Sentences with phrase «by citizens of other countries»

In the middle of the twentieth century, countries in need of investment by citizens of other countries, and countries whose citizens had resources to invest and a willingness to invest in foreign enterprises, devised bilateral investment treaties (BITs) or traités bilatéraux...

Now he takes aim at America's healthcare system by contrasting the horror stories of patients mistreated by insurance companies here with the relatively - utopian benefits of socialized medicine enjoyed by citizens of other countries.

But at the same time there are powerful reasons we should be encouraging travel to the United States by citizens of other countries who want to see America.

Not exact matches

Unlike other developed countries, the bulk of Japan's debt (well over 90 %) is not held offshore but rather by its own citizens?

«It would also likely be the catalyst for other countries to enact similar laws, paralysing multi-national corporations under the weight of what could be dozens or hundreds of country - specific laws,» Apple said, as well as making the personal data of millions of law - abiding citizens less secure by weakening encryption standards.

The citizens of the host country expunge all cynicism and find their eyes filling with tears; television viewers around the globe are inspired by a new generation of fresh - faced athletes, many of them competing in events which would draw almost zero interest in any other context; the networks and sponsors breathe a great sigh of relief knowing that their massive investment was sound; and the folks in Lausanne smile a secret smile.

During Trump's other weekend in Florida, several thousand people marched near the property to protest his temporary ban on travel to the United States by refugees as well as citizens of seven mostly Muslim countries.

If Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, and other founders were to time travel to 2016, they would almost surely be troubled by the threat that inequality poses to the well - being of citizens and democratic governance and ask, «What are your policies to make the U.S. what it should be, the most favorable country in the world for persons of industry and frugality, possessed of moderate capital, to inhabit?»

His petition, signed by 750,000 in 143 countries, urges that the rights of Christians and other minorities as citizens of Middle Eastern countries be recognised, and that they have access to «dignified» living conditions.

But if such reshaping of national fertility patterns is to be set in motion by government action, there would obviously have to be direct, far - reaching, and even forcible state interventions into the daily lives of the overwhelming majority of the citizens of these two countries — as well as others with similar «targets.»

Religion on the other hand, has crippled this country for centuries and finally people are getting embarrassed by these childlike beliefs and it is losing it's strannglehold on the decent, hardworking citizens of this country.

When the Academy of Geneva, the forerunner of the University of Geneva, was created to train learned citizens and leaders for Reformed churches, by intention most of the students were from other countries.

Fever Pitch is about the quotidian and what one man can learn about himself by participating in the national obsession; The Soccer Diaries starts with a child in search of something thoroughly other, a citizen cheating on his own country's sporting culture.

American citizens, including American citizens who have emigrated from countries they wish to adopt from, represent the majority of international adoptive parents, followed by Europeans and those from other developed nations such as Australia.

In September 2013, the Convention considered the question of extending the vote in Presidential elections for citizens resident outside the jurisdiction; this was passed by a strong majority, with powerful contributions made by video - link from Irish citizens resident in a range of other countries.

A reverse of privacy sensibilities: In most other industrialized countries, there is an acceptance of government intrusion of privacy, but other citizens snooping into your past is taboo, and made difficult by things such as «the right to be forgotten» in the EU.

Citizens of other countries are entitled to tax funded benefits provided by their countries, so they would be in their full right to require their citizens to file tax returns Citizens of other countries are entitled to tax funded benefits provided by their countries, so they would be in their full right to require their citizens to file tax returns citizens to file tax returns as well.

But — just as our human rights underdetermine our rights as citizens of a particular country — the «human rights» of animals (grounded in intrinsic moral status) under - determine rights (and duties) owed to (and by) individual animals on the basis of their relations with other human and animal community members.

The data (EDIT: Provided by the OP) also doesn't support that (EDIT: the OP's assertion that) American's love the constitution more than other countries because we do not have a similar line for rate at which another country's constitution is googled by their citizens (What's the trend of Canadians googling the Canadian Constitution?).

Enquiries about the extent of preparations for other unusual events were also made by concerned citizens up and down the country.

I expressed my views in this regard on WhatsApp last weekend, «Any country in which its elites consider re-electing a president like Buhari just as thousands of citizens are murdered across the country with not a single person arrested; a president who can not make an intelligent conversation on any policy or global issue with other global leaders; a president whose EFCC and DSS engage in open confrontation; a regime which crippled the economy and relies on cyclical movements in oil prices as its sole economic lever; a regime under which 10 million jobs are lost; and key accusations against top officials are treated with levity; just as the regime appears complicit in the invasion of its senate by thugs and seizure of mace... such a country is in serious trouble, that is if it isn't doomed.

The statement re-emphasize that the command will not stand idly and allow any person or group of persons to violate the laws of country by engaging in conducts that are perilous to public peace and order as well as the lives and properties of other law abiding citizens, please.

Let's see... We're No. 1 in property taxes nationwide; No. 1 in overall taxes; we're ranked as the state with the worst economic outlook in America by the American Legislative Exchange Council; we have the most corrupt state government in America, according to the University of Illinois; we're losing more citizens to other states than any other state; we're 48th in business climate, according to the Tax Foundation; we have the second - highest electric rates in the country; we rank as the worst state in America in which to retire, and the list goes on.

But it began rising again last year, driven by a drop in the number of British citizens emigrating to other countries and an influx of job seekers from struggling EU nations - especially Spain, Portugal and Greece.

Dragon Blade was inspired by historical events — and by inspired, I mean that Romans and citizens of many other countries used the Silk Road for travel and trade — but bears as much resemblance to facts as 300.

Hanushek was careful to state that the goal was not to strengthen U.S. performance at the expense of other nations: The creation of well - educated citizens does not constitute a «a zero - sum game that countries or states are playing against each other,» but one in which every country and state can become more productive, and create more wealth for one another by boosting and sharing their talents.

Apart from the fact education is valued more highly than even in our own country by the majority of citizens could well explain a readiness and thirst for learning we tend to take for granted for so many other non schooling reasons.

De Klerk brokered the end of apartheid, South Africa's racial segregation policy, and supported the transformation of South Africa into a multi-racial democracy by entering into the negotiations that resulted in all citizens, including the country's black majority, having equal voting and other rights.

Like many other Western European countries, especially those who are members of the European Union (EU), Britain has been overwhelmed by immigrants in recent years, particularly since 2004 when ten additional countries joined the EU, giving citizens of these countries the right to work anywhere within the EU (see sidebar).

By studying and living in the United Kingdom (or any other country), you'll get a greater understanding of the political and social structure and how everyday citizens feel about it.

As per the new circular passed by SEBI - Securities Exchange Board of India, citizens from other countries, meaning foreign nationals who are non Indian citizens can also trade live or make investments in real time in the mutual funds provided they come as a QFI - Qualified Foreign Investor.

The Autonomous Region of the Azores is integrated in the Portuguese Republic, a member state of the European Union, and as such, the citizens of the other European Union countries can enter Portuguese territory without a visa or a passport, by presenting only their national identification document.

As Whitney Museum curator Lawrence Rinder points out in his catalogue essay, most citizens of the United States are oblivious as to how citizens in other countries view this country, much less how they are effected by it.

Steeped in Buddhism, and ruled until recently by what can best be described as an enlightened monarchy, the country's government operates under the philosophy that economic growth and other policies are but the means to an end — that end being the contentment of its citizens.

Other countries will likely follow these energy and climate actions, says Cornwall Alliance ethicist Calvin Beisner, thereby «sparing their citizens from the crushing costs of pointless policies to mitigate global warming, by raising energy costs and prohibiting the most reliable, affordable forms of energy.»

The measures taken by Tokyo, one of the world's largest cities, to secure the health and safety of its citizens could become a useful model for other Asian countries.

In some countries (e.g., Australia), even when media coverage of INDCs considers justice, this coverage misleads citizens by comparing commitments to other nations without any analyses of how equity and justice considerations would allow differences between national commitments.

As I listen to the manifest nonsense that has been promulgated by the likes of right - wing fanatic radio hosts and moronic ex-governors in response to the effort to bring the U.S. into alignment with other industrial countries in providing reasonable and affordable health care for all its citizens, it seems that things have only gotten worse in the years since I first wrote those words.

Moreover, setting aside the wisdom of bragging about increasing taxes on their citizens, the municipalities fail to mention that it's still completely legal and explicitly encouraged by the governments of Colorado, the United States, and every other country in the world to produce fossil fuels.

You do not care that major decisions affecting the legal and societal needs of the citizens Ontario will be made by managers in other countries who have different agendas and interests to those of our public.

It is useful because it is honest; because it leaves not even the most obscure and friendless citizen without means of obtaining justice from a neighbouring State; because it obviates occasions of quarrels between States on account of the claims of their respective citizens; because it recognizes and strongly rests on this great moral truth that justice is the same whether due from one man or a million, or from a million to one man; because it teaches and greatly appreciates the value of our free republican national government, which places all our citizens on an equal footing, and enables each and every of them to obtain justice without any danger of being overborne by the weight and number of their opponents; and because it brings into action and enforces this great and glorious principle — that the people are the sovereign of this country, and consequently that fellow citizens and joint sovereigns can not be degraded by appearing with each other in their own courts to have their controversies determined.

If so requested by a country that is a party to the North American Free Trade Agreement, the Minister may, by a statement published in the Canada Gazette, grant the benefits conferred by this section, subject to any terms and conditions specified in the statement, to performers who are nationals of that country or another country that is a party to the Agreement or are Canadian citizens or permanent residents within the meaning of subsection 2 (1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and whose performer's performances are embodied in works other than the prescribed cinematographic works referred to in subsection (3).

41 With respect, first, to Directive 2004/38, it must be recalled that it is not all third country nationals who are family members of a Union citizen who derive rights of entry into and residence in a Member State from that directive, but only those who are family members of a Union citizen who has exercised his right of freedom of movement by settling in a Member State other than the Member State of which he is a national (Case C ‑ 127 / 08 Metock and Others [2008] ECR I ‑ 6241, paragraph 73, and Case C ‑ 256 / 11 Dereci and Others [2011] ECR I ‑ 11315, paragraph 56).

Following the warning by the Central Bank of Namibia to its citizens to invest in bitcoin at their own risk and a promise to release an opinion paper on the adoption of bitcoin, Namibia has now officially banned the use of bitcoin or any other cryptocurrency in the country.

This means any country that participates in the CLOUD act can't trample the basic civil rights afforded to us as citizens of the U.S. — and that rights of citizens in other countries can't be trampled by the U.S. government.

As a US citizen, we are sometimes erroneously already considered by the reader of the resume (or Curriculum Vitae, as it is called in most other countries) as obnoxious and self centered.

Aboriginal title by which indigenous land is in many cases held, is often subject to the illegitimate use of State power to extinguish such title, in contrast to the legal protection and rights that, in most countries, protect the land and property of other citizens.

Meanwhile, the FDA is under pressure from medical device manufacturers and some members of Congress who say the review processes are too time - consuming and unpredictable, delaying U.S. citizens access to new technologies by two years compared with other countries, according to the Advancing Medical Technology Association, which represents medical device manufacturers.