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This concern speaks to the even more challenging balancing act that China must perform as it seeks to play the role in global economic governance that its economic
weight
warrants.
But while such weapons carry political weight, the science behind them is mundane and old.
The second missing element concerns the
weight
to be given to non-material factors when measuring the distribution of material rewards in richer countries as much as in poor ones.
Their skill and judgment is usually the deciding factor in any expedition’s success, and the challenges they face are much more difficult when foreign climbers are sipping coffee at base camp rather than pulling their
weight.
Pensions have been reduced by 40%, on average, while the middle class is suffering under the
weight
of crippling new property taxes.
Under the
weight
of relentless fiscal austerity, however, such growth is out of the question.
For example, when CareMore’s patients step on the scale at home each day, their
weight
is automatically transmitted to the health-care unit.
If there is a dangerous
weight
swing, which could be caused by congestive heart failure, the clinic brings the patient in for a quick examination, thereby heading off a potentially devastating crisis.
Meanwhile, Venezuelans are involuntarily losing
weight
and searching for food in garbage piles.
Amplified by the EU, its voice can influence world events, providing the country with what the British like to describe as an ability to punch above its
weight.
So, no matter how large a
weight
we place on their happiness relative to the happiness of others – whether we regard them as praiseworthy captains of industry who merit their high positions, or as parasitic thieves – we simply cannot do anything to affect it by raising or lowering their tax rates.
The galvanizing leadership of France and the United Kingdom was vital in assembling an alliance of support that included the Arab League and the United States, and in overcoming the divisions that often plague Europe’s attempts to punch its
weight
on the world stage (Germany, we are looking at you).
Some EU members are better at this than others – Sweden, for instance, punches above its weight, whereas others undermine this approach by going it alone.
Security questions must be taken seriously, but they carry less and less weight, because a sufficiently long period can be left between the treaty’s conclusion and its full implementation to resolve them by mutual agreement.
This is a daunting task, but it is one that can not only help to secure China’s long-term future, but perhaps bring greater
weight
to bear in resolving the region’s immense challenges.
The country does punch above its
weight
when it comes to foreign policy; after all, it is a nuclear power and a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council.
No doubt Maliki’s hard-line stance on the need for a firm timetable for the withdrawal of US troops was critical to Iran’s decision to throw its
weight
behind him.
The next election will throw its
weight
to genuine reformers on either side.
No crystal ball is needed to know that intensifying global resource competition means that Europeans must use their combined
weight
in world markets, and in dealing with emerging economic giants in Asia and elsewhere.
There were high expectations, both at home and abroad, that South Africa could and would punch above its
weight
in international affairs, capitalizing on the extraordinary and unexpected constitutional settlement achieved by Nelson Mandela and F. W. de Klerk in 1994.
“The
weight
of the evidence,” the report concludes, shows that China uses foreign-ownership restrictions to force US companies to provide their technologies to Chinese entities.
(More broadly, the
weight
of China’s problems, together with Russia’s collapse and Venezuela’s 60% inflation, has strained the belief of some that state capitalism trumps market economies.)
More important, even if the US can use its
weight
to secure more favorable provisions in a bilateral negotiating context, the benefits do not necessarily outweigh those of larger-scale agreements.
In many countries, their fiscal position has collapsed under the combined
weight
of mismanagement and the global economic and financial crisis.
The IMF reasonably predicts that, as the global economy normalizes over the longer term, China’s current-account surplus will again occupy the same
weight
in global imbalances as it did a few years ago (about 0.5% of global GDP).
The difference between $70 and $5,300 may be a solid indication of the relative
weight
that Americans give to the interests of their fellow citizens compared with what they give to people elsewhere.
When the Fed paused, the US economy was in a more mature phase of the business cycle -- and the
weight
of accumulated interest rate increases greater—than presently is the case in Europe.
Looking from afar, and giving, say, an Indian the same
weight
as an American or a Frenchman, the last 30 years have been among the greatest in human history for improving the lot of the poor.
Instead of accepting the international system roughly as it is, with all its imperfections, they think that they can use their
weight
to alter the rules – in their favor.
Given the strength of the vote in its favor, and the importance that Putin's administration has given to the war in Chechnya, Russia's government is unlikely to give much
weight
to these quibbles.
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