Sentences with phrase «as foreign affairs»

As Foreign Affairs Minister and Minister of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, however, MacKay will hold sway in his region.

He has published over one hundred and sixty scientific papers and numerous book chapters, and written for broader audience publications such as Foreign Affairs and The Huffington Post.

But the trickiness of his task in leading a united party forward was exposed as foreign affairs spokesman Menzies Campbell, a strong supporter of the Lib - Lab project, called for an unprecedented extension of co-operation with Labour to new policy areas including health and education.

But Lady Williams also hints that - after nearly a decade as foreign affairs spokesman - Sir Menzies is still mastering the brief of domestic UK policy.

Far from being the left - winger you accuse me of being, when i joined Labour in the early 80's I was a Healeyite and opposed to Tony Benn — I'm Pro-nuclear, as was Bevan and Bevin and follow a Bismarckian / Gaullist line as foreign affairs go — please go and read it up to understand what that's all about.

which was purported to have been released by the Communications Bureau of the Flagstaff House, designated Dr George Adja - Sipa Yankey to replace Seth Terkper as the Finance Minister; Dr Ekwow Spio - Garbrah to replace Ms Hanna Tetteh as Foreign Affairs Minister, whilst Ms Tetteh was supposedly moved to the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection to replace Nana Oye Lithur whose fate was not clarified in the statement.

Not exact matches

Bernier served as Harper's first industry minister and later in Foreign Affairs.

These included meetings with individuals such as Jordan's King Abdullah II, Israel's Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu, Mexico's Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Luis Videgaray Caso and many more.

President - elect Donald Trump's «America first» philosophy rejects the traditional Wilsonian approach to foreign policy centered on US - backed international alliances and institutions and instead sees multilateral institutions and international affairs as transactional.

«Cohen's directorate appeared to cross over from public relations and «corporate responsibility» work into active corporate intervention in foreign affairs at a level that is normally reserved for states,» Assange said, referring to an e-mail leaked by WikiLeaks claiming to discuss Cohen's activities as Google Ideas chief.

During one event attended by the prime minister that week, an investment seminar hosted by the Japan External Trade Organization and the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry at the Pierre Hotel, Dr. Ziad Haider, special representative for commercial and business affairs at the US Department of State said, «Secretary Kerry... likes to say that foreign policy is economic policy, and in saying that he's referring to that interplay between foreign policy, foreign affairs, economic issues, and it's certainly true with bilateral diplomatic relations, as well.»

In a speech in August, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said Canada's economy is 2.5 per cent larger every year than it would be without NAFTA: «It is as if Canada has been receiving a $ 20 - billion cheque each year since NAFTA was ratified.»

Outside of foreign affairs, 40 percent of Americans approve of the overall job Trump is doing as president, the poll found.

Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland dismissed the publication of the U.S. objectives as «part of an internal process» and reminded everyone that Canada buys more goods and services from the U.S. than China, Japan and the United Kingdom combined.

Opportunity: An era of fiscal austerity in the public sector can be a boon for economics employment there, as federal and provincial departments such as Finance, Industry, Foreign Affairs and the Bank of Canada seek analysts who can work the data.

Cummings said in the letter, which he wrote with the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Rep. Eliot Engel, that «it appears that General Flynn violated federal law by omitting this trip and these foreign contacts from his security clearance renewal application in 2016 and concealing them from security clearance investigators who interviewed him as part of the background check process.Foreign Affairs Committee, Rep. Eliot Engel, that «it appears that General Flynn violated federal law by omitting this trip and these foreign contacts from his security clearance renewal application in 2016 and concealing them from security clearance investigators who interviewed him as part of the background check process.foreign contacts from his security clearance renewal application in 2016 and concealing them from security clearance investigators who interviewed him as part of the background check process.»

Among the many well - known Canadians scheduled as «participants» were Stephen Harper's Conservative cabinet ministers Stockwell Day (who at first denied attending) and the then - defence minister Gordon O'Connor, deputy ministers (Defence) Ward Elcock, Peter Harder (Foreign Affairs), Associate Deputy Minister William Elliott (Public Security), Liberal continentalist Anne McLellan, Canada's former deputy prime minister and a defender of the oil patch, the Alberta minister of energy, Greg Melchin, General Rick Hillier, Canada's chief of defence staff, former Conservative cabinet minister Perrin Beatty, now president of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, the infamous continentalist Thomas d'Aquino, head of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives, Rear Admiral Roger Girouard, Maj. - Gen.

The four - member Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group, led by Foreign Affairs Minister Lloyd Axworthy, met with Pakistan's army ruler Pervaiz Musharraf, the Chief Justice of Pakistan, and other political leaders and government officials as they assessed the political situation in the country.

The pro-Europe SPD will take over key ministries such as finance and foreign affairs.

The plan is being pushed ahead by Mexico's ministries of finance and foreign affairs, who see the possible fall of Venezuela as an opportunity to create more allies in Central America and the Caribbean.

Its response Wednesday, in a statement from Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland's spokesman Adam Austen was: «As we stated at the conclusion of the first round of talks, we are committed to upgrading NAFTA and establishing 21st century standards supporting middle class jobs to the benefit of Canada, the United States, and Mexico.»

Foreign Affairs Minister Lloyd Axworthy has contacted the United States, Australia and New Zealand as a first step in organizing a special APEC meeting on East Timor.

As Professor Paul Evans and I have argued in a paper for the Department of Foreign Affairs, Canada could once lay claim to a «special relationship» with China — a legacy of missionary and humanitarian contacts, early diplomatic recognition, and as a reliable supplier of wheat during a period when trade with China was nascent at best, if not taboAs Professor Paul Evans and I have argued in a paper for the Department of Foreign Affairs, Canada could once lay claim to a «special relationship» with China — a legacy of missionary and humanitarian contacts, early diplomatic recognition, and as a reliable supplier of wheat during a period when trade with China was nascent at best, if not taboas a reliable supplier of wheat during a period when trade with China was nascent at best, if not taboo.

He currently serves as Executive - in - Residence at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada and is a Fellow at the Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute.

Nonetheless, if transaction charges are someway linked to bitcoin costs, as proposed by coinmetrics, not a lot could be mentioned concerning the present state of affairs till the foreign money breaches its earlier all time excessive as soon as once more.

The Liberals have also attempted to counter the image of Prime Minister Stephen Harper put forth by the Conservative Party, instead portraying him as a controlling and secretive leader with a hidden agenda, and attacking his judgment by tying him to past Conservative scandals, such as the Cadman affair, alleged spending misconduct in the last election, and the conduct of Maxime Bernier, the former Conservative minister of foreign affairs.

Now, after stints as environment minister and government House leader, Baird has the job his friends say he long coveted: foreign minister for a Prime Minister who increasingly sees foreign affairs as an area where this government can make a mark.

Mr. Jha served as the Secretary, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion and Chairman of Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) in his capacity as Secretary, Economic Affairs.

But the heavy artillery was as usual relegated to domestic Russian politicians: Leonid Slutsky, head of the Russian Duma's foreign affairs committee, accused the U.S. of a sharp escalation in diplomatic tensions.

He has considerable expertise and experience in the international trade field having completed hundreds of projects for such organizations as the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Canadian International Development Agency, Canadian Commercial Corporation, Forum for International Trade Training, and Team Canada Inc..

Back to the federal Conservative leadership, Fildebrandt has endorsed leadership candidate Maxime Bernier, the Quebec MP known for his libertarian views briefly served as Minister of Foreign Affairs before resigning in 2008 after he acknowledged leaving sensitive government documents out in the open, apparently at his former girlfriend's home.

The appointment of Ottawa MP Catherine McKenna as Minister of Environment and Climate Change, and former environment minister Stephane Dion as Minister of Foreign Affairs signals that the new federal government may not be as singularly focused on pipelines as the previous government.

If the returnee hopes to work in foreign affairs, the government could ask the individual to demonstrate proficiency a language other than French, as many Asian nations have a limited number of French speakers.

(According to the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development, Cuba trails only the U.S. and Mexico as a destination for Canadians holidaying abroad, with more than a million Canadians visiting Cuba every year, the island country's biggest source of tourists.)

Previously, he was Deputy Chief Economist at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) with responsibility for economic analysis in support of trade negotiations and trade litigation, and served as contributing editor of DFAIT's Trade Policy Research series (2001 - 2007 editions).

He subsequently served as senior assistant deputy minister in the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade with responsibility for managing Canada's relations with the United States and the implementation of NAFTA, including providing advice to business on how to take maximum advantage of the opportunities that NAFTA afforded.

The Americans are expected to clarify their demand for more stringent rules of origin in the auto industry during the Ottawa round — which explains why Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland is meeting with a roundtable of auto parts manufacturers on Friday, as well as having lunch with former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and his team who negotiated the original Canada-U.S. free trade agreement.

But as much as John Paul appreciated the United States, he kept his independence and issued a series of declarations about social justice and peace that challenged many Americans — both on the domestic front and in foreign affairs.

His broad knowledge of foreign affairs, and particularly of American relations with Asia, earned respect for the journal from the secular as well as the religious press.

In the mandarin world of foreign policy experts, a good many «realists» viewed, and still view, this initiative as an unwelcome intrusion that distracts attention from the cold calculations of power that should guide our thinking about world affairs.

This attack can only intensify as black liberal leaders find it more and more difficult to pass the conservative litmus tests for pro-Americanism in foreign affairs: uncritical support for U.S. policy toward Israel and U.S. intervention in Central America.

«Americans who see the bible as their sourcebook on foreign affairs are already supporters of Israel.

Where Christianity is highly differentiated and pluralistic in relation to the public sphere, as it is in voluntary forms of Christian religion, the contribution of religion «has been almost entirely directed to peaceful reconciliation internally and peace in foreign affairs.»

Studies of cargo cults, messianic movements, and Third World millenarianism, including widely read classics such as Peter Worsley's The Trumpet Shall Sound and Bryan Wilson's Magic and the Millennium, have paid close attention to the effects of international relations on domestic religious developments.2 In increasing numbers, books have appeared on the religious situation in strategic parts of the globe, such as the Middle East and Latin America, and with growing frequency articles on American religion refer to issues such as global consciousness, nuclear disarmament, and the effects of U.S. involvement in foreign affairs.

When Eisenhower came to Washington, the Century welcomed him with praise for both his stern anti-communism and his evident piety, two qualities that would characterize the magazine's attitude toward domestic and foreign affairs as well as religion and politics for some time to come.

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.

She served as Minister of Foreign Affairs during 2007 - 2008 and Minister of Environment and Green Development during 2012 - 2014.

She came to the Post as an assistant foreign editor for Asia in 1997 after working for Reuters as national security editor and a military / foreign affairs reporter.

Here he describes his equally stormy involvement as deputy head of a Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) department in the arms for Sierra Leone affair, when a British company supplied weapons to that country's President in contravention of an embargo; his role as single - handed saviour of Ghanaian democracy when deputy high commissioner in Accra, and his participation in peace negotiations in Togo to end Sierra Leone's civil war.

The foreign affairs committee, publishing its report on East Asia today, calls on the government to change its policy towards China, which it describes as a major «regional and international player».