Sentences with phrase «with foreign affairs»

Here's a little factoid that we think holds up really well: In general, the questions are softer when they deal with foreign affairs or military affairs than when they deal with domestic affairs; the forms of aggressiveness I've described are less common.

I'm probably best known for having redefined the energy problem in 1976 with a Foreign Affairs article titled «Energy Strategy: The Road Not Taken?»

When journalists are dealing with foreign affairs or the military, I think there's a natural tendency for them to feel like they are asking questions not just as journalists but also as citizens, and that affects how they design the questions.

The proportion of people who think the Liberal Democrats have the best party on dealing with foreign affairs has risen marginally — up 2 points from 8 % to 10 % — but Menzies Campbell certainly hasn't benefited: his net job approval is down to minus 24.

All basically agree with the foreign affairs committee that Britain needs a «hard - headed» approach to its relationship with the US.

He also expressed his disagreement with the Foreign Affairs Minister who told Parliament that government hands were tied with respect to the continuous stay of the ex-detainees in Ghana.

When did Britain last veto, or threaten to veto, legislation in such territories, especially for issues not involved with foreign affairs?

In 2006, I visited Taiwan with the foreign affairs committee.

Parliament last week held a closed - door meetng with Foreign Affairs Minister, Hanna Tetteh, on the issue of the two Yemini former terror suspects.

On the issue of actors, musicians and other creative people being denied visa's she promised to liaise with the Foreign Affairs ministry to find out why even with the ministry's letter head members find it difficult to travel.

Since the Secretary of State on the federal level deals with foreign affairs, I wasn't sure what the Secretary of State of a state would do.

And newly appointed Secretary of State John Kerry, the man charged with accepting or rejecting TransCanada's permit application, sounded sour on Keystone during his first tête - à - tête with Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau with Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland in January 2017.

Not exact matches

Jonathan Miller, Channel 4's foreign affairs correspondent, investigates footage taken from thousands of videos circulating online, with the aim of determining whether or not there is prima facie evidence of widespread and systematic torture being carried out by the Syrian state on its own people.

The concept behind the power plant started with negotiations between the Brazilian and Paraguayan Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Juracy Magalhães and Raúl Sapena Pastor, in the early 1960s.

These included meetings with individuals such as Jordan's King Abdullah II, Israel's Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu, Mexico's Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Luis Videgaray Caso and many more.

This is a far cry from what Liberal MP John Mackay had in mind in 2009 when he tabled a private member's bill that would have charged the Department of Foreign Affairs with investigating complaints, holding mining and energy companies to legalistic standards and withholding government support from those found to be offside.

With the help of the Kenyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs & International Trade and the International Organization for Migration, all the 31 women were finally freed in December 2014.

Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland was in Washington last week meeting with U.S. trade czar Robert Lighthizer, who has said he is hoping for an agreement in principle within weeks.

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.»

With a $ 17 - trillion economy and some 500 million of the world's wealthiest consumers, the European Union is the largest single common market, foreign investor and trader, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Internationalforeign investor and trader, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs and InternationalForeign Affairs and International Trade.

The affair could have provided potential blackmail fodder to foreign intelligence agencies while raising the possibility of just the kind of security breach Petraeus may now be charged with.

Exports from Canada to the U.S. could be subjected to a maximum tariff of 3.5 per cent under the World Trade Organization's «most favoured nation» provision, to which Canada would almost certainly respond with its own tariffs on imports from the U.S. «For Canada, under WTO rules, we'd have to put up barriers with the U.S., and the retaliation would be one of the biggest sources of negative impact for us,» says Dan Ciuriak, a former deputy chief economist with the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade.

In line with Li's statements, the State Administration of Foreign Expert Affairs released a list of 22 new policies to attract foreign investment in the neForeign Expert Affairs released a list of 22 new policies to attract foreign investment in the neforeign investment in the new year.

Jerry Jana, Director of Economic Affairs for Malawi's new ruling party (following former President Bingu wa Mutharika's unexpected death in April) has said that long - term projects like the Nsanje port would be shelved while the government dealt with more pressing issues, like the country's fuel shortages and foreign exchange, according to Nyasa Times.

Cummings said in the letter, which he wrote with the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Rep. Eliot Engel, that «it appears that General Flynn violated federal law by omitting this trip and these foreign contacts from his security clearance renewal application in 2016 and concealing them from security clearance investigators who interviewed him as part of the background check process.Foreign Affairs Committee, Rep. Eliot Engel, that «it appears that General Flynn violated federal law by omitting this trip and these foreign contacts from his security clearance renewal application in 2016 and concealing them from security clearance investigators who interviewed him as part of the background check process.foreign contacts from his security clearance renewal application in 2016 and concealing them from security clearance investigators who interviewed him as part of the background check process.»

Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland, who was travelling with the prime minster on a visit to Mexico City Thursday, issued a statement expressing gratitude for the rescue.

The four - member Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group, led by Foreign Affairs Minister Lloyd Axworthy, met with Pakistan's army ruler Pervaiz Musharraf, the Chief Justice of Pakistan, and other political leaders and government officials as they assessed the political situation in the country.

Reporters listen to U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Russel during a news conference after a meeting with South Korea's senior officials at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul March 17, 2015.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been speaking with world leaders including UN Secretary General Ban - ki Moon, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and US Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs John Kerry and asserting Israel's right to defend itself against incessant rocket attacks and terrorist infiltrations which no country can be expected to suffer without responding.

Tellis holds the Tata Chair for Strategic Affairs and is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, specializing in international security and U.S. foreign and defense policy with a special focus on Asia and the Indian subcontinent.

Among other commonalities, they're both nationalists; they're both populists and have expressed a desire to fight corruption; they both have a rocky relationship with the press and intellectual community; and they both prioritize domestic affairs over foreign affairs.

Our senior officials, including Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland, do take the opportunity of conversation with counterparts on the sidelines of multilateral meetings.

Beyond Korean - speaking HWP users, targets of this campaign appear to be users of the Coinlink cryptocurrency exchange, South Korean cryptocurrency exchanges at large (or at least those that are hiring), and a group called «Friends of MOFA» (Ministry of Foreign Affairs), which is a group of college students from around South Korea with «a keen interest in foreign affairs.Foreign Affairs), which is a group of college students from around South Korea with «a keen interest in foreign affairs.Affairs), which is a group of college students from around South Korea with «a keen interest in foreign affairs.foreign affairs.affairs.»

As Professor Paul Evans and I have argued in a paper for the Department of Foreign Affairs, Canada could once lay claim to a «special relationship» with China — a legacy of missionary and humanitarian contacts, early diplomatic recognition, and as a reliable supplier of wheat during a period when trade with China was nascent at best, if not taboo.

Len Edwards is Former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada and a Distinguished Fellow with the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada.

The Liberals have also attempted to counter the image of Prime Minister Stephen Harper put forth by the Conservative Party, instead portraying him as a controlling and secretive leader with a hidden agenda, and attacking his judgment by tying him to past Conservative scandals, such as the Cadman affair, alleged spending misconduct in the last election, and the conduct of Maxime Bernier, the former Conservative minister of foreign affairs.

Military politics The Edmonton Journal «s Graham Thomson recaps Foreign Affairs Minister David Emerson's whirlwind tour of Afghanistan, noting his comments on the security situation, corruption and other issues mirrored the trip itself: «low - key, cautious and short,» not to mention, in contrast with his predecessor, «gaffe - free.»

Passionate about foreign affairs, entrepreneurship, and writing, Elmira has spent the past two decades working on foreign policy, international development, and with startups worldwide.

And with John Baird away from the House of Commons, opposition questions directed at Mr. Clement are now being handled by Deepak Obhrai, the parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs.

OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland is shooting back at Donald Trump's anti-Canadian trade rhetoric saying she will be «tough and strong» in fighting for Canada's economic interests with the U.S.

While in Tokyo, the Minister will meet with Taro Kono, Japan's Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Hiroshige...

Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland has announced the conclusion of the Vancouver Foreign Ministers» Meeting on Security and Stability on the Korean Peninsula, co-hosted with Rex Tillerson, US Secretary of State.

The delegation met with Taiwan's President, H.E. Tsai Ing - wen, the Minister of the Mainland Affairs Council, Executive Yuan, Ms. Hsiao - Yueh Chang, President of the Legislative Yuan, Hon. Jia - Chyuan Su, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Wu Chih - Chung, Mr. Ming -...

(According to the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development, Cuba trails only the U.S. and Mexico as a destination for Canadians holidaying abroad, with more than a million Canadians visiting Cuba every year, the island country's biggest source of tourists.)

Previously, he was Deputy Chief Economist at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) with responsibility for economic analysis in support of trade negotiations and trade litigation, and served as contributing editor of DFAIT's Trade Policy Research series (2001 - 2007 editions).

He subsequently served as senior assistant deputy minister in the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade with responsibility for managing Canada's relations with the United States and the implementation of NAFTA, including providing advice to business on how to take maximum advantage of the opportunities that NAFTA afforded.

The Americans are expected to clarify their demand for more stringent rules of origin in the auto industry during the Ottawa round — which explains why Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland is meeting with a roundtable of auto parts manufacturers on Friday, as well as having lunch with former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and his team who negotiated the original Canada-U.S. free trade agreement.

The Office of External Affairs (OEA) is the Commission's liaison with the domestic and foreign news media, producer and market user groups, educational and academic groups and institutions, and the general public.

Canada is «totally committed» to supply management, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said last year, and Ottawa has given no indication that it is willing to change a system that, by design, protects the entire Canadian dairy supply chain from competition and dings consumers with some of the highest dairy prices in the world.