned from American and other Western graduate schools – are frustrated by that China’s strategic position in Asia and status within global and regional institutions remain relatively weak, despite the country’s rising economic power.
Unfortunately, women’s political position is
weak.
The US has relatively
weak
campaign-finance limits, so corporations and wealthy individuals – neither of which generally prioritizes income redistribution – have contributed a disproportionate share to politicians’ campaign war chests.
But the evidence supporting these claims is also weak, at best.
The obvious question is how the Trump administration can base a policy decision as consequential as trade tariffs – which could trigger a catastrophic trade war – on such
weak
evidence.
But, during a period of
weak
domestic demand, structural reforms might actually exacerbate short-term problems.
Jonathan is now widely viewed as
weak
and indecisive, while the PDP’s conservative faction in the north is understood to be part of the “cabal” that has misgoverned the country and looted its treasury since independence in 1960.
Yes, the US economy has been on a
weak
recovery trajectory over the past three years.
That is a
weak
growth trajectory by any standard – likely to result in rising unemployment and further deterioration in consumer confidence.
As such, this “what if” is a cautiously optimistic assessment of the downside risks stemming from
weak
external demand.
The Palestinians, after all, never accepted any of the left’s peace proposals over the years, and the current fragmentation of Palestinian politics – defined by a
weak
and ineffective PLO and a Hamas obsessed with an irrational and self-defeating war option – does not give room for much optimism.
Labour’s leader, Ed Miliband, was widely derided last year as weak, unconvincing, and unlikeable; but, perhaps benefiting from low expectations, he has looked steadily more credible and statesmanlike as the campaign has gone on.
What happened in both cases is that economists overlooked serious second-best complications, such as learning externalities and
weak
institutions, which blunted the reforms and, in some cases, caused them to backfire.
Drafted in 2003, after the outbreak of the Iraq War, it includes only
weak
operational content and does not consider the Russian energy risk seriously.
The simplistic logic often used to link the exchange rate and the current account is
weak.
It will be small – a nation of only several million – but that will not make it fragile or
weak.
The challenge is compounded by the
weak
and fragmented state of global ocean governance.
But few people – whether ordinary citizens or internationally oriented economists – recognize that our seemingly
weak
and ineffectual multilateral institutions are the world’s best hope for managing and democratizing the global market.
There are also some who believe that the eurozone’s fiscal and monetary framework locks Italy into
weak
nominal GDP growth, possibly too-low inflation, and high debt.
Indeed, the economic justification--that skilled immigrants tend to be net economic contributors while low-skilled workers impose a fiscal burden and threaten low-skilled natives--is
weak.
At the same time, if parts of his legislative program fail, Republican incumbents like Walters will look
weak
and ineffective.
Tailored solutions are required – what works in one city might not work in others – but, because problems arising from
weak
or absent coordination are widespread, emerging markets should consider governance models that vest accountability for urban health outcomes – together with the authority to shape them – in city governments.
With high prices for crude oil and natural gas bloating its coffers, Russia is once again aggressively confronting the small and still relatively
weak
states that fled the eroding Soviet empire 15 years ago.
Too often we waste international cooperation on overly ambitious goals, ultimately producing
weak
results that are the lowest common denominator among major states.
Like Japan, Korea was characterized by close government-business relations, conglomerates (known here as chaebols), a
weak
labor movement, and mercantilist industrial and trade policies, with foreign exchange and domestic credit allocated by the state.
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