Sentences with phrase «of international accords»

PRESIDENT TRUMP - New York (CNN) President - elect Donald Trump conceded Tuesday there is «some connectivity» between human activity and climate change and wavered on whether he would pull the United States out of international accords aimed at combating the phenomenon, which scientists overwhelmingly agree is caused by human activity.

Based on archival photographs of the signatories of international accords and treaties, with their obligatory iconic centerpieces, this research - driven work refers to the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference in Bretton Woods in 1944, which established the IMF and the World Bank, and also to George Sinclair's 19th - century horticultural study, which influenced Darwin.

A whopping 78 percent of respondents in another global Pew survey from 2015 supported their country limiting greenhouse gas emissions as part of an international accord like the Paris Agreement.

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The strong dollar was felt widely across commodity markets and the emerging economies that are now borrowing record amounts of debt in the U.S. currency — $ 3.7 trillion according to the latest figures this week from the Bank for International Settlements.

According to the International Longevity Centre — UK (ILC - UK), you should save at least 11 percent of your income in order to retire comfortably.

Skids or slides off runways and taxiways are the most common type of accident in commercial air travel, according to the International Air Transport Association, which represents most of the world's airlines.

After a downturn in violence in the early years after the turn of the century, deaths related to Mexican drug wars totaled 121,669 between 2006 and 2012, according to a recent report from the Justice in Mexico project at the University of California - San Diego's Department of Politic Science and International Relations.

According to research by the International Journal of Obesity, a cold body's thermoreceptors activate Brown adipose tissue (BAT), known as «good fat,» which in turn burns white fat, «bad fat,» to produce heat.

Korean Air Lines and Japan Airlines — major, international carriers — both said they were conducting inspections of the fan blades within the CFM56 engines, according to Reuters.

According to one study, 82 percent of shoppers made at least one purchase from an international merchant in a calendar year — despite the fact that only 1 percent of small businesses in the U.S. export goods overseas.

Vancouver is the world's third-most unaffordable city, after Hong Kong and Sydney, respectively; and Toronto is now the 13th most unaffordable, behind a group of usual suspects such as Auckland (fourth), San Francisco (ninth), and London (12th), according to the latest Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey.

According to the Institute of International Finance (IIF), global debt levels rose by a further $ 21 trillion last year (US dollars), leaving total outstanding debt at $ US237 trillion, the highest level on record.

The reason for the shutdown, according to the customer, was because the bank could not verify the compliance of international wire transfers for cryptocurrency accounts.

Foreign direct investment is less than 1 percent of Saudi Arabian GDP, which is very low compared to most emerging economies, where FDI runs between 2 percent to 3 percent of GDP, according to the Institute of International Finance.

Here the best and worst of 135 countries according to World Health Organization (WHO) and International Energy Agency data, which was shared with Business Insider by The Eco Experts, a UK - based solar energy comparison site.

According to a recent study by Aimia Inc., 80 % of mid-sized Canadian companies feel their businesses are «not well - suited» to international expansion.

According to the latest report from the International Energy Agency (IEA), «this year promises to be a record - setting one for the US,» with the potential of surpassing the output of Saudi Arabia and Russia.

The order «hinders the ability of American companies to attract talented employees, increases costs imposed on business, makes it more difficult for American firms to compete in the international marketplace, and gives global enterprises a new, significant incentive to build operations — and hire new employees — outside the United States,» according to the brief.

The uncertainty would cripple business confidence and trade, driving the UK into a recession, according to the International Monetary Fund, the Bank of England and most every other forecaster that has run the numbers.

Chinese - made cars made up just 0.76 % of the $ 191.7 billion in new automobiles and light trucks that the U.S. imported in 2017, according to the International Trade Administration data.

The gap between the percentage of men and the percentage of women who work or are looking for work is the narrowest in the G20, according to a 2014 report by four international institutions, including the World Bank.

According to the International Women's Day website, March 8 «is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women.

According to findings by the International Federation of Health Plans, the US leads in total average hospital and physician costs for a delivery without complications.

Canada should set up a new Crown corporation tasked with attracting international students to its universities, according to a new report commissioned by the Canadian Council of Chief Executives (CCCE) and the Canadian International Cinternational students to its universities, according to a new report commissioned by the Canadian Council of Chief Executives (CCCE) and the Canadian International CInternational Council (CIC).

The international figures aren't much better: According to a 142 - country study conducted by Gallup in 2013, only 13 % of global workers feel engaged and committed to their work.

According to the international Bank's chief international economist, Torsten Slok, Canadian homes are 63 % overvalued — the single largest prediction of doom for this country's housing market.

According to a recent study conducted by staffing agency Robert Half International, 74 percent of companies surveyed choose not to alter their annual dress code for the hotter months.

The outlook for the U.K. economy looks stable but the level of growth is low relative to both its historic performance and the rates of growth being achieved by the country's international peers, according to a spring forecast.

According to a recent Meeting Professional International survey, virtual attendance is projected to grow at twice the rate of live attendance.

This is according to a recent survey of 1,000 adults conducted by market research firm ORC International.

The Office 365 pricing plan, which includes all of the above features, costs $ 35 per user per month, plus another $ 24 per user for international and domestic calling plans, according to a Microsoft pricing sheet.

The maker of Nutella spread and Ferrero Rocher pralines will become the third - largest chocolate company in the U.S. and globally, according to Euromonitor International.

Out of the online sales that Orabrush reports, 60 percent were to domestic consumers and 40 percent of buyers were international, according to Jeff Davis, a former executive at Procter & Gamble who now serves as Orabrush's CEO.

The Department's decision, which involves opening new International Trade Administration offices in five countries (including its first in Burma), reflects the fact that 95 percent of the world's consumers reside outside of the U.S., according to a release.

According to the mystery man, «the basic institutions of the modern world — the U.S. government, the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund — were all a front,» writes Lawson.

Nearly one in eight of the world's workers believe they will never be able to afford to retire fully while millions of people are not financially prepared for life after work, according to international research by HSBC.

One reason may be because Cambodian companies have been able to position themselves as low - cost, reliable alternatives to Chinese factories, where wages are rising, according to Afshin Molavi, senior fellow at Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies.

«I hope that the clear message of this attack will be understood by the terrorists as well as their regional and international supporters,» said Amir Ali Hajizadeh, the head of the Revolutionary Guards» aerospace unit, according to the website of Iranian state television.

According to the International Data Corp., 101 million smartphones shipped during the fourth quarter of 2010, an increase of 87 % over the same period in 2009.

Foreign students contributed $ 24 billion to the U.S. economy during the 2012 - 2013 school year, 12 % more than the previous year, according to trade group NAFSA, the Association of International Educators.

Italy is now running a primary budget surplus with a stock of debt that, according to Ugo Panizza of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, could easily be restructured:

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Skills needed: Entrepreneurs must have a strong understanding of international markets because China and Europe will make up 68 percent of the estimated total revenue for the eSports industry in 2018, according to SuperData Research, a market researcher in New York City.

Chinese state - owned companies are «profit - driven to the core,» according to a recent study by the Canadian Council of Chief Executives and the Canadian International Council.

Canada lost its status as one of the fastest - growing members of the Group of Seven nations; according to the October update of the International Monetary Fund, we now are No. 5, ahead of only Italy and Japan.

More than half of the kids that go through school or pediatric vision screenings every year have vision disorders that go unnoticed, according to the College of Optometrists in Vision Development (COVD), a non-profit, international membership association of eye care professionals.

According to the International Energy Agency, better use of existing heating technology around the world could save up to 25 % of peak heating energy demand by 2050.

Health - care bills are the most common type of debt in collection and represent about 38 percent of total debt collected in the U.S., according to a study by ACA International.

Xapo, a sort of digital bank vault for Bitcoin, said Thursday that it's moving its headquarters to the European banking capital for its «regulatory stability, international neutrality and its deep - seated tradition in global finance,» according to founder and CEO Wences Casares.

Most companies spend a lot of time making sure they are operating above board and according to different international and local regulations.