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In the Bretton Woods institutions, the emerging economies are right that their increased economic
weight
should correlate with larger capital contributions and more
weight
in decision-making.
Earlier this year, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) concluded that “based on
weight
of evidence consideration of the available data, 2,4-D would be classified as ‘Not Likely to be Carcinogenic to Humans.’”
As the accession of Romania and Bulgaria showed, when arbitrary target dates are accorded too much weight, they can be counterproductive, because they weaken the incentives for meaningful reform.
And it should throw its
weight
behind a genuine EU digital single market that benefits consumers and enables startups to flourish, instead of a backdoor industrial policy that favors Germany’s digital flops.
The Northern industrial world was not yet ready to recognize the new
weight
of the emerging powers and the need to strike a new balance between North and South, East and West.
But, in terms of
weight
and influence, there is not enough united Europe.
For example, when Airbus moved from injection molding to 3D printing to produce the metal hinges for its airplanes’ doors, it reduced their
weight
by half, yielding phenomenal savings in material and associated fuel consumption over a lifetime of flying those hinges around the world.
Trump is right about one thing: NATO allies should pull their
weight.
If China wants to transform the renminbi into a first-class global currency, it should pay less attention to renminbi trading in New York and the currency’s
weight
in the SDR basket, and more to the development of deep, liquid, and stable financial markets at home.
But this gives much more
weight
to the US economy and its companies relative to so-called emerging markets.
For bold and aggressive investors, a benchmark that incorporates future predicted GDP gives a lot more
weight
to emerging markets, especially to the growth economies.
South Africa also has been punching below its
weight
in merchandise trade.
Yes, Russia still punches above its
weight
in some areas, like nuclear weapons.
Not everyone can carry the
weight
of the position.
It is over-represented at G-20 world summits, for instance, but the presence of four European national leaders, plus EU representatives like Barroso, weakens rather than strengthens its political
weight.
Where and how would we tax the resources to put real
weight
behind egalitarian principles?
This summer, the Turkish economy started imploding under the
weight
of overly loose monetary and fiscal policies.
Or perhaps the
weight
of Holocaust remembrance has blinded Israel’s leaders and distorted their thinking – in ways that, at the time the State of Israel was created, the Holocaust itself almost miraculously did not.
But they lack the resources, weight, and recognition that they need.
At the end of 1997, the second Klaus government collapsed under the
weight
of financial scandals.
The last two factors carry special
weight.
But Obama suggested using the
weight
of commercial relations between the two countries to tell the Iranian leader that he should follow Brazil’s example (in Brazil, the ban on nuclear energy for military purposes is enshrined in the Constitution).
In order to ensure that their animals gain
weight
rapidly, meat producers feed them grain, rather than the grass that they would naturally consume – an approach that is a major source of pressure on grain production, natural resources, and the environment.
When the chickens approach market weight, they cover the floor completely.
While China’s annual growth may decline to 6%-7%, from the 9%-10% rate recorded until 2010, China’s economic
weight
is increasing.
For a long time, Europe has underestimated its
weight
and importance.
Europe’s geopolitical, economic, and social
weight
is quite obvious.
One way to interpret China’s elevated rhetoric – and its tough response to joint US-South Korean military maneuvers – is as another indication that Chinese leaders have grown supremely self-confident and are eager to throw their
weight
around.
That may be happening again, with China’s growth slowing markedly under the
weight
of an overvalued currency urged by the US.Figure 1 shows the yen’s real (inflation-adjusted) exchange rate from 1964 (when the yen became convertible on the current account) until today.
There is no agreed scale with which to measure a country’s international
weight
relative to others.
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