Sentences with phrase «applied economic pressure»

«Argentina has taken a decision to try to apply economic pressure in the hope of changing our views,» he said.

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The outside world needs to apply a different kind of pressure: a diplomatic and economic push for regime - led reforms, commercial investment, and reduced military spending.

While Georgia is doggedly seeking to spin out of Russia's orbit by seeking NATO membership, Russia is applying pressure by tightening military and economic ties with Abkhazia and South Ossetia, the two regions Georgia lost in 2008.

Trump signed a memorandum that could lead to a trade investigation of alleged Chinese theft of intellectual property — a move that comes as he tries to leverage China, North Korea's only major ally, to apply more economic pressure on Pyongyang to deter its nuclear and missile programs.

This will not only account for a great deal of morbidity and mortality for Australia but will apply huge economic pressures to the health system as well as reducing productivity.

Worse yet, we apply the greatest pressure to districts with the greatest challenges, plagued with economic disadvantages and generational poverty.

Last week, under pressure from some climate - change activists, the University of Western Australia canceled its contract to host a planned research center, Australia Consensus, intended to apply economic cost - benefit analysis to development projects — giving policy makers a tool to ensure -LSB-...]