Sentences with phrase «u.s. policy goal»

The concept is actually elaborated as a possible U.S. policy goal within the NNPA, notes Leonard Weiss, the U.S. Senate staffer who is credited as the chief architect of the act.

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But according to Robert Scott of the Economic Policy Institute, the U.S. economy will fall well short of that goal, as exports only increased by 48.4 % over that five - year span.

President Donald Trump's recent actions, from controversial trade tariffs to installing John Bolton as national security advisor, could hurt U.S. foreign policy goals in North Korea and Iran.

Interdependency and linkages do not mean that U.S. monetary policy should subordinate its domestic goals for international ones.

That should be the primary goal of U.S. trade policy during the Trump administration.

Tuesday's move left some analysts wondering whether the administration's goal is to persuade China to change the policies that are allegedly damaging U.S. companies or simply to shield an embattled Rust Belt industry from foreign competition.

It was a mighty battle and alleluias ascended when, in the late 1990s, religious freedom was institutionally ensconced as a goal of U.S. foreign policy.

... Realism may prove useful to insure that U.S. commitments do not exceed its finite power, but I fail to ascertain from Mr. Bacevich's description how it provides any clue as to what the goal of U.S. policy should be.

A report on the commodity program published by Public Voice asserts that firmly entrenched dairy policies are a major impediment to the federal governments's goal of providing children with school lunches that meet U.S. dietary guidelines.

The U.S. Senate early this morning passed a final version of the GOP tax plan, leaving Republicans and President Donald Trump within striking distance of the most sweeping overhaul of the tax code in decades and their top policy goal for the year.

In a similar vein, the National Science Foundation's (NSF's) Task Force on National Workforce Policies for Science and Engineering (NWP) is expected to present a draft report to the National Science Board (NSB) in November that includes recommendations to «guide national policy toward the goal of drawing more U.S. citizens into careers in science and engineering, while continuing to compete globally for scientific talent,» according to the minutes of the October NSB meeting.

The U.S. Conference of Mayors and the National Association of Counties have also endorsed the AIA goal by vowing to integrate provisions related to the built environment in their energy policies.

The NOP was created in 2010 to improve environmental stewardship of U.S. coastal oceans and great lakes; in 2013, the White House announced an «implementation plan» for the policy intended to help translate its goals into specific actions coordinated among agencies.

In a study published recently in the journal Transport Policy, the researchers analyze the transportation plans of 18 metropolitan areas across the U.S. and Canada — from San Diego to Montreal — and find that many plans focus largely on local environmental and congestion - reduction goals.

But the first Reliable Replacement Warhead — and Complex 2030 behind it — is not designed with that goal in mind and, in the absence of policy statements from the current administration, it remains unclear what the role for nuclear weapons — old or new — in the U.S. might be.

U.S. Energy Policy must be guided by two intertwined goals: guaranteeing the security of the nation's energy supply and limiting runaway climate change.

But as he prepares to assume the presidency of AAAS, William Press sees some positive aspects: bipartisan agreement on key U.S. science policy goals, a renewed national focus on...

Kerry proposed to «change the death spiral» by making childhood immunization «a major goal of U.S. foreign policy.»

In terms of climate policy, the healthier diets could contribute up to 23 percent of the U.S. Climate Action Plan goal to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions 17 percent below 2005 levels by 2020, Cleveland said.

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), an independent organization that provides economic, development and humanitarian assistance around the world in support of the foreign policy goals of the United States, predicts that by 2025, one - third of all humans will face severe and chronic water shortages.

My ultimate goal is to return to the U.S. and help design and implement policies that can close the academic achievement gap in this country.»

Adding to the national debate over affirmative action, the U.S. Supreme Court declined last week to review a municipal policy that set goals for the inclusion of minority and women contractors in construction projects.

As the Canada Mortgage Housing Corporation states: «Canada, unlike the U.S., does not have a policy goal of increasing the rate of homeownership.

Bernanke, Ben S., «A Century of U.S. Central Banking: Goals, Frameworks, Accountability,» Speech given at «The First 100 Years of the Federal Reserve: The Policy Record, Lessons Learned, and Prospects for the Future,» a conference sponsored by the National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, MA, July 10, 2013.

My fear is that how public communication in the report is defined is somewhat analogous to how democracy building is often thought of relative to foreign policy: The U.S. invests in democracy building in countries, but the implicit goal and assumption is that the outcome will lead countries to be direct allies of the U.S..

But the fact that current U.S. climate policies probably don't yet match with our stated goal of reducing emissions by 26 - 28 percent in the next 10 years is partially offset by Obama's growing climate influence abroad.

U.S. energy policy that supports oil and natural gas can help the U.S. meet national energy, economic and climate goals.

Tillerson underscored the need for policies and actions to sustain and grow the U.S. energy revolution, for creating broader access in the world to energy's benefits and noted the energy sector's leadership in advancing climate goals.

The American Lung Association believes that protection of lung health and a sound U.S. energy policy are compatible goals that require an emphasis on energy conservation, energy efficiency, and the use of cleaner energy resources, including a transition from coal and oil to cleaner alternatives.

The U.S. conference will cover a wide variety of topics, such as policy, business sustainability goals, infrastructure, impact investing, the circular economy, climate change, and precious resources.

This webpage has a long list of businesses, investors, government officials, university leaders, and others who apparently have pledged to do what they can to comply with the goals of the Paris Climate Treaty (and presumably the Clean Power Plan and other Obama - era executive orders and unconstitutional regulations) despite Trump's decision to re-set U.S. climate change and energy policies.

The goal of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 was to replace 30 percent of U.S. transportation - related petroleum consumption with alternative - fuel vehicles by 2010, and the Act requires that at least 75 percent of vehicles purchased annually by federal agencies in major metropolitan areas be alternative - fuel vehicles.

The report therefore provides a technical guide and recommendations that will help U.S. state policymakers to enable the potential of Canadian clean electricity imports to help meet CPP standards and other state - level environmental policy goals.»

Fortune 500 companies (Facebook, WalMart, Google, Apple, etc.), universities, the U.S. military and other large consumers of clean energy are becoming more engaged in public policy changes that will allow them to meet their clean energy goals in the Southeast.

The Clean Air Act lacks any other mechanism for economy - wide CO2 regulation, and the Administration will say it is legally and politically justified by both the inability of existing policy to meet either the specific U.S. commitment at Paris, an 80 percent emissions reduction, or the longer - term, 2 - degree goal to which the world is collectively committed.

Spending some $ 4 billion in federal money on a program that runs counter to U.S. energy goals, and will saddle consumers with vehicles they may regret purchasing once higher gasoline prices return, is not sensible policy.

Projections of U.S. transportation energy use indicate that better vehicle efficiency and low - carbon fuels will not be sufficient to reach sectoral emissions reduction goals if travel demand grows at pre-recession rates, so managing demand will be a key ingredient of climate policy for the sector.

A worldwide system to reduce carbon emissions must be the goal of U.S. policy.

The U.S. model provides a blueprint for future energy policy, demonstrating that market - based solutions are the most effective path for achieving success in both energy production and our environmental goals, all while generating economic growth and delivering significant savings that provide relief to household budgets and competitive advantages to businesses.

The visit successfully provided the Commission with a broad range of information on Finnish arctic research and, at the same time, provided Finnish colleagues with an opportunity to speak to U.S. leaders on Arctic research policy and to share strategies and goals.

To be sure, a primary goal of the program was to rescue the U.S. auto industry, but a second policy objective was to improve the efficiency of the U.S. passenger fleet.

Referred to as «first rate» in Chambers USA (2015) for his extensive trial and labor and employment skills in representing employers, Mr. Guryan provides practical and strategic advice to major U.S. and international corporations, to assist them in achieving their goals in labor and employment matters, including developing labor and employment policies to avoid litigation, managing union relations, and maintaining union - free status.

There are over 2,000 providers in the U.S. that sell Life Insurance policies, and they are not equally effective in helping you achieve your individual needs and goals.

The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the U.S. Department of the Treasury administers and enforces economic and trade sanctions based on U.S. foreign policy and national security goals against targeted foreign countries and individuals.

Upward pressure on wage rates associated with tight labor markets, the impact of new fiscal policies, and the threat of rising tariffs on imported goods into the U.S. could very likely push inflation past the Fed's targeted 2 % goal.