Sentences with phrase «as multilateral»

The mandate could have huge implications for international law and robotics, as well as multilateral diplomacy.

Australia (22 October) The Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons demonstrated this year its continued relevance as a multilateral mechanism to explore emerging issues related to conventional weapons that are excessively injurious or have indiscriminate effects.

This behaviour did not improve after the Paris agreement either, as multilateral development banks (MDB) approved over $ 5 billion in fossil fuel finance in 2016.

What is already in place as multilateral state and cross-national agreements (WCI) and the regulatory approach for domestic industries, also has many differences from the European approach.

And even then things will probably not be absolutely clear, as multilateral affairs and their outcomes seldom are.

The only guard against a «parade of horrors» — that is, the corruption, morally speaking, of famine efforts by hidden, alternative and immoral objectives — is for famine relief to be undertaken as a multilateral, globally communal effort involving the U.S., the U.S.S.R., the Peoples» Republic of China, the petroleum - rich countries in the Middle East, and many of the richer western European countries.

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Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

Europe is committed to working with bodies such as the World Trade Organization on a multilateral approach to trade issues, says Eurogroup President Mario Centeno.

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.

«China urges the U.S. to respect the authority of the multilateral trade system, and repeal the measures as soon as possible,» it said.

«The Palestinian president was perfectly fine with this idea of not having the United States as the only interlocutor for the peace process, but of having a multilateral framework in which the European Union has a central role that is together with others, including our partners in the Quartet, including the United States,» she added.

It plays down the importance of multilateral cooperation (though it still backs traditional US alliances such as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization).

Re-engagement with the Commonwealth «will pressure Mnangagwa to implement reforms, which in turn will help to convince potential funders, such as the Paris Club donors and multilateral lenders such as the IMF, to approve new financing,» William Attwell, practice leader for sub-Saharan Africa at research firm Frontier Strategy Group, told CNBC via email.

Managing China: Rather than checking China's ambitions, Trump's tariff move will allow Beijing to claim the moral high ground as a supporter of multilateral and open trade.

Through bilateral trade and investments relationships and multilateral platforms such as the 16 +1 framework, Beijing is asserting itself in the region.

Better coordination is also needed between international financial institutions and multilateral and regional donors such as the World Bank, EBRD and EIB and wealth funds.

The tariffs, rather than checking the country's ambitions, will likely increase its confidence on the global stage, allowing Beijing to claim the moral high ground as a supporter of multilateral, open trade.

The EU is also seeking to address the Chinese subsidies and dumping practices in other multilateral fora — such as the OECD's Global Forum on Steel Excess Capacity.

As recently as March 10, 2018, American, EU, and Japanese officials agreed to cooperate on addressing unfair Chinese trade practices within the World Trade Organization (WTO) framework.27 The keys to pushing back against China's unfair practices are: maintaining a strong relationship with allies in Europe and Asia; being a reliable partner; and upholding multilateral institutions like the WTAs recently as March 10, 2018, American, EU, and Japanese officials agreed to cooperate on addressing unfair Chinese trade practices within the World Trade Organization (WTO) framework.27 The keys to pushing back against China's unfair practices are: maintaining a strong relationship with allies in Europe and Asia; being a reliable partner; and upholding multilateral institutions like the WTas March 10, 2018, American, EU, and Japanese officials agreed to cooperate on addressing unfair Chinese trade practices within the World Trade Organization (WTO) framework.27 The keys to pushing back against China's unfair practices are: maintaining a strong relationship with allies in Europe and Asia; being a reliable partner; and upholding multilateral institutions like the WTO.

His decision to invoke a rarely used national security clause to justify the new tariffs will further undermine the multilateral economic system — already challenged by protectionism, state capitalism and by Chinese initiatives such as the Belt and Road Initiative.

This has long been the consensus advice from economists and multilateral institutions such as the World Bank, whose recent «China 2030» report argues that Chinese leaders should strengthen the role of markets and liberalize legal, financial and other institutions governing the economy.

However, issues such as North Korea and the South China Sea are being addressed in multilateral forums.

It includes such things as a boarder adjustment tax, increased tariffs aimed at specific industries or countries, non-tariff barriers, and even broader multilateral measures.

Our diplomatic tone did change somewhat in tune with Ottawa's multilateral inclinations; condemnations of Pyongyang's tests now have appended sentences encouraging dialogue as the only path to a long - term solution.

By withdrawing from multilateral mechanisms, such as the 2015 Paris Agreement, and taking anti-globalization measures, the U.S. is destabilizing global free trade and the world order.

China has committed US$ 50 billion to the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (a multilateral investment bank to support infrastructure projects in Asia's developing countries), as well as US$ 40 billion for the Silk Road Fund which will see China lead overland and maritime links throughout Central Asia and provide quicker shipping routes to the European market.

As trade tensions between the world's top two economies escalate, the multilateral trading system is being jolted.

CFDs offered by the Company are off - exchange transactions (i.e. over-the-counter) while the online trading platform (s) the Company offers is not linked to a regulated market or a multilateral trading facility, such as authorised stock exchanges.

In August 2013, the German Finance Ministry characterized bitcoin as a unit of account, [93][260] usable in multilateral clearing circles and subject to capital gains tax if held less than one year.

Indeed, after abandoning the Trans - Pacific Partnership, playing hardball with South Korea over an existing bilateral trade agreement (Trump favors bilateral trade deals to multilateral agreements, arguing he can negotiate better deals that way) and potentially scuttling NAFTA, the US may increasingly be seen as tearing down the post-WWII global architecture.

A multilateral effort to ease global oil supply - side strains on the market hasn't worked as designed, a Kuwaiti official said Thursday.

In an era where US president Donald Trump has called getting out of the Trans - Pacific Partnership «a great thing for American workers,» and where Brexit has created uncertainty as to what multilateral trade will look like in the future, the CETA deal stands as an example of how others are negotiating trade.

The database, known as CCLEAR publishes a daily dashboard of industry activity and is used by the media, educators, industry stakeholders, government organizations, and multilateral organizations.

In dealing with a range of threats» from international terrorists to such «rogue nations» as North Korea and Iran» international institutions and multilateral cooperation can and must play a crucial role.

As Julius Nyerere, president of Tanzania, pointed out in a speech at the recent World Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development, held in Rome, the officials of multilateral and some national aid agencies are turning to a «basic needs» approach — i.e., shifting to rural development as the major focus for aiAs Julius Nyerere, president of Tanzania, pointed out in a speech at the recent World Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development, held in Rome, the officials of multilateral and some national aid agencies are turning to a «basic needs» approach — i.e., shifting to rural development as the major focus for aias the major focus for aid.

Soft just war theory is characterized by seven key components: a strongly articulated horror of war; a strong presumption against war; a skepticism about government claims; the use of just war theory as a tool for citizen discernment and prophetic critique; a pattern of trusting the efficacy of international treaties, multilateral strategies and the perspectives of global peace and human rights groups and the international press; a quite stringent application of just war criteria; and a claim of common ground with Christian pacifists.

In addition to the lack of coordination among the bilateral and multilateral dialogues and to the problem of achieving, within the Churches, a binding reception of the results of dialogue, Raiser mentions one reason in particular that makes this reception of the results of dialogue difficult: «The paths thus far traveled «in the ecumenical movement have taken the separated Churches as their starting point and sought to overcome the division by convergence and formal agreement.»

Raiser therefore suggests that we no longer regard bilateral and multilateral dialogues as simple contacts between separated Churches.

The policy challenge will be to find the equilibrium between the legitimate domestic concerns of national governments and the free trade rules of multilateral arrangements such as concluded by the GATT negotiations.

As we will see below, the all - powerful multilateral institutions are not concerned about the satisfaction of human and social needs.

Ecumenism can not succeed without a multilateral base such as the WCC provides.

Changes would include a drastic increase in overseas development assistance in the field of communication and under conditions more favourable to recipient parties, the adoption of the UNCTAD Code of Transfer of Technology on the terms proposed by the developing countries, a revision of provisions on the protection of intellectual property in the GATT / TWO multilateral trade accord so as to take the interests of less powerful countries and small producers into account, and the adoption of a multilateral accord on space cooperation and equal benefits.

Royal FrieslandCampina, as the largest dairy company in the Netherlands, will be committed to promoting multilateral trade and globalization, and further speed up the pace of development in the Chinese market.

The former Scottish and defence secretary is standing down to continue his work as the chair of a multilateral nuclear disarmament group.

Up until a couple days ago, France was very much the reluctant intervener, investing all of its energy in coordinating a multilateral intervention (led by the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS) to forestall the further advance of Islamist forces in the Sahel region, and in reassuring worried African states, such as Algeria, that France's days as an «African policeman» were long gone.

Since the end of WWII, Germany has defined itself as a «civilian power», implying a reluctance to use military means as well as a desire to strengthening international law, preserving human rights and acting in a multilateral fashion.

Even countries such as Germany, where fiscal constraints have been less severe, faced increasing pressure on the visibility of national aid spending and have become more suspicious of channelling aid through multilateral channels, especially the EU.

This depends as much on the will of partners — think of the successful if difficult path taken by and towards Japan — as on the multilateral machinery of governance; and is as much a challenge for long - term members as for newcomers.

But, somewhat in the shadows of these remarkable achievements in the field of multilateral trade policy, foreign investment has emerged as another important component of China's international economic relations.

On the other hand, institutions may reinforce the EU's foreign policy capabilities, allowing it to play an important role within those multilateral frameworks tasked to tackle new global challenges such as climate change.