| 单词 | liberalisation |
| 例句 | Far from economic liberalisation promoting universalism, the result may be a revival of old divisions. The Future by Al Gore – review 2013-01-31T12:00:00Z Its golden age was the 1960s, when liberalisation of gambling laws prompted a craze for bingo that filled cinemas and church halls. TV highlights 30/01/2013 2013-01-29T20:00:01Z The "Prague Spring", a blossoming of liberalisation born in Czechoslovakia in January 1968, was crushed by the tanks of Soviet bloc that August. Hair, restored 2010-04-14T08:34:00Z The departure one associates with this tradition is also evident in its shift of locale from Mumbai to Delhi – a bureaucratic capital city transformed by liberalisation into a fervid zone for thieves and scamsters. Amit Chaudhuri: 'How I learned to love Bollywood' 2013-07-25T19:00:01Z The shanty town was born in 1991, the year when India's economic liberalisation began, when a group of migrant Tamil labourers reclaimed the land from a snake-infested bog on the edge of the airport. Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death and Hope in a Mumbai Slum by Katherine Boo – review 2012-06-22T10:00:01Z “Trade liberalisation gives people access to different types of food and, often, more high-calorie foods,” it said. UK anti-obesity drive at risk from new US trade deal, doctors warn 2018-03-18T04:00:00Z With liberalisation would come rising incomes and global travel, reasoned Mr Ma, and soon hundreds of millions of Chinese would clamour for the goods and services enjoyed by the comfortable classes elsewhere. Crocodile of the Yangzi 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z Founded in 1948, it was the longest surviving of those clubs that had flourished in the era before the liberalisation of British licensing laws in the early 1960s. Michael Wojas obituary 2010-06-11T17:28:00Z The prospect of better access to the European Union market and visa liberalisation would be a big gift to voters buffeted by high inflation and economic crisis. Awkward allies: Gaza overshadows Erdogan's Germany visit 2023-11-17T05:00:00Z Along with the liberalisation of licensing laws in 2003, there has been a social revolution. Pubs: Are ball pools and games the future for boozers? 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z For example, both Civic Coalition and the Left support liberalisation of the rules on abortion. Poland election earthquake: What happens next? 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z One Geneva-based WTO delegate said it seemed the Biden administration did not believe further trade liberalisation was in U.S. interests, a belief that may be solidified in 2024, a presidential election year. At WTO, growing disregard for trade rules shows world is fragmenting 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z Sobel said the country will require sweeping fiscal consolidation, a halt on reserve money creation, and an extensive and sequenced liberalisation of multiple foreign exchange rates, capital controls and other restrictions. Analysis: IMF's Argentina predicament: Seek reforms and tango on or kill the music 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z China has since backed away from major financial market liberalisation while plans to rein in state behemoths and introduce universal social welfare never quite materialised. Analysis: Part of China's economic miracle was a mirage. Reality check is next 2023-09-03T04:00:00Z Major powers will be watching closely for signs of whether Hun Manet will maintain the authoritarian status quo or pursue greater liberalisation and a more Western style of democracy. Explainer: Cambodia's new leader Hun Manet, strongman or reformer? 2023-08-22T04:00:00Z Globally, many advocates of drug liberalisation praise the framework which the former GP helped to design. Could decriminalisation solve Scotland's drug problem? 2023-08-21T04:00:00Z Major powers will be watching closely for signs of whether Hun Manet will maintain the authoritarian status quo of his father or pursue greater liberalisation and a more Western style of democracy. Cambodia holds lopsided election ahead of historic transfer of power 2023-07-22T04:00:00Z In 1970 he was asked to leave the party after expressing support for the Prague Spring movement, the period of political liberalisation crushed by the 1968 Soviet invasion. Milan Kundera, author of The Unbearable Lightness of Being, dies aged 94 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z The five - Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia - had complained that the European Union's liberalisation of all trade with Ukraine meant cheaper Ukrainian grain flooding in, making domestic production unprofitable. EU executive extends Ukraine grain import restrictions 2023-06-05T04:00:00Z However, liberalisation of the visa system for high-skilled and medical workers is attracting more workers from India and other Asian countries. Brexit rule changes see 'significant rise in migration from India to NI' 2023-05-26T04:00:00Z "In the process of our movement into the European Union, we have to make this liberalisation, so far temporary, into a permanent one, without any exceptions or restrictions," Zelenskiy said in his nightly video address. EU extends Ukraine tariff suspension, Zelenskiy pledges to make it permanent 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z In a social media post on May 19 after Move Forward's election win, Piti Bhirombhakdi, who is on the board of Boon Rawd, said he backed the liberalisation of the industry. Beer-loving Thai lawmaker takes aim at $14 billion booze industry duopoly 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z But, given the hopes invested in China's economic growth and liberalisation, foreign firms' demand for expert knowledge about the Chinese market, the regulatory landscape, potential business partners and opportunities will inevitably keep growing. Smaller consultancies eye opportunities as China crackdown hits sector leader 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z But this is not the kind of liberalisation long-term campaigners like her dreamed of. Thailand: Southeast Asia's 'weed wonderland' 2023-04-29T04:00:00Z Myanmar's brief encounter with democracy and civilian rule saw unprecedented reform, Western investment and economic liberalisation. Explainer: Why is Myanmar's military holding an election? 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z For years there was a naïve assumption in foreign ministries that China's economic liberalisation would inevitably lead to an opening up of society and greater political freedom. Aukus submarine deal: Is conflict with China getting closer? 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z But Beijing's actions also come against the backdrop of decades of liberalisation of what is now the world's second largest economy. Bao Fan: Why do Chinese billionaires keep vanishing? 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z “But this could also lead to policies replacing some market forces, which may not be ideal for financial liberalisation”, she said. Xi's planned revival of Chinese financial watchdog exerts more party control 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z "Even 30 years after liberalisation, India doesn't have enough jobs for its population, which is nearing 1.4 billion," says writer and political commentator Gurcharan Das. India paper leaks: Cheating plagues India jobs coveted by millions 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z The argument is that liberalisation could attract more foreign investment, which will help the country's industries become more efficient and export more. Can Sri Lanka trade its way back to prosperity? 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z Industry groups fear the ban could set a precedent for wider limitations across Europe on short-haul flying - once a symbol of cross-border liberalisation and now increasingly under fire. European airlines to invoke EU freedoms to challenge flight bans 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z He served for five years as a pro-business prime minister, overseeing a further acceleration of an economic liberalisation drive that included trade deals with the European Union and Pacific powers, including Japan and Australia. Vietnam's President Phuc quits, blamed for ministers' 'violations' 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z Even if they lose, campaigners for liberalisation argue that the SNP is placing itself on the right side of history. Scotland gender bill: What next for Sunak and Sturgeon? 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z Former president Rafsanjani’s pragmatic policies of economic liberalisation and better relations with the West attracted fierce supporters and equally fierce critics during his life. Iran sentences former president's daughter to a five-year prison term 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z The parliament said it would suspend all work on legislative files relating to Qatar, notably on visa liberalisation, an EU-Qatar aviation agreement and planned visits until the allegations had been confirmed or dismissed. EU lawmakers suspend work on Qatar files over graft scandal 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z It has also called on the world's second-largest economy to carry out further liberalisation and open its vast markets. China calls US 'destroyer' of global trading system at WTO 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z Russia's central bank said it may consider liberalisation, namely the unblocking of assets, in relation to unfriendly countries in response to the easing of sanctions. Bank of Russia open to relaxing curbs on non-residents transactions if sanctions eased 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z But India's approach to trade liberalisation, experts say, has been one step forward three steps back. Apple iPhone: Can India be China’s ‘plus one’ to the world? 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z At the same time, paradoxically, the crown prince has embarked on a massive programme of social liberalisation. Mohammed Bin Salman: Saudi Prince's controversial invitation to the Queen's funeral 2022-09-17T04:00:00Z In late 2013, a newly elevated Xi unveiled sweeping reform plans but market liberalisation has since lost steam. Analysis: China poised to shake up economic leadership as reformers bow out 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z For that, and the economic chaos that his "perestroika" liberalisation programme unleashed, many Russians could not forgive him. Russia to bury Gorbachev, darling of the West, with a shrug 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z But a younger man replies: "Because of him, we have opportunity!" - suggesting a generation more open to the economic liberalisation of the 1990s. What a Pizza Hut ad says about Gorbachev - and Russia 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z This renewed zeal marks a sharp departure from India's trepidation about trade liberalisation over much of the last decade. Why India made a U-turn on free trade deals 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z His six-year administration opened the country's economy to foreign investments through deregulation and liberalisation policies. Philippine ex-President Fidel Ramos, warrior and survivor, dies at 94 2022-07-31T04:00:00Z Yet while such grievances are real, trade unions have lost much of the clout they had before the 1980s push for economic liberalisation. Analysis: Workers seize their moment to shift the balance of power 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z Mr López Obrador had lobbied hard for the reform, saying that the liberalisation of the electricity sector carried out by previous governments needed to be reversed. Mexico Congress fails to pass president's electricity reform 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z In the Philippines, for example, liberalisation of rice imports has allowed the supply of rice to improve which has kept prices low. How the high cost of living is hitting Singapore's poor 2022-01-30T05:00:00Z "In Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan they are more loyal to cryptocurrencies and are taking steps towards liberalisation, rather than restriction," he said. Crypto giant Binance hopes Russia will help regional growth 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z "What this is really about is the deregulation of agriculture and the environment, the liberalisation of trade policies." Cumbrian farmer claims subsidy reforms are distraction to 'buy us off' 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z European market liberalisation has given rise to several energy providers without their own power generation. Analysis: Flawed market reform leaves energy consumers with less choice 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z The liberalisation of the market has resulted in an increased share of Mexico's energy being produced by private companies. Mexico Congress fails to pass president's electricity reform 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z Khan swept into our lives in the 1990s, along with Coca-Cola and cable TV, proof of a new era, when a slew of economic reforms threw open India to the world - what we call liberalisation. 'Why do you like Shah Rukh Khan?' 2021-11-27T05:00:00Z Increasing liberalisation throughout the country in the 90s saw huge amounts of money poured into the entertainment industry. Squid Game: The rise of Korean drama addiction 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z Francisco Franco's 36-year dictatorship had ended with his death four years earlier and, while the country was experiencing a rapid liberalisation, there were elements of life at Madrid that were slower to change. The electric trailblazer who met a tragic end in Madrid 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z The movements in the price of gas on Wednesday had been, in the words of one analyst, “unprecedented since the year dot of gas liberalisation in Europe”. US warns Russia over energy crisis, as UK consumer groups warn on fuel poverty – live 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z In many ways, the liberalisation of public attitudes on moral issues presents the DUP with as many challenges as the constitutional question. DUP has much to chew over at 50th anniversary dinner 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z Indian farmers opposed to reforms they say threaten their livelihoods renewed their push against the changes with nationwide protests on Monday, a year after laws on the liberalisation of the sector were introduced. India antitrust body accepts Google's confidentiality request - judge 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z The buzz is all in the US, where liberalisation of gambling laws has provoked a deal-making frenzy. Markets rally as Evergrande fears ease; CO2 restart to cost ‘tens of millions’ – business live 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z The 5-Star Movement favours liberalisation, which is staunchly opposed by the right-wing League and Brothers of Italy. Italy set for referendum on liberalising cannabis use, say weed advocates 2021-09-18T04:00:00Z Ms Erasmus points to the recent liberalisation of Ethiopia's telecoms sector, which originally attracted interest from a number of providers, including South African telecoms giant MTN. Ethiopia's economy battered by Tigray war 2021-08-29T04:00:00Z But this liberalisation was accompanied by a burst in ethnic nationalism, with different groups demanding more power and land. Ethiopia: Growing concerns for unity as Tigray conflict spreads 2021-08-02T04:00:00Z In free and fair elections, deeply conservative forces may win the vote and set the liberalisation of society back, and women are often the first losers. Abir Moussi: The Tunisian MP who was slapped but not beaten 2021-07-17T04:00:00Z Trade liberalisation would be introduced gradually over a number of years and carefully monitored, the government says. UK-Australia trade deal: What are the arguments for and against? 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z “Today’s judgments set the process of liberalisation in air transport back by 30 years,” the company said in a statement. Ryanair loses court challenges to SAS, Finnair state aid in new setbacks 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z A gradual liberalisation began in 2010, though the military still retained considerable influence. Myanmar coup: Medics to strike as anger at military grows 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z Mr Xi also called for the re-opening of the global economy, including restoring "global and industrial supply chains" and the "liberalisation of trade of key medical supplies". Covid-19: China pushes for QR code based global travel system 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z He added: "The hopeful tide of democratisation, liberalisation, and integration that had swept the globe after the end of the Cold War was beginning to recede." Obama memoir: What he really thought of Putin and other leaders 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z A number of surveys have shown that only a radical minority in Polish society is in favour of further restrictions on abortions, even if attitudes on further liberalisation are more split. The price of choice – the fight over abortion in Poland | photo essay 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z Finding common ground for anything more than a limited agenda of liberalisation has proved impossible. Wanted: thick-skinned maverick to head up World Trade Organization 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z But he added: "The last time the government directed Ofcom with regards to spectrum - the liberalisation of bands for 4G and associated annual licence fees - legal challenges went on for a decade." Vodafone calls for 5G auction to be scrapped 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z The well-travelled route from Valletta to London for those needing abortions mirrors the journeys of thousands who had to leave Ireland and Northern Ireland to end unwanted pregnancies before liberalisation in those countries. 'Like Ireland on steroids': Malta's abortion taboo leaves women in despair 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z China’s years of double-digit growth brought economic rewards to the region and optimists hoped that its ongoing economic liberalisation would, over time, bring political change, too: the mainland might become more like Hong Kong. How Hong Kong caught fire: the story of a radical uprising 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z Resurgent pangolin consumption is thus a result of economic liberalisation in China – which the US championed – not simply of traditional culture. Blaming China for coronavirus isn’t just dangerous. It misses the point | Andrew Liu 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z After the Indian market liberalisation in 1992, Coca Cola and Pepsi began taking over from homegrown drinks. Fizzy nostalgia: The origins of India's taste for soft drinks 2020-03-21T04:00:00Z He promised religious reforms and social liberalisation while detaining hundreds of religious scholars, activists and intellectuals. In the bitter struggle for Saudi rule, Prince Mohammed bin Salman has struck first | Madawi al-Rasheed 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z Trade liberalisation in the financial services sector will still help economic growth, the government said. UK finance could be eclipsed by cars in U.S. trade deal 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z The US negotiating mandate, published last year, pointed to public services as one area for potential liberalisation. UK says it will not lower standards to strike trade deal with Trump 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z Technology and the gradual liberalisation of sports betting laws after a 2018 US Supreme Court decision also offer intriguing possibilities. XFL relaunches and attempts to forget the 'sex, booze and sleaze' era 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z At the same time, it is crystal clear Putin fears the sort of political liberalisation that might facilitate greater economic competitiveness and international investment. Putin, a criminal and incompetent president, is an enemy of his own people | Simon Tisdall 2020-01-18T05:00:00Z But the general trend is for more liberalisation. A century since Prohibition, activists fight on 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z Below is a rundown of India’s telecoms sector, once the poster child of the country’s liberalisation push, and its current woes. Factbox: India's telecom sector on the ropes after $13 billion levy ruling 2019-11-28T05:00:00Z El Ladrillo contains a section on ‘equality of opportunity’ which explains how liberalisation will help: privatisation would mean more universities, and a new system of loans help those from poorer families gain degrees. Why is inequality booming in Chile? Blame the Chicago Boys | Richard Davies 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z But, encouraged by hopes of joining the EU, the reformers underestimated the local impediments to liberalisation and democratisation and overestimated the feasibility of importing fully worked-out western models. How liberalism became ‘the god that failed’ in eastern Europe 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z The DUP and others attempted a recall to block the extension of abortion rights – a far more contentious change – but the effort failed, allowing liberalisation of both marriage equality and abortion rights. ‘What a day to be gay in Northern Ireland’: marriage equality becomes law at last 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z Opinion polls showed most people favoured liberalisation, and a majority at Stormont voted in favour, but the DUP used a special veto. Northern Ireland to legalise abortion and same-sex marriage 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z Late last month, hundreds of health professionals wrote to the Northern Ireland secretary expressing opposition to the liberalisation of these laws. Court to rule on Sarah Ewart abortion case 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z The opening of the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges symbolise the increasing economic liberalisation of China. China celebrates 70th anniversary with huge military parade 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z Critics said the shuttering of Unirule, founded in 1993 during China’s reform and opening era to promote both economic and political liberalisation, was an indication that those ideals were increasingly no longer welcome. Chinese liberal thinktank forced to close after being declared illegal 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z All of this has taken place concurrently with waves of financial liberalisation, wherein capitalist dynamism was increasingly dependent on the bets and derivative bets of the stock market. The machine always wins: what drives our addiction to social media 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z While the US market is exploding thanks to liberalisation of laws at state level, Europe is predicted to be the world’s biggest and most lucrative market for medicinal cannabis. Luxembourg to be first European country to legalise cannabis 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z Major political parties in Northern Ireland have pledged commitment to the liberalisation of laws, but with the lack of devolved government, change does not look likely anytime soon. Brewers 'let down' by alcohol laws 2019-06-30T04:00:00Z In the US and many other nations, popular culture and the media appear to have played a role in the rapid liberalisation of attitudes. Is the world becoming more gay-friendly? 2019-05-28T04:00:00Z The main political parties in Ireland all supported the liberalisation of divorce laws. Ireland votes to liberalise divorce laws 2019-05-25T04:00:00Z The government described the announcement as a “modest liberalisation” of tariffs designed to minimise disruption to business and price shock in the supermarkets. Government to slash tariffs to zero in case of no-deal Brexit 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z It got a banking licence in 1994, following the liberalisation of India's economy. The fall of an iconic CEO grips India 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z Many here credit the economic liberalisation under Deng Xiaoping in the 1980s with the Muslim quarter’s resurgence. 'You can't be too careful': crackdown fears haunt Xi'an's Muslim quarter 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z Ireland started rolling out abortion services on 1 January in the wake of the referendum vote last year to lift a near-total ban on abortion, a landmark in the country’s social liberalisation. Activists protest against Ireland's new abortion services 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z Sinn Féin, however, dramatically changed its stance after the referendum in the Irish Republic and backs liberalisation of the law. Pro-choice activists hope Ireland’s success can be replicated in North 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z Politicians and officials fast-tracked legislation and logistical preparations to turn last year’s landslide vote in favour of liberalisation into reality for women who wish to terminate pregnancies. Apprehension on all sides before launch of Irish abortion services 2019-01-01T05:00:00Z The transformation focussed on agricultural reform, private sector liberalisation, industry modernisation and opening to international trade. China says it 'will never seek hegemony' 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z In the face of opposition from conservative clerics, he spearheaded much-needed economic reforms and embarked on a programme of liberalisation in the staunchly conservative country. My strange experience of teaching MBS 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z “America hoped economic liberalisation would bring China into a greater partnership with us and the world. Instead, China has chosen economic aggression, which has, in turn, emboldened its growing military,” Pence said. Trump versus Xi: China’s best shot at the world title is to box clever 2018-11-25T05:00:00Z If the UK’s liberalisation in the 1980s made London a centre for global commerce, Owens and her colleagues were noticing it made the city just as attractive to international crime. Organised crime in the UK is bigger than ever before. Can the police catch up? 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z Today, however, there are no governments that can convincingly preach further liberalisation of trade in data, software or hardware. Reasserting cyber sovereignty: how states are taking back control 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z "We are planning to fulfil the remaining six criteria for visa liberalisation as soon as possible," he said. Turkey urges Germany to seize 'terrorists' 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z The trial caused a sensation when Penguin Books were found not guilty and it led to a new era of liberalisation. Judge's copy of Lady Chatterley up for sale 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z "The Venezuelan displacement I see as a first test of this liberalisation of immigration and refugee laws in the region," says Feline Freire of the University of the Pacific in Peru. Venezuela's migration crisis: Is enough being done? 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z It's the forum for sorting disputes between countries about breaches of global trade rules and for negotiating liberalisation. In a hurry? Here's what you need to know this morning 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z It is the forum for sorting disputes between countries about breaches of global trade rules and it is the forum for negotiating new trade liberalisation. Trump threatens to pull US out of WTO 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z The current reforms in Saudi Arabia seem to be driven by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, whose plans to change the kingdom involve a reported return to "moderate Islam" and a gradual liberalisation of society. Saudi Arabia develops ‘rate my sermon’ app 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z By the 1980s, the push was on to achieve something more comprehensive: the wholesale liberalisation of capital movements. Beyond the crash | Adam Tooze 2018-07-29T04:00:00Z Such bold assumptions raise the benefits of trade liberalisation by several orders of magnitude. Liberating trade 2004-05-13T04:00:00Z Cuba’s leaders appear comfortable with social liberalisation, because it does not threaten their power. Cuba’s new constitution preserves Communist power 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z This trend has been accelerating since the 1990s when both Republicans and Democrats accepted the expansion of wealth through trade, peddled false claims of globalisation’s inevitability and about the benefits of trade liberalisation. The Guardian view on Trump’s trade wars: making a bad situation worse | Editorial 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z The UK would like to change that, and "push for greater liberalisation of global services." Reality Check: The challenges ahead for a UK/US trade deal after Brexit 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z Ernesto Sicilia, chairman and managing director of its new British unit, says that his firm is moving into the country in order to replace contracts lost at home as liberalisation bites. European state rail firms face scrappy new competitors 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z That means it's politically easier to sell trade liberalisation if there are new opportunities for exporters to compensate. What lies behind the G7 trade row? 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z After the unexpectedly strong vote for change in the Irish referendum on 25 May, attention immediately focused on Northern Ireland, with demands from grassroots campaigners and politicians for a liberalisation of the law. ‘Winning the war’: Northern Ireland pro-choice campaign gathers momentum 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z The tariffs are particularly damaging to the UK’s hopes of a trade liberalisation deal with the US after Brexit. Theresa May attacks Donald Trump's 'unjustified' steel tariffs 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z Theresa May has been challenged to demonstrate her feminist credentials by relaxing Northern Ireland’s abortion laws after Irish voters supported liberalisation in a landslide referendum result. Northern Ireland abortion reforms 'a test of May's feminism' 2018-05-28T04:00:00Z But the Democratic Unionist party, the largest party in Northern Ireland, strongly opposes liberalisation. Theresa May to oppose MPs' vote on Northern Ireland abortion law 2018-05-27T04:00:00Z But on balance, the trend is towards liberalisation. Labour laws in 104 countries reserve some jobs for men only 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z And the Catholic Church has consistently opposed any liberalisation of the law. The British territory with Europe's harshest abortion laws 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z Part policy, part accident, a period of cultural liberalisation, the so-called Prague Spring, followed. Remembering culture's role in the Prague Spring 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z For decades after the Second World War, the US was arguably the biggest cheerleader for the gradual liberalisation of trade that took place. What next for Trump's trade agenda? 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z Macron never pushed rail reform as a major part of his election platform of pro-business economic liberalisation. French government stands firm as strikes bring more railway chaos 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z Latin America has some of the harshest abortion laws in the world, but liberalisation efforts are beginning to bear fruit. 'It's time-critical': the race to overturn abortion ban in El Salvador 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z On 22 March, tens of thousands of teachers, nurses and other workers joined rail staff on strike - a sign of widespread opposition to Mr Macron's plans for state sector liberalisation. French rail strike set to test Macron 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z Mr Xi is promising a new burst of “reform”, although admittedly he does not always use that term to mean more market liberalisation. An overhaul of China’s bureaucracy enhances the party’s authority 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z Similarly, liberalisation nurtured the growth of international supply chains, which increased cross-border interdependence and reduced political support for tariffs among firms that are both importers and exporters. In America, a political coalition in favour of protectionism may be emerging 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z Bimbo, whose real name is María Virginia Godoy, says calls for abortion liberalisation are being driven by young women, who comprise the largest section of her audience. 'Women in Argentina live in hell': calls for legal abortion grow | Uki Goñi 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z But trade liberalisation policies, spearheaded by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, opened African economies to cheap new imports, especially from Asian countries. 'It's about our dignity': vintage clothing ban in Rwanda sparks US trade dispute | Lauren Gambino 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z It's the forum for sorting disputes between countries about breaches of global trade rules and it's the forum for negotiating new trade liberalisation. Is Trump the WTO's biggest threat? 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z Financial liberalisation poured money into the south-east but left the rest of the country bereft. A member of the liberal elite on his tribe’s failings 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z In the 1950s and 1960s Americans associated liberalisation with rapid, broad-based economic growth. In America, a political coalition in favour of protectionism may be emerging 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z In some circles, Mr Mnangagwa is seen as Zimbabwe's Deng Xiaoping, the Chinese leader who instigated a degree of market liberalisation. Five things urgently required for Zimbabwe’s economy to work 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z The end of the free movement of people from the EU could well lead to some liberalisation of UK immigration policy for the rest of the world. Six things to watch if Brexit puzzles you 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z And whatever the benefits of capital-account liberalisation, it would bring a measure of unpredictability. The internationalisation of China’s currency has stalled 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z However, the latest polling figures suggest the government would have little chance of success with a referendum that offered full liberalisation of the law. Irish voters oppose fully liberalising abortion laws, poll shows 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z Despite that success, women’s rights activists marched to protest that abortion was still illegal in most cases, and called for a liberalisation of the law. Police raid offices of women's groups in Poland 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z There has been timid liberalisation of strict abortion laws in some countries. Latin America’s battle over “gender ideology” 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z Fixing the currency system is a “precondition for further liberalisation”, says Emily Morris, an economist at University College London. Clueless on Cuba’s economy 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z Luxembourg’s first significant attempts at liberalisation began in the late 1920s and early 1930s. How a tax haven is leading the race to privatise space 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z The brief bout of liberalisation in 1991 probably played a part, by unevenly distributing the spoils of more rapid overall growth. The gap between India’s richer and poorer states is widening 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z The mainstream view among economists is that while countries overall may gain from trade liberalisation, there are usually some specific groups that lose. Hard Brexit 'offers £135bn annual boost' to economy - BBC News 2017-08-19T04:00:00Z But a steady and rapid rise from the early 1990s reflects a wider trend of social liberalisation, something also seen in changing attitudes to pre-marital sex. Gay rights 50 years on: 10 ways in which the UK has changed - BBC News 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z It was the first significant liberalisation of the law relating to sex between men in English history. How 1967 changed gay life in Britain: ‘I think for my generation, we’re still a little bit uneasy’ 2017-07-23T04:00:00Z He is expected to urge further liberalisation of the services economy, and will state that free trade agreements were not the only way to remove business barriers. UK can replicate current trade arrangements - Fox - BBC News 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z In a speech in Geneva, Dr Fox will highlight the potential benefit to the UK of further liberalisation in the global market for services, particularly in e-commerce and the digital industries. Brexit: British and EU negotiators to outline progress - BBC News 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z It is a counterintuitive idea, but actually the economics textbooks do provide some support for the idea of unilateral trade liberalisation. Hard Brexit 'offers £135bn annual boost' to economy - BBC News 2017-08-19T04:00:00Z In the 1990s, World Trade Organisation agreements led to a liberalisation of the international tobacco trade, with countries reducing import tariffs on tobacco products. Big Tobacco bullies the global south. Trade deals are their biggest weapon | Matthew Bramall and Paul Keenlyside 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z The communique placed a new emphasis on the need for trade deals to be reciprocal and non-discriminatory, reducing the previous emphasis on the primacy of liberalisation. Trump left in cold over Paris climate agreement at end of G20 summit 2017-07-08T04:00:00Z Campaigners see the new code as a move in the right direction, but many hope that it is just a stage on the way to further liberalisation of abortion laws in Bolivia. Bolivia women's rights groups hope revised law is step toward legal abortion 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z In the 1990s Britain was the country driving forward airline liberalisation in Europe, against the instincts of France and Italy, which preferred to protect their own flag carriers. Why Brexit could entail a hard landing for low-cost carriers 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z The tendency of MBS, as the prince is known, to micromanage the listing runs counter to the spirit of openness and liberalisation that he says he wants for Saudi Arabia. The prospects for the world’s biggest IPO 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z Many Northern Ireland politicians, including the Democratic Unionist party, who have been thrust into the role of potential kingmakers in Theresa May’s minority Conservative administration, oppose any liberalisation of the abortion laws. Most of Northern Ireland strongly backs abortion law reform, survey finds 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z Many leaders of developing countries respect Lee Kuan Yew, its founding father, for taking his city-state from third- to first-world status while resisting Western calls for greater political liberalisation. How foreigners misunderstand Singapore 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z The WTO has been struggling since 2001 to complete the Doha Round of trade liberalisation talks, a complex multilateral negotiation involving more than 160 countries. Free trade warning – IMF, WTO and World Bank say it must be defended 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z The liberalisation of European aviation, which allowed EU carriers to fly between any airport within the bloc, opened the skies to the masses. Why Brexit could entail a hard landing for low-cost carriers 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z His claims at the Swiss ski resort to support “global connectivity”, “investment liberalisation” and an open-door policy for foreign investors have met with similar derision. How Xi Jinping's global ambitions could thrive as Trump turns inward 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z Allowing for the lags caused by admissions offices, the lengths of PhD programmes and the process of peer review, the full effects on American academia of China’s liberalisation were not felt until the late 1980s. Mediocre academic researchers should be wary of globalisation 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z The process of post-war trade liberalisation was driven largely by a desire for reciprocal concessions - better access to others' markets in return for opening your own. Is free trade good or bad? - BBC News 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z It rests on market-oriented regimes of trade liberalisation, increased capital mobility, and appropriate social-welfare policies; backed by American security guarantees in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, through Nato and various other alliances. Will Donald Trump's election put America first and global conflict next? 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z More and more Americans and Europeans are convinced that liberalisation and globalisation are a huge fraud that serves the interests of a tiny elite at the expense of the masses. Yuval Noah Harari: 2016 and the liberal story - BBC News 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z Americans in seven other states and Washington, DC, are now, or soon expect to be, free to puff away at leisure, but liberalisation in the most populous border state will be felt acutely down south. Mexican attitudes to marijuana mellow 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z Mr Azuguray thinks that things will largely keep moving along the same path, or even "might accelerate all these processes" of internal economic liberalisation. Fidel Castro death: Cubans say sad goodbye, or good riddance - BBC News 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z Perhaps most important is a third lesson: that the boost to growth provided by tax cuts and liberalisation need not be spread evenly across the economy. That Eighties show 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z A government source said any liberalisation of the visa system would only apply to the process, including the experience in British airports, with no relaxation of the criteria required to obtain access to the UK. Theresa May urged to accept more skilled Indian workers to help trade deal 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z Vince Cable, the former Lib Dem business secretary, said May’s refusal to agree to any such liberalisation in the past was a key stumbling block to trade talks between the EU and India. Theresa May says UK will not raise visa quota for Indian nationals 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z This partial liberalisation is popular: 98 out of 127 senators backed it, with just seven votes against. Mexican attitudes to marijuana mellow 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z Setting up the electronic declaration system was one of a number of conditions laid down by the EU as requirements to ensure a visa liberalisation deal for Ukrainians. Ukraine stunned as vast cash reserves of political elite are made public 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z A timid economic liberalisation has created a small entrepreneurial class and attracted foreigners with money to spend on private displays of pranks and pratfalls. The red-nosed gold rush 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z If Turkey meets the EU’s conditions for visa liberalisation, which one Eurocrat says is “eminently” achievable, countries like France and Austria should not block it out of spite. Turkey’s bid to join the EU is a bad joke; but don’t kill it 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z But it is nothing like a massive upsurge in protectionism that reverses the trade liberalisation of the post-World War Two period. Globalisation: Where on the elephant are you? - BBC News 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z Nothing is likely to reverse the trend towards liberalisation, which reflects a secular shift in American attitudes. Mexican attitudes to marijuana mellow 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z But it would mean an American retreat from its leadership role in global trade liberalisation. Hard bargain 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z Speaking at the World Trade Organisation in Geneva on Tuesday, the international trade secretary, Liam Fox, said the UK would push for more trade liberalisation after Brexit. Brexit vote puts Britain's rising competitiveness at risk, says WEF 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z A year ago Mr Macron, then economy minister, tried to trim regulations protecting the profession as part of a broader liberalisation designed to help newcomers set up businesses. Scissor and tongs 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z Where the backlash is perhaps making more difference is in making governments more wary of new trade liberalisation agreements. Globalisation: Where on the elephant are you? - BBC News 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z Political parties worked within relatively narrow parameters, and pro-business policies, such as the liberalisation of trade and of rules on immigration, rolled forward. Risky business 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z But there are other reasons why trade liberalisation is getting harder. Hard bargain 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z Insipid economic growth and moribund trade liberalisation play their part; so too do shifts in manufacturing. Profits overboard 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z That opposition undermines support for trade liberalisation agreements. TTIP: Are US-Europe trade talks tanking? - BBC News 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z The EU offered visa liberalisation as part of its March deal with Turkey, aimed at curbing the flow of migrants from Turkey to Greece. Turkey scolds Austria in EU membership dispute - BBC News 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z Though it pointed in the right direction—towards greater liberalisation and away from the planned economy—it was worryingly light on detail. Miles to go 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z "It is up to Turkey if there is or there isn't visa liberalisation," Mr Gabriel said. Migrant crisis: Germany warns Turkey against 'blackmailing EU' - BBC News 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z UK governments tend to be among the most enthusiastic supporters of trade liberalisation agreements. TTIP: EU-US trade deal faces major challenges - BBC News 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z A government vow to avoid “indiscriminate” liberalisation did not reassure them. The tax haven at the end of the world 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z For some, who never trusted the EU’s great project of liberalisation, that is no great loss. Single-market blues 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z Many people were surprised by the extent of the currency’s liberalisation after so much talk of the central bank introducing some sort of two-tiered exchange rate. Free at last 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z The immediate gripe is a modest liberalisation of labour laws. Violent strikes against labour reforms are causing chaos in France 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z The European Commission is on Wednesday due to publish its second report on the implementation of the EU-Turkey agreement, which will include updates on any progress made in the visa liberalisation dispute. Migrant crisis: EU's top diplomat in Turkey resigns - BBC News 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z But the diverse, kinetic society that the Tory right now seems to regard as a problem is a direct product of the economic liberalisation for which it argued so vociferously in the 1980s. We’re just 10 days from making the most terrible mistake on Europe | Matthew d’Ancona 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z As one German broadcaster remarked, "the visa liberalisation for Turkey moves far into the distant future". German genocide vote inflames tensions with Turkey - BBC News 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z That kind of unilateral trade liberalisation does find some support in economic theory, but it tends to be politically difficult. Uncertainty for UK trade outside EU, says WTO chief - BBC News 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z Resistance is also building to liberalisation of the electricity market, a long process that began on April 1st. Postpone and be damned 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z I hear several influential people argue that Germany needs the UK to push - against the French and others - for economic liberalisation. Germany conflicted on how to handle Brexit - BBC News 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z “Mr Rohani believes in economic liberalisation, but it doesn’t percolate down the pyramid,” says a member of Iran’s chamber of commerce. Who’s in charge? 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z If visa liberalisation is granted after Turkey merely tweaks its laws, that would further undermine the EU. Europe’s murky deal with Turkey 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z One of the disputed points for visa liberalisation relates to Turkey's broad anti-terrorism legislation. Migrant crisis: Turkey could block EU deal over visas - BBC News 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z Jean-Claude Juncker said changes to Turkey's laws on terrorism were one of a number of conditions that needed to be met for visa liberalisation. Turkey 'needs to fulfil deal' to gain visa-free EU travel - BBC News 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z He also fears Britain's departure would rob the EU's decision-making process of a strong advocate for reform and liberalisation. EU referendum: Frankfurt poised for a Brexit boom - BBC News 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z In Tanzania, for instance, liberalisation of the country’s once dismal socialist economy in the 1980s helped spark the spectacular growth of towns in the country’s gold- and emerald-mining regions. In praise of small miners 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z Traditionally conceived, visa liberalisation is the sort of policy that might be designed by a foreign minister steeped in Joseph Nye’s theory of soft power. Visa wars 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z "I don't think we should expect a group of independents to be supportive of any political, social and cultural liberalisation." Iran elections: Reformists set to take control of parliament - BBC News 2016-04-30T04:00:00Z There was no sign here of any softening of Mr Trump's hostility to the kind of trade liberalisation agreement that the US has been pursuing under presidents of both parties. Donald Trump's top four 'deals' for foreign policy - BBC News 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z Ankara, however, expects more, including visa liberalisation, a point in which faces opposition of some EU members. Migrant crisis: Merkel and EU officials visit Turkey to promote deal - BBC News 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z Their campaign to be able to obtain cannabis-based oil legally to help with their daughter's epileptic condition did much to highlight the benefits of liberalisation. Mexico President Pena Nieto proposes relaxing marijuana laws - BBC News 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z In a world of trade liberalisation and the proliferation of tax havens, there is very little states can now offer private capital that differentiates them and makes them a better candidate for investment. Story of cities #25: Shannon – a tiny Irish town inspires China’s economic boom 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z She demanded that the then European Community respect the diversity of nations and focus on free trade and economic liberalisation. EU jargon: A-Z guide to Brussels-speak - BBC News 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z The mainstream view that all countries gain from trade liberalisation does not mean that all people do. US Election 2016: Are Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders right about trade? - BBC News 2016-04-10T04:00:00Z “I know many activists that see this as an opportunity to push for liberalisation,” Chełstowska said. Polish anti-abortion activists borrow tactics from US in push for total ban 2016-04-09T04:00:00Z Mr Mankiw claims the tariffs were part of a calculated political strategy to push for trade liberalisation. Dumping and tub-thumping 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z Reform of “product markets” aims to boost competition among firms, through privatisation, deregulation, the liberalisation of trade and by making it easier to start a business or attract investment. Don’t stop believing 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z Optimists argue that the strong conditions attached to the promise of visa liberalisation will bring Turkey back into the European fold and help stem its descent into authoritarianism. Refugees and terror 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z Mr Obama argues that such interchange will do more to hasten the liberalisation of Cuba’s repressive socialist regime than continuing to isolate it. Hello, Barry 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z To assuage concerns that Turkey is getting too much from the EU, diplomats insist there will be no shortcuts to visa liberalisation or EU accession. EU prepares to scale back resettlement of Syrian refugees 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z At the moment, however, it is hard to justify anti-dumping tariffs as a calculated sop to the opponents of liberalisation. Dumping and tub-thumping 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z He called for visa liberalisation for 75 million Turks by 1 June, an advance of the October deadline proposed last year, as well as re-starting Turkey’s long-stalled EU accession talks. Syria refugee crisis: EU and Turkey agree outline of deal 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z Turkey will struggle mightily to meet the exacting conditions required for visa liberalisation by the summer. Refugees and terror 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z Hundreds of small operators ply the roads—the fruits of a radical liberalisation in the 1990s. Slowly does it 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z It’s about liberalisation and opening up Myanmar to the global economy, and this is why it will continue.” Myanmar's parliament awash with colour as Aung San Suu Kyi ushers in a new era 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z The new leaders may slow the pace of economic liberalisation, but they are unlikely to reverse it. Reptilian manoeuvres 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z One benefit of the policy is that once suitably insured, workers might be less inclined to oppose economic liberalisation. Creative compensation 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z The firm rose by capitalising on waves of economic liberalisation, acquiring assets in steel, pharmaceuticals and property along the way. Guo Guangchang, one of China’s biggest tycoons, is missing 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z Events of the last week in Saudi Arabia might not seem indicative of a government on the path to liberalisation. Saudi Arabia: Can the country adapt to cheap oil? - BBC News 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z And while trade liberalisation continues apace through plurilateral deals between powerful trading blocs, these rarely include the poorest countries. Doha is dead. Hopes for fairer global trade shouldn’t die, too 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z The hostility towards liberalisation was apparent among the congregation flocking out from Sunday mass at the San Salvador Cathedral. El Salvador: where women are thrown into jail for losing a baby | Jonathan Watts 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z It was a significant development - a symbolic attack against the liberalisation of the state in recent years, and a challenge that will test this fragile democracy. Bomb shakes Tunisia's fragile democracy - BBC News 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z Syria’s cities were growing throughout the 2000s, thanks to economic liberalisation. Is climate change really to blame for Syria’s civil war?| Jan Selby and Mike Hulme 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z TPP’s real promise lies in the liberalisation of trade in services. A serviceable deal 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z The deal included pushing forward Turkey’s long-stalled accession process into the EU and speeding up visa liberalisation for Turks travelling to the bloc. Turkey criticised over media freedoms and judicial independence in EU report 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z The full liberalisation of interest rates should, in theory, change the face of China’s financial system. Letting go 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z EU leaders have agreed to speed up visa liberalisation talks for Turks if Turkey stems the influx, as well as to "re-energise" talks on Turkey joining the EU and supply more aid. Migrant crisis: Hungary closes border with Croatia - BBC News 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z But Turkey wants plenty in return - more financial aid, visa liberalisation, and progress on its stalled application for EU membership. Migrant crisis: EU leaders meet with focus on Turkey - BBC News 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z One potential carrot is progress on visa liberalisation - with the eventual goal of lifting visa requirements for Turkish citizens travelling to Europe. Migrant crisis: What will Turkey want for helping EU? - BBC News 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z The slowing pace of trade liberalisation is another drag. Becalmed 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z One close observer of UN agencies that deal with women’s rights said rightwing religious organisations engaged in “hardcore lobbying” against the liberalisation of abortion laws. What has the United Nations ever done for women? 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z The liberalisation of pharmacies, allowing shops other than pharmacies to sell over-the-counter drugs, a move that has been staunchly resisted by the German pharmacy industry for years. German MPs approve third bailout for Greece – live 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z The transition period to allow Vietnam to adapt to market liberalisation "breaks new ground compared to other EU agreements with developing countries", the Commission said. EU-Vietnam deal paves way for major trade boost - BBC News 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z Further divergences emerge in the market reforms Greece must undertake, including liberalisation of Sunday trading and deregulation of its dairy, bakery and pharmacy sectors. RPT-INSIGHT-On reform, Europe asks Greece to go where many fear to tread 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z South America has seen a cautious liberalisation on abortion law with reforms in countries such as Argentina, Colombia and Bolivia. Chile's abortion reform in trouble with ruling coalition split 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z Mexico’s first auction experience suggests that half-hearted liberalisation is not good enough to attract scarce capital. The good oil boys club 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z The liberalisation of pharmacies, allowing shops other than pharmacies to sell over-the-counter drugs, a move that has been staunchly resisted by the German pharmacy industry for years. German MPs approve third bailout for Greece – live 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z They survived in part because of import quotas that were abolished only in 2005, as part of a global trade liberalisation. Dry run 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z Death of an industry The decline of Kenya’s textile industry dates back to the early 1980s, when market liberalisation policies spearheaded by the World Bank opened up the local economy to second-hand clothes. How second-hand clothing donations are creating a dilemma for Kenya 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z The group’s sprawl reflects Mr Liu’s bets on China’s successive waves of growth and liberalisation. A torch-bearer for Chinese capitalism 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z But there were only the most carefully couched promises on visa liberalisation for Ukraine and Georgia, a key carrot for the two countries, and no mention at all of any future membership prospects. EU summit pledges €1.8bn to Ukraine but Russia remains elephant in room 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z Heated debate is still expected in the Senate over amendments and later in the House of Representatives, where many Democrats staunchly oppose the Trans-Pacific Partnership on fears trade liberalisation will cost US jobs. Pacific trade deal: Fast-track measure will pass 'this week', McConnell says 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z Poor public services hold back growth, and a state serving one ethnicity is unlikely to pursue reforms, like privatisation and trade liberalisation, that foster broad prosperity. The ins and outs 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z Easier travel will drum up new business for private guesthouses, restaurants and other small enterprises that have opened up after a cautious liberalisation by Cuba’s communist government. The thrill of the thaw 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z Most economists agree that SEZs catalysed liberalisation in China, which used them to test reforms that were seen as too hard to unveil nationwide. Political priority, economic gamble 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z One potential justification for liberalisation is that the freedom will encourage workers to save more for retirement. Free to pay tax 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z This simple act of liberalisation did as much as anything to create the modern economy. The business of business 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z Finally, Oxford Economics identified a lack of trade liberalisation. Has globalisation fundamentally slowed? 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z It's expected to highlight the plight of millions of "sticky" customers who were inherited by the big suppliers following the liberalisation of the energy market. Energy firms market power probed 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z Under attack from his own right flank, Mr Najib has little room to make good his promises of political liberalisation. Malaysia’s dark side 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z "The liberalisation of Chinese regulations for foreign investment into e-commerce in China needs to be seen against the wider context of the rapid expansion of Chinese e-commerce firms," Mr Biswas said. Shanghai e-commerce rules relaxed 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z Despite the US's increasing liberalisation when it comes to cannabis laws, people have been arrested over the sale of paraphernalia. The strange world of the 'head shop' 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z Senior officials hint that they are ready to provide more economic assistance if the Ukrainians get serious about judicial reform, business liberalisation and so on. Cold comfort 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z Opposition spokesperson for trade and investment Senator Penny Wong said Labor generally supported trade liberalisation but wanted to see the details of the FTA before commenting further. Australia trade deal buoys education 2014-11-18T05:00:00Z The tie up is seen as a key milestone in the capital market liberalisation of China - the world's second largest economy - where authorities keep a strong grip on the yuan currency. Shanghai-HK Stock Connect approved 2014-11-09T05:00:00Z A few foreign banks have been licensed to operate on a limited scale—but broader financial liberalisation is in the works. Let a million factories rise 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z If the government’s gambling liberalisation formally legalises pachinko, as looks likely, that would pave the way for taxing it. Balls in the air 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z A supra-national body, the World Trade Organisation, was set up in Geneva to act as the global trade policeman and to facilitate further liberalisation. Russia and economic warfare: RIP the free market new world order 2014-08-31T04:00:00Z But privatisation made air travel more competitive and liberalisation brought competition from low-cost carriers. Flags of inconvenience 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z The state has thus struck a widely praised balance between liberalisation and regulation. Growing pains of the great US marijuana legalisation experiment 2014-08-02T04:00:00Z It is a diagram of liberalisation, of a new era assisted by design. David Adjaye interview: 'I'm not always looking at the usual references' 2014-08-02T04:00:00Z But experts say failure on this key agreement risks consigning it to the status of a referee for disputes, and could see it ceasing to exist as a forum for serious trade liberalisation talks. World Trade Organisation's future in doubt after India blocks trade deal 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z The plan changes an aspect of the major liberalisation of defined contribution pensions unveiled in the Budget. Independent advice for new pensioners 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z It also explains why the liberalisation of the economy can co-exist with the growing proliferation of control – by means of soap dispensers and remotely managed cars – into everyday life. The rise of data and the death of politics 2014-07-19T04:00:00Z The agenda for doing that includes the standard stuff of trade liberalisation - reducing or even eliminating tariffs, taxes that are applied only to imported goods. US and EU trade talks to resume 2014-07-13T04:00:00Z Fixing it needs many structural reforms, ranging from liberalisation to privatising state-owned enterprises, speeding up slothful courts and fighting endemic corruption. Atwitter about Matteo Renzi 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z For many conservative Indians, however, the fault lies not with tradition, but with what they see as the loose morals of western culture invading the country following the start of economic liberalisation in 1991. Bikinis to blame for sex crimes on Goa's beaches, says minister 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z It is an ardent backer of South Stream, a Balkan gas pipeline that Russia is promoting in defiance of European Union rules on public procurement and energy liberalisation. Screams and streams 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z So the young entrepreneurs decided to plough their earnings and energies instead into capitalising on China’s continuing economic liberalisation. Riding the rich, grey Chinese wave 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z "But the liberalisation brought in more foreign beers, and now the craft beers, so there are always new things to try." Can India get a taste for craft beer? 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z Just as economic liberalisation in the early 1980s had a profound material effect, so these latest moves could have a profound social one. Beneath the glacier 2014-04-10T04:00:00Z But this argument also helps illustrate just how risky and frightening for a Communist Party planner is the notion of capital-account liberalisation. The red and the green 2014-04-24T04:00:00Z Analysts reckon that full liberalisation of ownership would attract more businesses. Business in the UAE: Improving the desert climate 2014-04-16T14:55:18Z He called for new trade liberalisation agreements, in particular the negotiations known as the Doha Round. Global trade to gain speed, says WTO 2014-04-14T15:15:14Z The move marks another step in the gradual liberalisation of the country's vast insurance industry in recent years, and would allow stronger domestic and foreign insurers to invest in weaker players. UPDATE 2 -China eases M&A rules in insurance sector, foreign firms stand to gain 2014-04-08T09:26:48Z It was a rigid regime, but it actually represented a liberalisation compared with what went before. Beneath the glacier 2014-04-10T04:00:00Z "The purchasing power of the yuan in domestic markets will increase, which is the main purpose of reforming the deposit rate liberalisation," it says. China media: Malaysian jet search 2014-03-12T06:45:29Z The EU summit will probably impose some fairly symbolic sanctions, like halting talks on visa or trade liberalisation, the BBC's Chris Morris in Brussels reports. EU summit to tackle Ukraine crisis 2014-03-06T03:04:57Z On its website the campaign says the management of water resources should "not be subject to 'internal market rules'" and should be "excluded from liberalisation". EU studies landmark citizen campaign 2014-02-17T18:06:32Z As a minister in the 1990s Mr Bersani pushed through liberalisation measures far removed from his earlier Communist background. Italy's Bersani has brain surgery 2014-01-06T10:56:21Z It turned out to be an important signal of political liberalisation after over 70 years of Soviet Communism. What fate awaits Khodorkovsky? 2013-12-20T20:08:39Z However, the government and its supporters fear that economic liberalisation would hurt the country's economy, especially the industrial south-east which relies on trade with Russia. Ukraine braced for rival protests 2013-12-15T02:13:50Z However, the government and its supporters fear that economic liberalisation would put at risk many enterprises reliant on trade with Russia. Ukraine president suspends mayor 2013-12-14T14:59:51Z He said Right2Water's desire to exempt water supplies from liberalisation "won't go anywhere, because the Commission regards it as its primary function to promote the single market". EU studies landmark citizen campaign 2014-02-17T18:06:32Z The government and its supporters fear that economic liberalisation would put at risk many enterprises reliant on trade with Russia. Ukrainian court frees protesters 2013-12-13T13:46:04Z Such a deal would address services liberalisation and better intellectual property rights protection. Britain's Cameron flies to Beijing, pushing EU-China trade deal 2013-12-02T00:08:38Z In everything, from pension policies to the way you run public services, the Swedes are at the forefront of liberalisation. Scotland's Arctic role models 2013-11-24T00:41:16Z Countries that have stood in the way of progress in the long-running Doha round of trade talks would lose their veto against liberalisation. Economic power: Time to pay the piper 2013-11-21T16:03:55Z There will be greater liberalisation in both interest rates and the free convertibility of the yuan. China to loosen one-child policy 2013-11-15T15:37:08Z When labour- and product-market liberalisation swept Europe in the early 1980s—motivated in part by stubbornly high unemployment—labour shares tumbled. Workers’ share of national income: Labour pains 2013-10-31T15:59:22Z The trend in foreign direct investment, too, is still towards liberalisation, but a tally by the UN Commission for Trade and Development shows that restrictions are increasing. World economy: The gated globe 2013-10-10T15:00:40Z In September 1997 the IMF formally proposed amending its charter to promote capital-account liberalisation, calling it “an essential element of an efficient international monetary system in this age of globalisation”. Capital: Just in case 2013-10-10T15:00:40Z In the 1990s Bill Clinton signed the North American Free-Trade Agreement just as the Uruguay round of trade liberalisation was completed. Trade: In my backyard 2013-10-10T15:00:40Z Secondly, on its core interest—trade liberalisation—APEC faces internal pressures. Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation: APEC-ticism 2013-10-06T00:21:05Z The firewall's gradual liberalisation in certain sectors should not be a political issue. China media: Online speculation 2013-09-25T08:04:31Z That began to change with the break-up of the Bretton Woods international monetary system and with the push for economic liberalisation across the rich world. The great crash: The meaning of Lehman (take 2) 2013-09-16T07:27:37Z India is not about to undo two decades of liberalisation, but wants to retain the option to intervene, just as China does. Capital: Just in case 2013-10-10T15:00:40Z Trade liberalisation is now proceeding along two different tracks. Trade: In my backyard 2013-10-10T15:00:40Z Meant to link China and North Korea, the planned new economic area was a limited experiment in liberalisation. US and China's tug-of-war over Koreas 2013-09-09T11:18:55Z Unless that changes, the impact of any other liberalisation will be limited. Cuban baseball greats vs US-based defectors 2013-08-22T23:41:00Z Might the tech tycoons then apply this lesson to their future political activism, and seek to push politics forwards in a range of areas that need urgent attention, from education reform to trade liberalisation? Schumpeter: Mr Geek goes to Washington 2013-08-22T15:00:07Z The believes that greater political liberalisation is the key to solving much of the policy gridlock and rising political tensions in the city. China media: Floods disaster 2013-08-20T07:17:33Z Thanks to earlier rounds of tariff reductions, further liberalisation offers progressively less economic benefit. Trade: In my backyard 2013-10-10T15:00:40Z "A reduction in the spread and influence of drug addiction will not be achieved by a liberalisation of drug use, as is currently being proposed in various parts of Latin America," the pontiff said. Mexico's mellow vibe on drug legalisation 2013-08-09T22:58:59Z China made its turn toward liberalisation just as international supply chains were becoming a cornerstone of economic development. Emerging markets: Catching up is hard to do 2013-07-31T20:02:17Z The consequent liberalisation of markets repeatedly demands another pound of flesh from those already suffering – "discipline" in the ugly parlance of neoliberalism. Europe's leaders are not for turning on austerity 2013-06-25T09:30:01Z The growth of this sector was almost an unintended consequence of the partial liberalisation of interest rates in 2004. China's true crunch time is to come 2013-06-24T14:35:03Z Detractors claimed that once inside an RTA, countries would discriminate against outsiders and lose interest in multilateral liberalisation, undermining the authority of the WTO. Trade: In my backyard 2013-10-10T15:00:40Z The Netherlands, Germany and Sweden are often seen as close to UK positions on the EU, especially on market liberalisation, free trade and budget austerity in the current crisis. Dutch review criticises EU powers 2013-06-21T16:18:18Z Yet the G8 wants more of the same: deeper liberalisation, for countries to refrain from protecting their industries, and a bigger role for the private sector in all areas, from agriculture to finance. G8 pledges on trade: where have we heard it all before? 2013-06-20T06:00:07Z Cameron, frustrated at the lack of progress in the global Doha trade liberalisation talks, said an agreement could help bring down high levels of unemployment by creating up to 2m jobs globally. G8: Cameron promises biggest bilateral deal in history as free trade talks open 2013-06-17T19:49:21Z Although much transatlantic trade is already tariff-free, there are a number of sectors – such as financial services – where officials believe there is scope for liberalisation. Europe and US launch plans for ambitious transatlantic trade deal 2013-06-17T15:52:58Z Regional trade liberalisation is better than no liberalisation at all, yet it interferes with globalisation in several damaging ways. Trade: In my backyard 2013-10-10T15:00:40Z That doesn't mean that we believe completely in full liberalisation or believe in no rules; it doesn't mean you don't need to address issues about power in markets in terms of access to information. Global development podcast transcript: what's at stake at the G8? 2013-05-24T16:47:34Z Some troubled countries, including Greece, are adjusting nevertheless—either because bail-out programmes require the liberalisation of labour and product markets, or because unemployment is brutally forcing down wages. Charlemagne: Hobbling behind America 2013-05-23T15:05:18Z Although much transatlantic trade already has low or no tariffs, there are a number of sectors, such as financial services, where officials believe there is scope for liberalisation. G8: Cameron promises biggest bilateral deal in history as free trade talks open 2013-06-17T19:49:21Z Both undertook to try to restart the Doha round of trade liberalisation, originally launched in 2001 but held up for years by the deep divisions between developed and developing countries. Roberto Azevedo's WTO appointment gives Brazil a seat at the top table 2013-05-21T13:02:22Z China’s and Russia’s interventionism and attachment to state capitalism are difficult to reconcile with the “behind-the-border” liberalisation America and Europe are seeking. Trade: In my backyard 2013-10-10T15:00:40Z It is almost certainly a myth that child abuse is a modern problem, or a consequence of sexual liberalisation and the permissive society. Blaming online images of abuse for Stuart Hazell's horrific acts is simplistic 2013-05-14T16:41:15Z Yet rekindled interest in trade talks does not amount to full-throated support for renewed liberalisation. World trade: Fresh blood 2013-05-09T15:00:33Z The prime minister has made trade liberalisation one of the main themes of the G8 summit. G8: Cameron promises biggest bilateral deal in history as free trade talks open 2013-06-17T19:49:21Z Where there are differences between them is in the way the countries sponsoring them, Brazil and Mexico, see trade liberalisation. Trade in Latin America: Oceans apart 2013-05-02T15:06:02Z But he said it was very important for the WTO to learn from such partnerships, which are likely to be on the vanguard of trade liberalisation. The race to head the WTO: Final pitches 2013-05-02T15:24:28Z Senior ministers say there will be no liberalisation. Cabinet to decide on abortion bill 2013-04-30T05:17:36Z With vast transatlantic trade flows, even a bit of liberalisation would bring rewards. Lexington: A transatlantic tipping-point 2013-04-25T15:03:50Z The authors want rapid liberalisation of areas that remain heavily regulated, notably labour, land and education. India’s economy: The capitalist manifesto 2013-04-18T15:03:04Z I also wondered why decades of affirmative action and more than two decades of economic liberalisation hadn't still unleashed entrepreneurial energies among the most disadvantaged. Caste and entrepreneurship in India 2013-04-18T00:20:47Z Since liberalisation began in the 1980s, founding father Ho's Communist mantra "Success, Success, Great Success" has become the creed of hardcore capitalism. From war babies to billionaires: Vietnam's wealthiest women 2013-03-24T00:07:01Z Irish public debt rose and the country faced austerity, privatisation and liberalisation. Cyprus: the dramatic choice it faces 2013-03-19T18:37:02Z Instead, the practice since the early 1980s has been to bail out reckless lenders through giving new loans, while forcing governments to implement austerity and free-market liberalisation to become "more competitive". Greece and Spain helped postwar Germany recover. Spot the difference 2013-02-27T12:24:04Z But Gyetvay played down the importance of any looming liberalisation to the future of Yamal, in which French international oil company Total already holds a 20 percent stake. Asia eyes Russian Arctic gas as Australian costs climb 2013-02-19T17:01:14Z If the bureaucracy of a post-colonial state is the problem, more deregulation and economic liberalisation should be the answer; and so, in some respects, it is. Come on, India! Show us that freedom can outdo tyranny 2013-01-31T08:00:02Z The centre-left government in Germany's northernmost federal state of Schleswig-Holstein rescinded a law passed by its predecessor that led to a liberalisation in sports betting and online poker. German state stops offering betting concessions 2013-01-24T14:53:18Z Successive federal governments' promotion of the liberalisation of trade and capital flows also strengthened capital against labour. The US needs a new balance between capital and labour 2013-01-04T12:30:30Z The celebration is seen as the latest sign of the country's liberalisation under its military-backed civilian government. Celebrations begin to welcome 2013 2012-12-31T11:13:42Z He also headed the inquiry into the UK's gambling laws which led to their liberalisation. Former City regulator knighted 2012-12-29T00:06:07Z But the free market liberalisation that was let rip in the 1990s is also part of the problem. Come on, India! Show us that freedom can outdo tyranny 2013-01-31T08:00:02Z Regular readers will not be astonished to hear that all three involve trade liberalisation. The rich world's economy: The gift that goes on giving 2012-12-19T16:07:14Z Two decades of market liberalisation has not been countered by a strengthening of Europe's social vision. For Miliband, isolation from Europe would be a grave error 2012-11-19T22:00:01Z And furthermore, if the Netherlands starts backtracking on drug liberalisation, how does that bode for the rest of the world? US cannabis vote reignites call to legalise drugs 2012-11-16T00:02:34Z Once again they face opposition from some national governments: France and Germany, in particular, are lobbying against the proposed liberalisation. European railways: Uncoupling the trains 2012-11-08T16:00:19Z There was a lot less private sector debt before the liberalisation of financial markets in the 1970s and 1980s. The debt crisis: Lessons from history 2012-10-10T11:09:26Z The really big gains will be reaped if these deals spur broader global liberalisation, particularly with the fast-growing big emerging economies. The rich world's economy: The gift that goes on giving 2012-12-19T16:07:14Z It will also seek a market liberalisation deal with the United States under an existing transatlantic air transport agreement. EU seeks foreign market access to boost ailing airlines 2012-09-27T12:45:43Z Mr Miron believes there is an economic argument for the liberalisation of drugs. US cannabis vote reignites call to legalise drugs 2012-11-16T00:02:34Z However, the two routes to Asian trade liberalisation are ever more widely seen as yet another facet of Sino-American rivalry. Banyan: Partners and rivals 2012-09-20T15:00:32Z But government officials say greater liberalisation is essential, if India is to reverse its economic slowdown and hit a new annual growth target of 8.2%. VIDEO: 'Constraints' to Indian growth 2012-09-19T04:19:27Z It was the heyday of financial liberalisation, and its architects insisted that it would lead to more efficient use of capital, faster growth and greater prosperity for everyone. Eurozone ignoring parallels with Latin American debit crisis of the 1980s 2012-08-19T14:11:36Z India's economy, he says, is 21 years young, alluding to the liberalisation process which began in 1991. Why Indian boardrooms have no diversity 2012-08-14T16:05:48Z "We are confident that we can bring 4G to the UK by the end of this year, all we need now is the licence liberalisation," said Swantee. Everything Everywhere pays out £543m in dividends to shareholders 2012-07-25T13:30:49Z It called for great sector liberalisation to improve competitiveness, the reduction of administrative red tape and the improvement of transparency in good and services markets. Spain slump deepens as bailout fears grow 2012-07-23T18:32:57Z It was the age of the “ations” – deregulation, liberalisation, privatisation and crucially the Great Moderation, a period of steady growth, falling inflation and lower unemployment that marked the 1990s and early 2000s. Economic history: Muddled models 2012-07-20T09:47:55Z Hidebound by neoliberal economics, they will continue with austerity, privatisation and liberalisation. The eurozone endgame will begin in Greece 2012-07-16T13:54:28Z They influenced China's liberalisation in the 1980s and since. How China imports Western political ideas 2012-07-09T00:26:53Z The new rules call for a more co-ordinated approach to technical assistance, and impose general guidelines on liberalisation in the services sector. New WTO rules ease entry for least developed countries 2012-07-06T09:16:10Z MEPs are debating plans to increase the liberalisation and privatisation of the railway network across the EU. VIDEO: European Parliament 2009-10-13T12:10:10Z Among the recommendations were "the full liberalisation of local public services" through "large scale privatisations". Italy asset sale plan no fix for debt woes 2012-06-27T11:32:55Z Secondly, the paper finds that the duration and amplitude of financial cycles has increased since the financial liberalisation of the 1980s. Bank for International Settlements warns against short-term fixes 2012-06-19T16:14:07Z Now, as Burma enters a new era of liberalisation, decades of pent-up feelings have exploded into sectarian violence. Old tensions bubble in Burma 2012-06-11T17:24:10Z There is surely nothing to stop a group of like-minded nations agreeing among themselves to pursue deeper liberalisation of digital services, say, under the banner of “variable geometry”. Britain and the EU: Some ideas for improving Britain's relations with Europe. Why they may not work 2012-06-01T16:14:58Z This contrasts with the "shock therapy" liberalisation that crippled the economies of the former Soviet countries during the 1990s. It's not a case of austerity v stimulus for Europe 2012-06-01T12:19:38Z It described Paris's budget projections as "optimistic", called for liberalisation and deregulation of rail and electricity networks, tax, labour market, and pension reforms. Spanish bailout fears rock European stock markets 2012-05-30T17:56:39Z The wave of financial liberalisation that took place in the early-mid 1980s allowed financial forces to have full play, reinforcing the procyclicality of the financial system. Bank for International Settlements warns against short-term fixes 2012-06-19T16:14:07Z Nor did a programme of austerity and liberalisation reduce debt levels – any more than it is doing in Greece. Greece can do without the 'sympathy' the IMF has shown Niger 2012-05-29T10:00:01Z But the eurozone breakdown is also the product of a generation of EU treaty-enforced privatisation, market deregulation and corporate liberalisation that paved the way for the crisis across Europe, including in Britain. In or out of the eurozone, we must ditch this failed model 2012-05-22T21:20:01Z If the pilot expands nationally then it is worth applauding, he says, but it would still lack the most important reform: an interest-rate liberalisation that would allow banks to compete freely for custom. Shadow banking in China: The Wenzhou experiment 2012-04-04T15:00:00Z Of course, trade liberalisation is no substitute for privatisation, financial reform and other domestic measures. Free exchange: Arab spring cleaning 2012-02-23T17:07:45Z The evidence from rail liberalisation in North America and Europe suggests that such reforms could actually reduce fares. China?s railways: Less express 2012-01-05T16:00:47Z He introduced some economic liberalisation measures and many Egyptians viewed him as an official who was not tainted by corruption. Egypt braces for fresh rally against army rule 2011-11-25T08:14:47Z Ricardo Hausmann of Harvard University similarly argues that Egypt’s steps towards economic liberalisation stimulated an appetite for greater opportunity that fuelled discontent with the ruling regime. Economics focus: Unrest in peace 2011-10-19T19:03:15Z "The yuan will rise strongly after liberalisation, and a sluggish external economy, which will last a long time, will press down Chinese export growth," he said. Time not right for yuan globalisation -gov't researcher 2011-10-12T00:59:41Z A liberalisation of the EU regime could also open up exports and imports, which are tied to quotas and are the subject of international trade negotiations. UPDATE 4-French sugar coop eyes EU reform with 1 bln deal 2011-10-04T12:57:07Z As the Economist magazine noted recently, “Before liberalisation, many Indian firms enjoyed a quiet life in concentrated industries, where a coterie of licensed firms divided the market between them.” The Socialist Push Behind India’s Capitalist Rise: Pankaj Mishra 2011-09-23T00:25:02Z The economic liberalisation begun in the 1980s proved constructive: it had been well thought through, and probably helped in the absorption of two shocks soon to hit: the IT revolution and the rise of China. Our economic future has already been decided by the past 2011-08-27T23:05:38Z His liberalisation – for what it was worth – largely followed the Chinese model, more interested in an economy, controlled in any case by his family, than in political rights. Bashar al-Assad: A smooth talker with bloody hands 2011-08-06T23:02:01Z The disastrous impacts of unfettered liberalisation on the global financial and food systems are plain to see. WTO fails the poorest ? again 2011-07-29T06:00:00Z India in those days was nothing like what it has become post-economic liberalisation. Tendulkar, Dravid and Laxman ? the genius, the builder and the artist 2011-07-15T11:42:39Z But an attempt to extend liberalisation to the legal professions was watered down when it ran into a determined revolt by lawyers and notaries in Berlusconi's governing Freedom People party. Italy hopes privatisations will calm markets 2011-07-13T19:59:03Z But financial liberalisation, by contrast, had not been anything like fully thought through. Our economic future has already been decided by the past 2011-08-27T23:05:38Z Similarly, Athens – locked into the euro – is unable to devalue, or control its own interest rates, and the solution being pressed on Greece by its eurozone neighbours involves privatisation, liberalisation and drastic public spending cuts. Defaulting rescued Argentina. It could work for Athens too 2011-07-09T23:06:39Z Even after the Asian financial crisis Mr Fischer still believed that “orderly” capital-account liberalisation should be made one of the IMF’s core purposes. Economics focus: Wanted: chief firefighter 2011-06-02T11:04:01Z The liberalisation of air travel has increased competition between big hubs, especially in Europe and the Gulf. Airport privatisation: Runways required 2011-05-26T10:46:21Z Bahrain's crackdown signaled the end of a tentative experiment with political liberalisation that began in 2000 and saw the end of security courts used to prosecute dissidents in the 1990s, one analyst said. Bahrain sentences four to die over police killing 2011-04-28T19:12:50Z Britain’s experience indicates economic liberalisation or a fortunate turn of the business cycle may also prevent the threshold from binding at once. Economics focus: BRIC wall 2011-04-14T10:51:41Z The old defence of a high offside line simply is not as effective as it used to be thanks to the liberalisation of the rule. The Question: What has gone wrong for Fernando Torres at Chelsea? 2011-04-12T10:03:36Z The Syrian government is reported to be studying the liberalisation of laws on media and political parties as well as anti-corruption measures. Syrians await president's address 2011-03-30T07:48:37Z The combination of reduced corporation tax and planning liberalisation will help to lift business confidence at a difficult time. As it happened: Budget 2011 2011-03-23T10:39:06Z Experts warned it would be nearly impossible to reconcile planning liberalisation with local communities having a greater say over developments in their neighbourhood. Budget 2011: new planning rules ease path for developers 2011-03-23T19:55:17Z "If you look at the liberalisation of the licensing laws in the mid-70s and the consumption of alcohol there is a very acute increase from that period." Warning over drunken 'apocalypse' 2011-03-22T07:19:39Z It calls for a full, US-style Fair Use copyright provision and for liberalisation of an EU list of 22 permitted re-uses of copyrighted material. Boot up: radiation facts, iOS 4.3 hassles, Kinect doctors, porn scams and more 2011-03-21T08:55:00Z Moyo shows well how fundamental economic liberalisation espoused by what she calls the profligate, greedy, self-interested west has come back to bite it. How the West Was Lost by Dambisa Moyo and Consumptionomics by Chandran Nair ? review 2011-02-26T00:07:31Z Parties like the Muslim Brotherhood are committed to democratic reform and economic liberalisation. Egypt unrest: Your stories 2011-02-07T14:47:03Z In the decade after liberalisation, Indian industry lost much of this shelter. Economics focus: Dancing elephants 2011-01-27T10:58:13Z Efforts will again be made to conclude the Doha round of trade liberalisation talks, now in their 10th tortuous year. Will Davos heed the warning signs? 2011-01-26T15:30:01Z It calls for protection of the poorest from sharp price increases through government intervention and greater liberalisation of the trade in food in order to offset market volatility. Global hunger needs urgent action 2011-01-24T11:32:08Z Among measures being considered are expert assistance in drafting electoral law and a possible liberalisation of trade in agricultural products. EU set to freeze Ben Ali assets 2011-01-20T19:35:28Z In 2008 Warsaw took advantage of gestures from Minsk that the regime was prepared to contemplate liberalisation to step up dialogue. Belarus battle 2011-01-19T06:20:10Z Before liberalisation, many Indian firms enjoyed a quiet life in concentrated industries, where a coterie of licensed firms divided the market between them. Economics focus: Dancing elephants 2011-01-27T10:58:13Z Under President Anwar Sadat it was peace with Israel and economic liberalisation. Risk contained 2011-01-17T01:17:18Z Our correspondent says the changes also bring to the fore ministers who support reform to tackle Japan's massive public debt and the trade liberalisation sought by business leaders. Japan reshuffle to tackle economy 2011-01-14T09:28:41Z But the disparity in wealth between urban and rural Vietnam is wide and some Communist Party leaders worry that too much economic liberalisation will weaken their power base and introduce "decadent" ideas into Vietnamese society. Vietnam 2010-07-21T16:21:45Z Dozens of private radio stations sprang up following a liberalisation of telecommunications in 2000. Cameroon 2010-11-24T10:47:23Z But liberalisation allowed these firms to bring their best technologies to India—and the threat of Japanese entry into India obliged them to do so. Economics focus: Dancing elephants 2011-01-27T10:58:13Z The pace of liberalisation of the US betting market is critical. At 35-1, Betfair's float could still be a winner 2010-10-07T20:26:00Z The round of trade liberalisation talks started in Doha almost nine years ago remain in deep freeze. Global recovery's weakness raises possibility of trade war 2010-10-03T23:03:00Z The House financial services committee backed liberalisation of online gambling in July, although such a measure would be difficult to enact without co-operation from reluctant Republicans. Sportingbet pays out ?21m in deal to avoid US prosecution 2010-09-21T01:13:00Z He went on to take a senior position at Citigroup, the main beneficiary of the liberalisation of the banking regime, and one of the major culprits in the meltdown. Nadir's return reminds us that mixing business with politics is a dangerous game 2010-08-28T23:06:00Z America believes that inking a trade deal that results in little fresh liberalisation is pointless. The recovery in trade: Defying gravity and history 2010-08-05T10:56:00Z He accuses the British government and profession of “trying to emasculate the Indian legal community” by pressing a “one-point agenda” of liberalisation. Law and globalisation: Not entirely free, your honour 2010-07-29T10:55:00Z The waves of financial liberalisation seen in Britain from the early 1970s to 2007 were justified on the grounds that the City was booming, providing higher returns to the economy than other sectors. Banking's risky business 2010-07-14T15:29:00Z Although the government's economic liberalisation efforts helped some, Indian capital still continues to be in the unique position of being both extremely powerful, and strongly despised. India's impossible inflation 2010-07-14T14:30:00Z The agreement would eliminate import duties on nearly all products and prepare the way for rapid liberalisation of trade in services. Carmakers and trade deals: One-way street 2010-07-08T11:50:00Z And speaking in St Petersburg last week, he said tax cuts and further economic liberalisation measures were on the way. Medvedev's new dawn is a distant prospect 2010-06-24T18:00:00Z Ministers want to stem the proliferation of bars that occurred under Labour's liberalisation of the licensing regime, particularly targeting those deemed by police to be a source of trouble in town and city centres. Late-night bars and pubs face levy to meet cost of policing binge drinkers 2010-06-19T23:05:00Z It believes the German cuts are smaller than advertised by Angela Merkel's government and the true solutions to unemployment lie in the liberalisation of trade and structural reforms. 'Gold-plated' pensions face cuts 2010-06-14T20:22:00Z The postwar era of strong trade unions, full employment policies and capital controls produced stronger, more equitable growth than three decades of deregulation, liberalisation and flexible labour markets. In a financial crisis, what counts is what works 2010-05-30T23:04:00Z The BHA has long argued that the liberalisation of the gambling market under the Labour government, combined with a failure to redraw the boundaries of its relationship with horseracing, could fatally undermine the sport. BHA demands reform of betting levy 2010-05-26T23:05:00Z Spain, in particular, was applauded for its embrace of economic openness, labour market flexibility, financial liberalisation and fiscal rigour that seemed to raise living standards while transforming Madrid into a major corporate and banking centre. How the flexible labour markets failed Europe 2010-05-20T13:32:00Z Maybe, but there is a less rosy side to the seemingly inevitable victory march of trade liberalisation. Caribbean banana industry decline is no sideshow 2010-05-18T08:00:00Z Collier's practical solutions offered a remarkable change from the one-size-fits-all doctrines of liberalisation that had driven 20 years of development. The Plundered Planet: How to Reconcile Prosperity with Nature by Paul Collier 2010-05-15T23:07:00Z In a decade's time, however, we may wonder why anybody thought the cause of liberalisation was advanced by encouraging successful private companies to sell themselves to state-owned corporations. Transport market is becoming a demolition derby 2010-04-22T19:59:00Z He said the next generation of executives would be produced from the emergent Indian multinationals, post liberalisation, or from managers of local markets working their way through US or European groups. New MasterCard chief joins elite group of Indian-born executives 2010-04-12T20:04:00Z A whole package of mobile spectrum liberalisation, the result of years of arguing, had been working its way through parliament as a statutory instrument. Mobile networks face capacity crunch 2010-04-07T15:56:00Z Any delay to the liberalisation of the airwaves or sale of a new spectrum would leave the mobile phone operators with a serious headache. Mobile phone broadband network may face 'capacity crunch' 2010-04-05T14:50:00Z Taipei talks on free trade deal By Cindy Sui BBC News, Taipei Officials from China and Taiwan are meeting in Taipei for two days of talks on a controversial trade liberalisation agreement. Taipei talks on free trade deal 2010-03-31T07:13:00Z In return, it wants a liberalisation of the airwaves so it can push mobile broadband to the majority of the population by 2012. 3 to break even, says Hutchison Whampoa 2010-03-30T20:45:00Z News of an agreement between the EU and US on airline liberalisation also helped the shares. Vodafone misses out as FTSE 100 hits another 21 month high 2010-03-25T17:39:00Z The fact that the statutory instrument has not made it into law means the whole spectrum liberalisation plan has been thrown into doubt. Mobile networks face capacity crunch 2010-04-07T15:56:00Z Orange and T-Mobile, however, will be dismayed at any delay to the liberalisation of spectrum. Mobile phone broadband network may face 'capacity crunch' 2010-04-05T14:50:00Z Deregulation, liberalisation, greater competition and consumer choice were becoming the watchwords. Do we still need a British airline? 2010-03-16T12:19:00Z "This is clearly not what was meant by visa liberalisation," she says. Belgium or bust 2010-03-16T11:54:00Z It may be opening up its economy to the outside world, but the Vietnamese government insists it will manage social liberalisation at its own pace. 2010-01-21T11:56:00Z It may be unrealistic to expect a big liberalisation of visas in the short term. 2010-01-21T06:31:00Z There were those who devoutly held that the hope of religion lay in its further liberalisation. An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant Equally there were those who deeply felt that the deliverance lay in resistance to liberalisation. An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant |
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