The phrase
"economic powerhouse" refers to a country or region that has a strong and influential economy. It means that the country or region is highly productive, wealthy, and has significant control over global markets.
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Mr. Obama is appearing to say that the wealthy countries that build the existing human - generated greenhouse blanket do owe a climate debt, of sorts, to the poorest countries in the world, but not — if I read this right — to China and the other emerging
economic powerhouses of the world.
Specifically, the United States, Japan, and some other developed countries refused to commit to reductions until developing countries, as well
as economic powerhouses like China and Brazil, made commitments of their own.
Every money master in the world,
from economic powerhouse Warren Buffett to financial wizard David Swensen, will tell you that the best offense is a good defense.
The context makes it clear that Mr. Clinton was not recommending a slowdown to limit warming, and instead was saying that an economic slowdown and emissions cuts in the United States and other industrialized countries would have no effect because
emerging economic powerhouses like China would not follow suit.
Those are two economic activities that while
not economic powerhouses can still usually be net positives for a state economy.
Economic powerhouses like China and India, which lead the world in CO2 emissions, are exempt from chipping in — yet want the U.S. to pay up.
At number 22, Canada is one of only two G7 nations — along with Italy — that fail to make what Bloomberg calls the «top - tier,» which includes the Nordic countries, the remaining G7 economies, and other
economic powerhouses such as Singapore, Australia, and South Korea.
on Alberta's chance to reinvent itself as low - carbon resource -
based economic powerhouse will require significant infrastructure investments
While the United States still is the
largest economic powerhouse in the world, McCaughey said that other nations have better recent records of growth, including Ireland at 8 percent, India at 7 percent, and Sweden at 4 percent.
The second city in the U.S. to reach a population of 100,000, it has had to reinvent itself many times to attain its position as a robust and
thriving economic powerhouse.
The Prime Minister's Office initially brushed off the reports, saying it would not comment on national security issues, but the allegations are threatening to turn into a major diplomatic fire between the emerging South
American economic powerhouse and Canada, which hopes to extend trade ties in the region.
Germany's fellow euro zone members are unlikely to welcome the spending blueprint either, as they had hoped the Social Democrats, part of Germany's governing coalition, would steer the EU's
economic powerhouse away from austerity.
Having long since grabbed the mantle of
national economic powerhouse from Ontario — that the oil province accounted for the entirety of Canada's net job creation over the past 12 months being just the latest piece of evidence on that score — Alberta needs to take over Ontario's Big Man leadership role as well.
«A
big economic powerhouse needs to be higher than mid-table,» he said, adding that a planned EU - Chinese investment treaty needed to be completed to ensure reciprocal relations.
His speech in Warsaw sought to strengthen ties between America and Poland, which the New York Times just named the «
next economic powerhouse.»
Some China observers believe the recent spat is a game of chicken, with the two
economic powerhouses going tit - for - tat in a trade battle that is likely to escalate.
TechAlliance focuses on networking, knowledge - sharing, capitalization, and member marketing initiatives for over 125 regional IT, life sciences and advanced manufacturing companies as well as related professional service providers, and is committed to helping develop the region's emerging knowledge - based industries into a
collective economic powerhouse.
Female consumers represent a
driving economic powerhouse, controlling 65 %, or approximately $ 20 trillion annually, of global spending and more than 80 % of U.S. spending, according to the Harvard Business Review and the Continuum's Women and Children Research Group.
Equally obvious, this prospect does not make everyone exult, and not only in Europe's
economic powerhouse Germany the fear of a «transfer union» keeps simmering.
As part of that tax package, Cuomo is also promising to scrap taxes on manufacturers operating upstate as he tries to reverse a decades - long decline in the region, a
former economic powerhouse that has been hit by an outflow of people and jobs.
Even economic powerhouse Alberta can't buck this trend, nor can its shining star Calgary, the financial centre of western Canada.
Musicians and composers may be drawn to game music composition because the game industry is a multibillion - dollar, employment -
generating economic powerhouse, but, Phillips writes, the most important qualification for a musician who wants to become a game music composer is a love of video games.
The empire you forge reflects your choices, from warrior societies organized around conquest to
pragmatic economic powerhouses whose strength is in their allies.
Mitchell put it all together, and by the time he sold his company to Devon Energy in 2002, the idea of extracting natural gas from shale was about to turn from technological pipe dream to very
real economic powerhouse.»
Although not often placed among sub-Saharan Africa's
growing economic powerhouses, such as South Africa and Ghana, the continent's two largest Portuguese - speaking (Lusophone) nations, Mozambique and Angola, are significant locations for overseas investment, particularly in the natural resources and energy sectors.
So far Venezuela has led the way with El Petro, a crypto coin that has gathered lots of attention around the world and somewhat has acted as a source of inspiration to
many economic powerhouses and emerging economies.
Taking place in Brazil's
economic powerhouse of São Paulo, the WTM Vision conference is part of the three - day World Travel Market Latin America — the leading B2B exhibition for the continent's travel industry.
«I will continue to put the case to Government that good quality, modern infrastructure, including new roads, railways and broadband and mobile connectivity is crucial if this country is to remain a
global economic powerhouse.»
A comment piece by Toby Heaps in the Edmonton Journal and captures a synthesis of the fiscal and infrastructure components to help Alberta become a low - carbon resource -
based economic powerhouse.
Not surprisingly, the economy around Heathrow — the UK's second
largest economic powerhouse — reflects some 60 years of investment by these firms.
The founder of Lenovo, the world's largest PC maker, shared with «Managing Asia» in 2016 the leadership qualities that helped him champion China's rise as
an economic powerhouse.