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Instead, intra-eurozone trade and investment have increased only modestly, and growth potential has actually weakened.
As a result, stimulus was rapidly withdrawn in an effort to consolidate weakened fiscal positions, bringing the nascent recovery to an abrupt end.
That has weakened center-left parties.
And this is not a zero sum situation, with America’s gains equal to Europe’s losses: the uncertainty is bad for investment on both sides of the Atlantic, and if lack of confidence in the dollar leads to a shift out of American bonds and stocks, the American economy could be weakened further.
China’s slowdown and prolonged recession in parts of Europe have weakened demand in global commodity markets, depressing growth in commodity-exporting countries like Brazil, Russia, and South Africa.
As a result, Pakistan’s reliance on China has been strengthened, not weakened.
Reigniting Emerging-Economy GrowthHONG KONG – It is no secret that emerging economies are facing serious challenges, which have undermined their once-explosive growth and weakened their development prospects.
Slower growth in the advanced economies has also weakened trade flows, adding to the headwinds.
These defections have weakened the regime, reinforced the opposition, and sent a message of inevitable collapse.
The result is a weakened state that serves the interests of the few, rather than protecting the many.
Two of most damaging US proposals were rejected or weakened significantly.
Urgent reforms will be postponed further, and Germany’s economic prospects will be weakened.
If opposition to trade has not become politically salient in Europe today, it is partly because such social protections remain strong there, despite having weakened in recent years.
And weakened trust in the wake of the coup attempt will make interagency cooperation between the military, the police, and the intelligence services particularly problematic.
But, while disagreement on these issues has undoubtedly weakened US-Russian ties, the real reason that the bilateral relationship has been crumbling is more fundamental.
With all of the advanced countries confronting serious fiscal constraints, and emerging markets weakened by lower commodity prices, paying for global public goods has become all the more unappealing.
The Kremlin’s actions have undermined European security; delivered a body blow to international law; weakened the nuclear non-proliferation regime by fatally undermining the role of security guarantees for non-nuclear states; and raised doubts about the predictability of Russia under its current leaders.
But even a weakened Russia will still be a strong power in its immediate neighborhood.
While Obama’s policies have not weakened America’s international standing, they also have not led to achievements comparable to Richard Nixon’s rapprochement with China, largely owing to what might be described as the dogmatic pragmatism that underlies them – an emphasis on avoiding the worst, rather than on striving for the best.
Although the inclusion of all Latin American states goes some way towards repairing the weakened Brazilian-Mexican axis, and creates a new and more positive environment for future political coordination, this new organization is unlikely to contribute much to actual regional integration.
Kuroda’s stance has already weakened the yen’s exchange rate, making Japanese goods more competitive.
And individual euro-area members have since neglected to observe even the discipline required under the weakened version of the pact.
To see that they do not, governments and organizations that meet certain standards can and should be strengthened; those that do not can and should be weakened.
They partly restored Argentina’s social and political fabric, which had been weakened by the brutal adjustments made during that crisis, which triggered a president’s fall from power, default on the country’s debts, and a dramatic decline in living standards that left more than half of the population below the poverty line.
Since the 1960’s, such proscriptions have weakened until, in the end, explicit sexuality, violence, blasphemy – while upsetting to some people – were tolerated as a part of the enlightened world.
Second, the disastrous US-led war in Iraq has led Iran’s leaders to conclude that the leading Western power has been weakened to the point that it is dependent on Iran’s goodwill, and that high oil prices have made the West all the more wary of a serious confrontation.
Similarly, half of all women of childbearing age in developing countries suffer from weakened immune systems, owing to anemia caused by iron deficiency.
The German Chancellor and his "red-green" coalition still clings to power but is today severely weakened.
Although Hamas has been weakened by Israel’s targeted assassinations of Sheik Ahmad Yassin and Abdel-Aziz Rantisi, it retains strong military capabilities and popular support ranging between 25-30%, making it the second leading faction in the West Bank and Gaza.
At that point, the EU’s role as global climate-policy leader would be weakened, as would its emphasis on building a green economy.
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