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It is imperative for such a Christian faith to remember and to realize the dignity of every man as an eternal being, in his political and economic relations as well as everywhere else, though that realization may involve the sacrifice of dignity on the part of Christians and the Christian community.

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Nigeria's request reiterated its support for Beijing's «One China» policy, which demands that countries break official relations with Taiwan, as Beijing pulls economic levers in Africa and elsewhere to woo nations away from the island it regards as rebel - held territory within Chinese borders.

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.»

The head of Russia's $ 10 billion investment fund has nothing but praise for Saudi Arabia, citing economic diplomacy as the catalyst for improved relations between the two countries.

«Notwithstanding the current position of the new U.S. Administration on (TPP), we will continue to engage with our American colleagues to strengthen our bilateral trade and economic relations, given the U.S.'s importance as our third - largest trading partner and a major source of investment,» Mustapa Mohamed said in a statement.

One of the points made repeatedly by the Leave campaign for Brexit was that EU bureaucracy was hampering economic relations with emerging economies such as India and China.

Industrial relations is becoming an increasingly important issue in Western Australia as highlighted by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry's quarterly economic compass.

Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: our ability to achieve our financial, strategic and operational plans or initiatives; our ability to predict and manage medical costs and price effectively and develop and maintain good relationships with physicians, hospitals and other health care providers; the impact of modifications to our operations and processes; our ability to identify potential strategic acquisitions or transactions and realize the expected benefits of such transactions, including with respect to the Merger; the substantial level of government regulation over our business and the potential effects of new laws or regulations or changes in existing laws or regulations; the outcome of litigation, regulatory audits, investigations, actions and / or guaranty fund assessments; uncertainties surrounding participation in government - sponsored programs such as Medicare; the effectiveness and security of our information technology and other business systems; unfavorable industry, economic or political conditions, including foreign currency movements; acts of war, terrorism, natural disasters or pandemics; our ability to obtain shareholder or regulatory approvals required for the Merger or the requirement to accept conditions that could reduce the anticipated benefits of the Merger as a condition to obtaining regulatory approvals; a longer time than anticipated to consummate the proposed Merger; problems regarding the successful integration of the businesses of Express Scripts and Cigna; unexpected costs regarding the proposed Merger; diversion of management's attention from ongoing business operations and opportunities during the pendency of the Merger; potential litigation associated with the proposed Merger; the ability to retain key personnel; the availability of financing, including relating to the proposed Merger; effects on the businesses as a result of uncertainty surrounding the proposed Merger; as well as more specific risks and uncertainties discussed in our most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.cigna.com as well as on Express Scripts» most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.express-scripts.com.

Beyond being a public relations disaster for the company, this should lead us to re-examine what we accept as proof of the economic benefits of projects in general.

He served as Senior Economist at the Council of Economic Advisers in 2013 - 2014, and is an Editor of the British Journal of Industrial Relations.

Recalling that internationally - recognized human rights include social, economic, and cultural rights as well as political and civil rights, we should acknowledge that economic relations and human rights are mutually supportive dimensions of our mature relationship with China.

Whereas the previous 13 presidents — Democrats and Republicans, alike — have viewed trade as a mutually beneficial, win - win proposition that fosters economic growth and good relations among nations, Trump sees trade as a zero sum game with distinct winners and losers.

Naomi holds an MSc in Specialised Economic Analysis from Barcelona GSE and an M.A. Honours in International Relations from the University of St. Andrews, as well as a Financial Risk Manager certificate (administered by GARP).

As a member of the first Canadian Trade Mission to China in 1971, Austin witnessed firsthand the beginnings of Canada's economic and diplomatic relations with the PRC.

Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived in Myanmar on Friday on the first visit to the country by a Japanese leader in 36 years, as Tokyo bids to reassert its position as a top economic partner after decades of frosty relations with the previous military...

Japan has taken a different approach, becoming the leader in expanding trade relations as evidenced through the TPP - 11 (CPTPP) and the Japan - EU Economic Partnership Agreement.

In this picture man is no longer seen as subject to ineluctable economic forces, but as himself responsible for deliberately organizing his life - in - relation according to the requirements of social justice.

His own broad reach of interests is reflected in his remark that «to think as a Christian is to try to understand the stellar spaces, the arrangements of micro-organisms and DNA molecules, the history of Tibet, the operation of economic markets, toothache, King Lear, the CIA, and grandma's cooking — or, as Aquinas put it, «all things» in relation to that uttering, utterance and enactment of God which they express and represent.

Even if it could be shown that economic or general social conditions in a given society have prompted a desire for deliverance, the ideas of redemption that may be included in a religious message are not invalidated by an inquiry into their social «background,» provided we do not conceive of the relation in deterministic terms but consider conditions as a framework which may include a variety of contents.

He does not ignore political and economic developments, but he pays special attention to social issues, including, as he says in his preface, «the transformation of gender relations, the regeneration of the home, the disciplining of leisure and pleasure, and the establishment of segregation.»

World - system theory has emerged over the past fifteen years as leading contender with modernization theory.6 As the name suggests, world - system theory emphasizes the larger set of social, economic, and political relations that link societies togetheas leading contender with modernization theory.6 As the name suggests, world - system theory emphasizes the larger set of social, economic, and political relations that link societies togetheAs the name suggests, world - system theory emphasizes the larger set of social, economic, and political relations that link societies together.

Modern economics is thc science of self - interest, of how to best accommodate individual behavior by means of markets and the commodification of human relations... In this economic world view, the traditional human faculty of reason gets short - changed and degraded to act as the servant of sensory desires.

The importance of the power problem for Christian ethics derives both from the fact that power, whether economic, political, military, or spiritual, means capacity to determine life for good or ill, and from the fact that some fundamental redistribution of power is necessary as a condition of the freedom and dignity of men in their social relations.

It fashions society into an economic organization in which production for profit becomes the central enterprise, in which the economic relations of men are regarded as their fundamental relations, in which economic privileges are most highly prized, and in which the resultant classes of men are set to struggle with one another for the economic goods.

Sometimes these are reminiscent of the tensions to be found in the relations of states and provinces to nation as a whole, sometimes to the more acerbic dissensions among the branches of the armed forces, all equally pledged to the defense of the country; sometimes they seem very similar to the tensions found among Roman Catholic religious orders; sometimes they seem like economic competition.

The utilitarianism of an individualistic period, which promised men that through faith they might gain the economic virtues and wealth, differs from the pragmatism of our social climate of opinion, in which religion is used as a means for gaining social order and prosperity; but they are both utilitarian and equally remote from the love of God for his own sake and of the individual or social neighbor in his relation to God.

To improve the economic condition of the community as a whole is the economic goal; and this serves the larger goal of improving the quality of human relations and thus of human life, while stimulating the personal freedom of all the members of the community.

Religion in Chinese Society, by C. K. Yang, is a recent study of religion in the family, in economic and political life, as a moral force, as an institution, and in relation to Communism.

Agencies of social concern in the Churches were attacked as exceeding their authority in publishing statements on such problems as race relations or economic inequality.

Christians as Christians are better equipped to consider how economic gains are to be valued in relation to other gains and losses.

The Western countries are increasingly using their view of human rights concept as a yardstick to judge developing countries and to deal with economic and trade relations to extend development assistance.

In sum, we can speak of (a) a relation to nature — the animal kingdom, the calming of a storm, rain and fruitfulness of the land; (b) the social and political community — the overcoming of economic injustice, oppression, cheating or bribing, conflict and lack of compassion; (c) the wellbeing of persons in the community — an aspect assumed in the critique of things that hinder it (covetousness, anger, jealousy) and depicted as family and communal harmony.

In a general sense, one can speak of four areas of struggle: (i) the system of economic exploitation and social stratification (racial segregation, women's working conditions, unemployment and the new legislation of «flexibility and «deregulation); (ii) the ideology (the way of representing the world, social relations, etc.) that justifies the system — the new ideologies of race superiority, the religious legitimation of competition and the so - called free market as the only and sufficient way of organizing human life (iii) the ways in which the consciousness of the oppressed, is led to interject this ideology of domination and to develop a feeling of self - denial and self - devaluation; (iv) the atomization of the society through the weakening and destruction of neighborhood, workers and local cultural manifestations.

It is expected that «new agreements to strengthen existing ties, as well as trade and economic relations between Nigeria and Cameroon, will be concluded and signed before the end of President Biya's visit.»

Revisionists try to portray the 1970s as a decade of relative peace and economic stability but the facts are against them - especially in relation to the three day week in 1974 and the impotence of government in the face of trades union militancy in 1978/9.

The presence of Chinese nationals in Africa's informal economies — displacing petty traders and artisanal gold miners at the bottom of the socio - economic ladder in places like Congo, Mozambique and Zambia — will continue to be a flashpoint for China - Africa relations, as will the volume of cheap Chinese goods moving through porous borders.

As this article has inferred, mutualism has been somewhat underplayed in relation to private sector institutions, not least because it challenges powerful interests and appears to contravene the establish norms of neo-liberalism, which despite the crisis remain deeply embedded in the global economic order.

The answers to this key question will shape the future structure of Britain's trade relations and investment opportunities with major economic powers such as China.

Back to the National Assembly where a wrong type of economic conversation was going on in relation to the beleaguered MTN Nigeria as some members of the House of Representatives decided that in addition to their considerable legislative duties, they desired to hijack the duties of the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), those of the telecommunications regulators - NCC and the Ministry of Communications and indeed the judicial functions of our courts as well!!!

In addition to advantages of economic influence, being part of the Community allowed Britain to exert greater political influence so that influence could be brought to bear on matters such as USA - Japanese relations, foreign aid, as well as being afforded peace and national security though a common defence capability.

Regional states naturally want productive relations with Beijing as the dominant country in their midst, and one that has become so important to their economic well - being.

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.

And what I didn't say then but will say now is that knowledge (of the sort our universities have traditionally been concerned with) can't be crassly linked to economic applications: it bears the same relation to, say, «skill sets» as activity bears to work.

Liu Jiangsu assured the state of fruitful partnership that would bring change to the economic activities of the state and as well create a robust bilateral economic relation between the state and Chinese firm.

As of 2017, Kennedy was the ranking member of the Infrastructure and Capital Investment and Commerce, Economic Development and Small Business committees, and a member of the Energy and Telecommunications; Finance; Insurance; State - Native American Relations; Banks; Transportation; Cultural Affairs; Tourism, Parks and Recreation; and Rules committees.

The comptroller's office defines BDS as «actions that are intended to penalize, inflict economic harm on, or limit commercial relations with the State of Israel; this includes deliberate efforts to weaken the economy of Israel.»

As part of efforts to strengthen bilateral relations and enhance business and economic cooperation between both countries, the Republic of Lithuania has opened a consulate in the capital of Ghana.

People take part in alternative food networks for a range of economic, ethical and personal reasons and these vary over time and in relation to life events such as moving house or the birth of a baby.

As U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's office issues a storm of subpoenas to the administration of Governor Andrew Cuomo and his close associates in relation to the state's Buffalo Billion economic development program, the governor and his aides have delivered a consistent message: the investigation targets the dealings of a few bad apples, the governor wasn't aware of any wrongdoing and he wants to get to the bottom of the situation as quickly as possiblAs U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's office issues a storm of subpoenas to the administration of Governor Andrew Cuomo and his close associates in relation to the state's Buffalo Billion economic development program, the governor and his aides have delivered a consistent message: the investigation targets the dealings of a few bad apples, the governor wasn't aware of any wrongdoing and he wants to get to the bottom of the situation as quickly as possiblas quickly as possiblas possible.