Sentences with phrase «as countries shift»

It also offers a glimpse of the positive potential of forests as countries shift toward resource - efficient and sustainable green economies.
Regardless of if someone accepts man made global warming or not, conventional fuels will not last much longer, even uranium resources will be used rapidly as countries shift to nuclear power.
He explained that as the country shifts from an industrial - based economy to a more information technology - based one, old businesses — steel, copper, cement — are going to be hurt.
Society is in transition, especially as our country shifts from being predominantly white to a country where whites are the minority.
China's CO2 emissions fell by 2 percent in 2014, as the country shifted more toward renewable energy sources, and the IEA is crediting last year's flat line to that crucial fall.

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Speaking of China, the country's fast - food market is undergoing a shift as internet companies Alibaba and Tencent get involved in delivery.
The types of platforms we use may shift, especially for users living in countries that could benefit from the censorship - blasting potential of blockchain technology, and video (both traditional and live) will continue to dominate as the social communication medium of the future.
The trend to inversions has been particularly strong in the pharmaceuticals sector, where many essentially U.S. - based or - focused companies have shifted their tax domicile to countries such as Ireland or the Netherlands, which have particularly generous corporate tax regimes, especially as regards monetizing patent - protected intellectual property.
Sheikh says he tried mightily as head of StatsCan to shift limited resources away from collecting data about the country's shrinking manufacturing sector — more than 300,000 jobs have been shed in Ontario and Quebec over the past decade — so the agency could spend more on tracking the boom in services and trade.
That's why academics such as Richard Florida have argued that a shift to renting in the U.S. could help address the country's dreadful unemployment rate, since it would make Americans more mobile.
As the country prepares to be led for the first time in almost 60 years by someone not named Castro, a tectonic shift that could profoundly affect how it is governed, cold war rhetoric has again filled the air.
Aside from trying capitalize on Canada's demographic shift and the success of genuine Japanese designer brand retailers, Miniso's arrival comes as the country's dollar store sector is thriving.
In the first case, America's trade deficit with the world would remain unchanged as a portion of its deficit with China would simply shift to other countries.
Equity markets fell as investors shifted to the relative safety of bonds issued by the major countries — even though S&P had announced a downgrade of the US sovereign credit rating.
However, that narrative started to shift over the summer as Google caught up and surpassed Amazon in the number of countries supported.
Tucker said that if steel tariffs were instituted across the board, there would be «no net change in jobs for the economy as a whole,» given that the country is approaching full employment and the enhanced profitability of steel production would probably cause a shift away from other industries.
If excess European savings flow primarily into developed countries — the US being the most obvious candidate — or into developing countries with excess investment and savings — China, most obviously, not so much by flowing in as by preventing outflows — it will cause European unemployment to shift abroad to those countries.
As in a number of other countries, bond issuance in Australia in recent years has shifted away from the public sector toward the private sector.
This suggests that the recent Australian experience is not altogether unusual, and may highlight a broader shift in manufacturing to developing countries such as China.
According to business news outlet Yicai, China's Public Information Network Security Supervision agency under the Ministry of Public Security, the country's police force, has been closely watching foreign cryptocurrency exchanges, as well as domestic platforms that have shifted overseas.
In the aftermath of a global financial crisis that is shifting economic and political weight away from industrialized countries, the need for Canadian companies to truly go global — in investment as well as in trade — is more essential than ever.
No wonder the country is descending into international laughing stock and jobs created through scientific innovation are steadily shifting offshore when even those charged with educating your children act as if creationism has any validity in the science classroom.
Well guys it is Hell already here on earth endless killings worldwide... Back here where I am Ye is already heading towards that the whole country is on demonstrations demanding resignation of the ruler but he seems unwilling to resign before the end of his ruling period on 2013, while the streets are demanding immediate resignation and that has caused bloodshed in every city in the country... the streets demonstrations has enforced civil strikes all over the country which is now paralyzed... no cash with the banks all money frozen in the central bank... My business is in the field of services therefore I find my self now obliged to dismiss part of my staff in order to be able to survive this unfortunate thing... Already have reduced working hour to one shift to reduce running cost... so you see am now sitting alone in the whole building of our business office writing here as nothing can be done to carry on business even if there is business... Just I pray these unfortunate events passes over soon before it becomes out of control as had happened in Libya... we have nothing to say but (Ina - Lilah - WaIna - Alih - Ragoon) & (Alhmed - Lilah for every thing)... «Mankind has always been Hasty while God has always been the most Patient»...
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom's 2010 Annual Report took note of the shift, stating, «This change in phraseology could well be viewed by human rights defenders and officials in other countries as having concrete policy implications.»
Brooke Hempell, senior vice president of research for Barna, said: «This research really crystalizes what Barna has been tracking in our country as an ongoing shift away from Christianity as the basis for a shared worldview.
Roy Jones of Omaha, Nebraska, was on shift at Marriott Hotels» Twitter account, shortly after Marriott had offended China with an online survey that listed Tibet as a country.
Some would argue that current trends toward «sustainable development» are becoming so prominent and pervasive within both government and corporate practices as to suggest that the global market economy, at least in democratic, industrialized countries, itself could be in the midst of a pervasive paradigm shift.
Last summer Foreign Affairs, Time, Newsweek, and The Economist highlighted a major shift in American perceptions of India when, in cover stories that appeared almost simultaneously, they described the country as a rising economic power and a likely «strategic ally» of the United States.
But even that is shifting, as the country grows increasingly diverse.
This will make China a main driver for the global wine market shift as consumption growth in the next few years will be mainly coming from China - led Asia pacific countries and the US, Guillaume Deglise, CEO of Vinexpo said, citing findings from a study conducted by Vinexpo with IWSR for the global wine and spirits market overview from 2016 to 2020.
AFSA, as an alliance promoting food sovereignty in Australia, has I believe shifted the debate on food and food systems in this country.
Sanchez needs to be wearing the # 7 like he does for his country as well but because Rosicky occupied it when he was signed it was probably easier to shift Monreal from the # 17 to the # 18 as at least a 7 was still in the number.
Thin - lipped personnel men laugh heartily as they splash around in the mustard with union stewards; paunchy executives play two innings of slow - pitch softball and then rush off to recuperate at their country clubs; the president kisses babies belonging to graveyard - shift workers and delivers a speech prepared by the PR boys about the glorious future awaiting those who continue to love grand old Amalgamated Sponge.
When parents opt to keep the family together and take children to their country of origin, as they often do, there are environmental and social shifts.
As Crystal and I share in our book, The Open - Hearted Way to Open Adoption, which is on recommended reading lists of adoption agencies around the country — instead of operating from that Either / Or mindset, we shifted to a Both / And heartset.
Done right, they can help shift the eating norms in a school, in a community and — in tandem with other efforts such as the Local Farms, Food, and Jobs Bill — in the entire country.
Still, as I've seen in other countries, healthy school meals have to be part of a wholesale cultural shift in schools and communities for the changes to have a wide - ranging impact.
High Country Doulas offers night shifts, day shifts, as well as live in (24/7) care to give you the rest and support you need during the challenging newborn phase
«Our growth is a testament to our passionate employees and dedicated franchisees, as well as the changing tide of nutrition in America — we're seeing a steady shift to more healthful eating across the entire country and we couldn't be happier to be a part of this impactful public health movement.»
Although Rohani argues for constructive interactions with other countries and although he supports applying a softer political tone — as opposed to the combative, controversial and provocative language that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad or other hardliners utilize — when dealing with the international community and regional state actors in regards to Syria, Rohani has not called for an overall sweeping shift in Iran's foreign policy.
Dates for the election have shifted back amidst political disagreements between President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga but the March 2013 date is likely to hold fast, announced as it was by the country's Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission.
Such a shift, seen in countries such as Zambia and Congo Brazzaville, was designed to alleviate any ongoing concerns of refugee - hosting countries about implementing the Clause in order to ensure a public, political consensus for its eventual invocation, and end the politically damaging speculation surrounding conditions within Rwanda and the Government's true motivations in pushing for the Cessation Clause.
We believe these measures would (i) produce a major shift in the perception of unemployment as a problem of the single market rather than as a strictly national problem, (ii) improve labour markets within the Eurozone, (iii) improve labour mobility in the currency area, particularly from «labour deficit countries» to «labour surplus countries».
«Presidential candidate Mitt Romney and Republicans across the country have embraced Rep. Paul Ryan's radical budget that would end Medicare as we know it while shifting already agreed upon spending cuts to the Defense Department to slashing critical programs like Medicaid, food stamps, Head Start and Pell Grants for college.
English does serve as a kind of de facto lingua franca in a number of international settings, but it is not, from what I have read, taught universally in South America, many African countries, or in parts of Asia, at least not at an early age for effective language acquisition (and I am unaware of any evidence that English is projected to take over in a reasonable period of time on its own; I have read that in Southeast Asia, for example, emphasis may even be shifting to Chinese).
«As public opinion continues to shift in favor of marriage equality across the country and particularly in New York, we are honored to have Russell Simmons lend his voice to the New Yorkers for Marriage Equality Campaign,» said HRC President Joe Solmonese.
Britain's strategy in the unstable country is unlikely to shift as a result of the conference, which was attended by senior military staff as well as ministers including deputy prime minister Nick Clegg, foreign secretary William Hague and chancellor George Osborne.
The completion of Britain's two new aircraft carriers and even the continued reliance on Trident were placed in doubt last night as the head of the Army embraced a historic shift in the country's defence priorities.
The Federal Government shifted the resumption dates for all private and public schools in the country till Monday as a result of the recent outbreak of the Ebola Disease Virus in some southern states.
«It's no secret to anyone working in American business today that many jobs have been lost as a result of shifting activity to largely foreign areas where labor costs are lower than in this country
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