| 单词 | liberalize |
| 例句 | The irksome security provisions of May-Johnson were liberalized, with penalties reduced to maximum fines of $20,000 and prison terms of up to five years. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z But in 2011, the group liberalized its policy, urging parents to limit and monitor toddler screen time but not calling for such a rigid ban. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z In China, the Enlightenment is mainly portrayed as a time of reason and scientific innovation, with little reference to its liberalizing and democratizing nature, which is emphasized in the West. Art: 'The Age of Enlightenment' Sweeps Into China 2011-04-18T13:57:28Z Britain prevailed, and, in addition to forcing the Chinese to accept opium importing, liberalized trade with China generally. Art Review: When Enamel Wares Adorned China?s Imperial Courts 2011-02-17T21:29:31Z While his mother dismissed the experience as “liberalizing” and “heathenizing,” he recognized it as the freedom to be himself. Nine Shows to Catch at the New York Comedy Festival 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z "This unique opportunity is an ideal way to cut government expense and further prove the merits of liberalized economics Baroness Thatcher spearheaded," the petition reads. Iron Lady or monster? Thatcher film stirs UK passions 2012-01-05T16:50:30Z In the film “Documented,” which is part get-out-the-message tour, part personal reckoning, Mr. Vargas argues on behalf of liberalizing immigration policy and confronts others — and himself — about his predicament. Movie Review: ‘Documented,’ a Journalist’s Look at Immigration 2014-05-01T23:06:52Z Rather than a desire to "liberalize" the church, many believers and leaders now recognize that even cultural change can be a critique of an unchanging doctrinal schema. A Conservative Catholic Begs the Pope: Lead Us Not Into Temptation 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z There were very few reports of even minor incidents of violence as abortion laws were liberalized in the ’60s and early ’70s, because abortion was not a major controversy. The religious right is neither: The real history of how decades of radical, violent rhetoric led to the Planned Parenthood shooting 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z Progressives and pundits who dismiss the South as a place that is “beyond redemption,” so to speak, miss out on the liberalizing effects of urbanization and increased diversity. Zombie state 2012-06-08T14:45:00Z We wanted to liberalize the country, in tune with its older Islamic traditions. Male grooming: The movie 2012-05-18T23:15:00Z As they got older they turned to Western rock, though the music was difficult to get in India, which was just liberalized. Preserving Manganiyars and Their Indian Folk Music Tradition 2012-08-22T21:35:34Z Tillman—a widower, who, in his bereavement, drinks heavily—confronts a crisis of faith, one that’s directed bitterly outward, at his congregants and the liberalizing currents of the times. What to Stream This Weekend: “Burning Cane” 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z Motherhood as the responsible choice of an individual woman resonated with broader, liberalizing shifts in American attitudes toward consensual sex — at least heterosexual sex. How choice won 2012-09-22T17:45:00Z He is as determined to reinforce the kingdom’s authoritarian politics as he is to modernize its economy and liberalize its culture. The Mysteries of the American-Saudi Alliance 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z He has promised to liberalize registration rules for opposition parties and restore the direct election of governors he abolished in 2004. Gorbachev to Putin: Leave power peacefully 2011-12-24T17:27:00Z Of course, a similar argument attracted Westerners to China as it opened to foreign business decades ago, gambling that their influence would eventually liberalize the country from the outside in. Art Rises in the Saudi Desert, Shadowed by Politics 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z In 1995, the World Trade Organisation implemented the Agreement on Agriculture to liberalize agricultural trade. Climate change threatens to cause "synchronized harvest failures" across the globe 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z Her success, which involved foreign agents and a startling advance, was linked to India’s kick-starting, liberalizing economy as well. Arundhati Roy’s Return to the Form That Made Her Famous 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, in the US, the trend begun in California to liberalize cannabis use and allow dispensaries under state law appears to be spreading. Desperate for health care in Myanmar 2012-06-22T14:06:00Z Did you know that in the late 1960s the Southern Baptists came out for liberalizing abortion laws? Changing the Debate: Katha Pollitt Talks About 'Pro' 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is set to tour Singapore’s two lavish casino resorts on Friday as his home country toys with the idea of liberalizing casino gambling to boost tourism and attract investment. Japan’s Abe eyes Singapore style casino resorts to boost tourism 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z Western countries were "driven less by their self-proclaimed 'lofty goal' of liberalizing the Syrian people than by geopolitical considerations", Xinhua said. Syrian security forces clamp down on Damascus 2012-02-19T19:17:00Z These letters were replete with political machinations, military plans, and perhaps most relevantly for a Protestant England that was deeply suspicious of the Catholic Henrietta-Maria, promises to liberalize England's anti-Catholic laws. 5 historic codes yet to be cracked 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z When the economy was liberalized in the late 1980s, street stalls were among the first small businesses to return. In Vietnam, Street Food Moves From Sidewalk to Storefront 2015-05-23T04:00:00Z He was involved with efforts to liberalize the country under the communist regime in the 1960s, culminating in the Prague Spring in 1968 that was followed by a harsh Soviet crackdown. Milan Kundera novel 'The Festival of Insignificance' coming in English 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z When Meloni’s government sought to solve a shortage of Italy’s taxis — acutely felt during a boom in foreign tourists — by liberalizing issuance of new cab licenses, taxi drivers staged a nationwide 24-hour strike. Italy’s far-right Premier Meloni defies fears of harming democracy and clashing with the EU 2023-10-17T04:00:00Z But after a near-total ban was imposed under Law and Justice, Tusk vowed to liberalize the abortion law and has threatened to ban party members who criticize his plan from running in the election. Polish opposition leader Donald Tusk seeks to boost his election chances with a rally in Warsaw 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z France has no plans to liberalize its strict cannabis rules. Germany’s Cabinet is set to approve a plan to liberalize rules on cannabis possession and sale 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z “If the phone call policy was liberalized, I think it might make it difficult to hear important safety announcements,” says Susan Sherren, founder of Couture Trips, a travel agency. Should the sky limit travelers from making in-flight phone calls? 2023-08-14T04:00:00Z They grant airlines from both countries the right to operate in each other's countries, liberalize airline regulation and impose safety and security standards. Exclusive: Mongolia, US prepare to sign 'Open Skies' deal ahead of talks -official 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z China in recent years has liberalized natural gas prices by allowing distributors to pass costs on to industrial and commercial customers, although Beijing maintained tight control over household prices to avoid a consumer backlash. Analysis: China policy reform to end losses for city-gas firms on household sales 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z But they happened amid a nationwide push by manufacturer and restaurant lobbies to liberalize child labor laws in those states and elsewhere. Column: The carnage from the rollback of child labor laws is just starting 2023-07-24T04:00:00Z "For him to liberalize himself, then it's the beginning of the end of the family dominance over Cambodian politics. Why should he undermine himself?" Like strongman, like son? Cambodia's Hun Manet makes political debut 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z The United States — the central architect of the liberalized economic order and the World Trade Organization — has turned away from more comprehensive free trade agreements and repeatedly refused to abide by W.T.O. decisions. Why It Seems Everything We Knew About the Global Economy Is No Longer True 2023-06-18T04:00:00Z He embodied multitudes of contradictory personas: The reformer who promised to liberalize the country, but then governed like a populist. How Silvio Berlusconi Changed Italy, for Better or Worse 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z President Ronald Reagan and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Berlusconi passed reforms that partially liberalized the labor and pension systems, among Europe’s most inflexible. Silvio Berlusconi, scandal-scarred ex-Italian leader, dies at 86 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z Collor was a dashing, liberalizing politician who became Brazil's first democratically elected president in 1989 after a two-decade military dictatorship, but he resigned three years later after the lower house of Congress impeached him. Brazil's top court sentences ex-President Collor to prison for corruption 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z He also criticized economic sanctions that countries such as the U.S. have imposed to get Venezuela to liberalize its politics, calling them “completely exaggerated.” Brazilian president’s support of Venezuela’s leader mars unity at South America summit 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z The first popularly elected national assembly in German history gathered to draw up a constitution based on the principle of German unity and a liberalized legal order. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z When India’s economy liberalized in the early 1990s, Banga was able to work and rise through the ranks of multinational corporations breaking into India. Ex-Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga confirmed as World Bank leader 2023-05-03T04:00:00Z “The liberalizing … puts more money out that doesn’t have to go out. You’re going to bust the budget,” he said. Energy Sec. Granholm hammered on Biden climate policies by Manchin, Republicans 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z While India, too, has picked itself back up in the three decades since it liberalized its economy, it remains well behind in many of the most basic scales. India Is Passing China in Population. Can Its Economy Ever Do the Same? 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z China has also been liberalizing its power markets in response to waves of blackouts in the autumn of 2021, when demand overwhelmed the country’s power suppliers. Elon Musk Says Tesla Will Build Shanghai Battery Factory 2023-04-09T04:00:00Z I have watched with amazement as more and more states liberalize carrying firearms with little response from police unions. Opinion | The American love affair with guns 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z That's why laws for abortion have been liberalized in places like Poland, South and Central America and Ireland. How abortion bans are impacting pregnant patients across the country 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z Calling the plan a sop to developers, they argue that new units constructed under the liberalized regulations will hew toward the luxury category. Opinion | Put an end to single-family zoning in Arlington 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z Francis justified his move by saying Benedict’s decision to liberalize the celebration of the old Mass had become a source of division in parishes. Pope Francis at 10 years: A reformer’s learning curve, plans 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z Her station in life reflects both the liberalized laws that gave women more autonomy and the reactionary critiques that still cast women’s success as suspicious or even dangerous. Review | 600 years later, this ‘nasty woman’ is still stirring up trouble 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z Legislative initiatives in Congress aimed at liberalizing rules for crypto promoters appear to be running out of steam. Column: The government crackdown on crypto is well underway. Get out while you can 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z Other “milestones” that Poland needs to meet before the EU funds can be released, include a bill that should liberalize permissions for installation of wind turbines. Polish lawmakers approve law meant to help unlock EU funds 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z The backlash against 1960s liberalism stemmed from forces deeper than one man’s recklessness: the fizzling of postwar prosperity, deindustrialization, the humiliation of Vietnam, surging crime, fear of liberalizing values, resistance to outcome-based racial policies. Review | Two books capture the messy, monumental life of Ted Kennedy 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z Professor Portes said that there were policies Mr. Sunak could pursue, from liberalizing planning laws to overhauling immigration rules to ease the labor shortage, that would stimulate growth. Brexit Quietly Turns Three 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z The pope appeared to go a step further toward liberalizing the Church’s position in response to questions from Martin, after the AP interview, aimed at clarifying whether he regarded homosexual behavior as a sin. Opinion | Why Pope Francis stood up for LGBTQ lives 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z Adani made a vast fortune mining coal as energy hungry India grew swiftly after its economy was liberalized in the 1990s. India’s Adani Group shares plunge, hit by short-seller 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z The tentatively liberalizing era of the 1950s brought about two pioneering gay rights groups: the Mattachine Society and the Daughters of Bilitis. We’re a nation of joiners, a new show at the Library of Congress says 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z "We have the principle established by the EU of an open, liberalized market with the freedom to provide air services for any European airlines between any point within Europe," one senior industry official said. European airlines to invoke EU freedoms to challenge flight bans 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z But operators will find it hard to monetise their non-gaming ventures given their poor track record since 2001, when the former Portuguese colony first liberalized the industry, executives and analysts said. Analysis: Macau casinos deal themselves a tough hand with big non-gaming investment pledges 2023-01-03T05:00:00Z Benedict endorsed an ultimately successful campaign by the Italian clergy to kill a referendum that would have liberalized Italian laws on assisted fertility treatments. Benedict XVI, First Modern Pope to Resign, Dies at 95 2022-12-31T05:00:00Z The United States sought to woo China with the appeal of its model and the benefits of the existing international order, in the hope that a liberalized market economy would foster domestic political reform. How TikTok Became a Diplomatic Crisis 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z Inside Iran, Khatami pushed so-called “reformist” policies, seeking to liberalize aspects of its theocracy while maintaining its structure with a supreme leader at the top. Iran-US World Cup clash rife with political tension 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z As the prince has risen to power, the kingdom has socially liberalized by allowing women to drive, reopening movie theaters and curtailing its morality police. Flashes of Arab unity at World Cup after years of discontent 2022-11-26T05:00:00Z The main center-right opposition Union bloc rejects the plans to liberalize naturalization laws. German government seeks to ease rules for naturalization 2022-11-26T05:00:00Z A driving force behind the crackdown, Mr. Bao later argued, was a “coup” to derail Mr. Zhao and his liberalizing policies. Bao Tong, 90, Dies; Top Chinese Official Imprisoned After Tiananmen 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z No more liberalizing the United States’ trade agenda, making us more dependent on foreign adversaries. Opinion | The GOP is dead. A new GOP must listen to working people. 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z He turned to imports as India’s economy began to liberalize in the early 1990s. Coal Baron or Climate Warrior? The Dizzying Rise of Asia’s Richest Man. 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z Among other liberalizing plans, the government has removed from Germany’s criminal code a ban on doctors “advertising” abortion services. Germany unveils cannabis liberalization plan, with caveats 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z It was a time of expanding commerce and hopes abroad that China would increasingly liberalize, in politics as well as business. China Hangs on Xi’s Every Word. His Silence Also Speaks Volumes. 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z Mr. Bao’s role in helping to draft the main report for that congress, a high-water mark for liberalizing hopes in China, was one of his proudest moments, his son said. Bao Tong, 90, Dies; Top Chinese Official Imprisoned After Tiananmen 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z Property developers emerged there in the 1980s after it became one of the first areas of China to liberalize its economy, drawing migrants seeking work. Global housing market pain has echoes of a crash 30 years ago 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z So the government in this Atlantic archipelago of 64,000 people approved legislation to liberalize the code. British crown blocks Bermuda’s cannabis bill, straining ties 2022-10-15T04:00:00Z Successive governments, including Mr. Rouhani’s, periodically cracked down on hijab noncompliance with fines, arrests and verbal warnings, but hard-liners were impatient to reverse the liberalizing tide. Women Take Center Stage in Antigovernment Protests Shaking Iran 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z Those areas would also benefit from liberalized planning rules intended to release more land for housing and commercial development. U.K. Government Goes Full Tilt on Tax Cuts and Free-Market Economics 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z Because Congress would not liberalize immigration, President Franklin D. Roosevelt could not ask other nations to do so. Opinion | ‘U.S. and the Holocaust’ immerses viewers in the limitations that define tragedy 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z But in time one government after another sought to liberalize these industries, much as they did with telephone services and broadcasting, theoretically spurring companies to compete to offer the cheapest electricity and gas to customers. The Days of Energy Deregulation Are Over in Europe 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z Burt’s Progressive Labour Party won reelection in a landslide in 2020 on a platform that included a pledge to liberalize cannabis laws still further. British crown blocks Bermuda’s cannabis bill, straining ties 2022-10-15T04:00:00Z A practicing Catholic who has voted against liberalizing access to abortion, Coffey says she won’t seek “to undo any aspects of abortion laws” despite her own beliefs. New UK Cabinet is diverse in makeup and solidly on the right 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z The Biden administration is hoping to encourage these efforts with a “Housing Supply Action Plan” that, among other things, would use grant funding as a carrot for local governments that liberalize their housing laws. California Fights Its NIMBYs 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z As a result, in death, Mr. Gorbachev immediately became a symbol for Kremlin allies making the case that trying to liberalize society and make nice with the West can lead to disaster. With War in Ukraine, Putin Tries to Unravel Gorbachev’s Legacy 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z Jonathan Stern, the founder of the gas program at the Oxford Institute for Energy Research, said that this crisis is going to “largely dismantle” the “liberalized or competitive market that took 30 years to create.” The Days of Energy Deregulation Are Over in Europe 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z Archbishop Weakland was the author or co-author of a dozen books on topics including Catholic education and the church since the liberalizing Second Vatican Council in the 1960s. Archbishop Rembert Weakland, Critic of Vatican Orthodoxy, Dies at 95 2022-08-22T04:00:00Z But laws have liberalized in recent years in Asia. Gays hail Singapore sex-ban repeal, see long way to equality 2022-08-21T04:00:00Z Once seen as a liberalizing force, Mr. Erdogan has curtailed political freedoms and centralized power so drastically that he is widely seen as a dictator. How Democracy Is Under Threat Across the Globe 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z “Countries are shifting to a utilitarian approach,” Mayall said, citing 60 countries that have liberalized abortion laws in recent years. China set to discourage abortion amid concern over birthrates 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z Reformists in Iran, those who want to slowly liberalize the country’s Shiite theocracy from inside and have better relations with the West, have sought to distance the country’s government from the edict. Praise, worry in Iran after Rushdie attack; government quiet 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z Example: Seattle, but not Bellevue, fortuitously liberalized the building of accessory dwelling units and backyard cottages in its formerly single-family-zoned areas a few years ago. Amazon’s Bellevue tower pause may be a sign we’re entering an era of ‘untransit’ 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z But, while illiberal politically, he is liberalizing Saudi society. Opinion | Cut Biden some slack. U.S. presidents have to deal with dictators. 2022-07-17T04:00:00Z Because of competition from countries like Gibraltar, lawmakers in Britain set about liberalizing laws on gambling and reducing the tax burden on bookmakers, who nevertheless moved to Gibraltar to avoid paying any tax at all. Review | Why Britain welcomes international bad guys — and their money 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z Macron, who was reelected in April, has sought to liberalize the French economy. Macron defends his support for Uber after leak of company files 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z Macron, who was reelected in April, has sought to liberalize the French economy — and, according to his critics, that has involved steamrolling anyone who raises concerns over the social impact of his moves. Macron’s Uber dealings may prompt parliamentary inquiry in France 2022-07-11T04:00:00Z “To me, it will be more convenient to just liberalize it to everyone.” L.A. coronavirus cases hit highest level in months as BA.4 and BA.5 bring reinfections 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z What makes MBS such a confounding figure is that, at the same time he is liberalizing Saudi society, he is repressing liberal reformers. Opinion | Cut Biden some slack. U.S. presidents have to deal with dictators. 2022-07-17T04:00:00Z Although Kenya has gradually liberalized its abortion laws in recent years, activists are concerned that the overturning of Roe v. Activists in Kenya to keep fighting for abortion rights after end of Roe 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z The change is the second in a series of planned liberalizing reforms that Scholz’s government has tackled since taking office in December. Germany plans to ease rules for formal changes of gender 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z The Bennett government also began to liberalize the regulation of kosher food; reduced tariffs on food imports; and, following the U.S. Israel’s Parliament Dissolves, Paving Way for Another Election 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z He was trying to liberalize the law, he said, not break it. Her illegal abortion paved the way for Roe. 56 years later she shares her story 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z Abortion rights, she argued, would have been more deeply rooted had they been secured more gradually, in a process including state legislatures — which in the early ’70s were moving toward liberalized abortion laws. Opinion | Abortion deserves a sober debate. Instead, it gets a war of unreason. 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z In 1993, the Federal Court of Justice struck down a parliamentary measure to fully liberalize the country’s abortion law, citing paragraph 218. In many countries, abortion is protected by law, not court decision 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z Over the past several decades, more than 50 countries have liberalized their abortion laws, according to the Center for Reproductive Rights, a global advocacy group that supports abortion rights. U.S. abortion decision draws cheers, horror abroad 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z Around the world, many governments have been moving toward easier access to abortion, with more than 50 countries liberalizing their laws in the past three decades. Here’s what abortion rights in other nations look like. 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z Ukraine’s economy liberalized after the collapse of the Soviet Union, and many unprofitable state-run mines closed. Coal Dust and Methane Below, Russian Bombs Above 2022-06-25T04:00:00Z For pastors and parishioners, abortion became a proxy issue for concerns about a liberalizing society, said Mary Ziegler, a legal historian at University of California-Davis. Explainer: How abortion became a divisive issue in U.S. politics 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z Among other liberalizing plans, the government has launched a drive to remove from Germany’s criminal code a ban on doctors “advertising” abortion services. Germany moves ahead with plan to legalize cannabis sales 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z Wade, some Republican governors — including Ronald Reagan of California — helped liberalize state abortion laws. Opinion | What Comes After the Religious Right? 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z “In Uganda, the oil market was liberalized and prices are determined by the market forces, unlike other regional countries where oil prices are subsidized by their governments,” he said. Ukraine war blamed for fuel hikes in South Africa, continent 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z In 2020, Argentina liberalized its restrictive abortion laws, and the procedure is now legal on demand in the first 14 weeks of gestation. How will laws against abortion be enforced? Other countries offer chilling examples 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z One exception: National Right to Life, which launched in 1968 to counter states seeking to liberalize abortion laws and picked up the anti-Roe mantle after the decision was issued. Not there yet: Pro-lifers subdued despite promise of biggest victory in movement’s history 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z In the years prior to that decision, about a third of the states had liberalized their laws, but Roe abruptly ended that political process. Here are key passages from the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion. 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z The reasons included a series of liberalizing changes in the county courts, including a shift toward more lenient prosecutions for certain low-level crimes, and a 2019 consent decree that lowered bail in misdemeanor courts. How a Crime-Fighting Institution Took a Partisan Turn 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z Now the claim is that if Twitter liberalized its speech rules to allow more controversial speech, its growth could stall. Opinion | Who’s afraid of Elon Musk? 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z He also promised British assistance with clearing mines Russian forces left behind and said that Britain would liberalize trade with Ukraine. Ukrainians leave battle-scarred east as Russia gears up for long fight 2022-04-09T04:00:00Z In Belarus, too, as the economy was liberalized, standards of living dropped, while criminality climbed. The Battle for the Mural — and the Future of Belarus 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z Most states expanded the property rights of women and liberalized divorce laws. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Another factor are the recently liberalized transfer rules that allow players to change schools without having to sit out for a year. A miracle or a trend? Saint Peter’s a sign of parity in NCAA 2022-03-26T04:00:00Z Mr. Putin’s turn reflected a broader phenomenon of authoritarian-led liberalizing economies trying to fill an empty ideological space that seemed poised to be filled by Western idolatry. Opinion | Putin Wants a Clash of Civilizations. Is ‘The West’ Falling for It? 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z One account holds that the United States stood by and watched Russian tanks snuff out the liberalizing Prague Spring in 1968 because of the risk of war with a nuclear-armed Soviet state. Opinion | Putin’s Russia can cause a lot of suffering, but it’s not the Soviet Union 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z For some Catholic feminists, the new interest in Brigid reflects the liberalizing Second Vatican Council in the 1960s, which appeared to signal an end to the subservient and cloistered role of women in the church. As Ireland’s Church Retreats, the Cult of a Female Saint Thrives 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z Reacting to steady pressure, Congress liberalized credit terms and gradually lowered the price and the minimum purchase until 1820, when a pioneer could buy as few as 80 acres for $1.25 an acre. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Over the last 30 years, the Russian economy has become more integrated with global markets, with Moscow liberalizing capital markets to attract foreign investments and reducing trade barriers to import cutting-edge technologies from abroad. Perspective | Ordinary Russians were already worried about rising food prices. Then came war and sanctions. 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z But the war in Ukraine has demonstrated some lessons learned, as well as the enduring liberalizing potential inherent in a borderless virtual world. A Surge of Unifying Moral Outrage Over Russia’s War 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z Q: So is this emblematic of Church debates after the Second Vatican Council of the 1960s, which made liberalizing changes, including emphasizing the leadership roles of the laity, more community leadership? Perspective | Did a faulty pronoun really cancel Catholics’ baptisms, marriages, confessions? Read our Q&A for details. 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z “Most of the country — or at least half the country — is not looking for ways to liberalize or open the door to litigation,” he said. Sandy Hook families settle with gunmaker for $73 million over massacre 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z California is starting to liberalize its rules, like some other states: Starting next week, California will lift its statewide universal mask mandate for indoor public places. Column: These pundits and pols say they're 'done with COVID.' But COVID's not done with us 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z The situation is reminiscent of the hyperinflation of the early 1990s, when President Boris Yeltsin liberalized prices as a prerequisite for the creation of a market economy after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Perspective | Ordinary Russians were already worried about rising food prices. Then came war and sanctions. 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z “I hope Thailand will finally liberalize cannabis for both medical and recreational use like the United States or Canada,” he said. Thailand one step closer to decriminalizing marijuana 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z As more countries liberalize cannabis policies, Israel’s edge is gradually slipping away. Israeli bigwigs eye profits from cannabis legalization 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z It has also liberalized some of its Islamic laws around alcohol and unmarried couples, and moved to a Monday-Friday workweek. UAE to impose federal corporate tax for the first time 2022-01-31T05:00:00Z He has liberalized many of the immigration rules he inherited from Mr. Trump, suspending construction on a border wall and opening asylum procedures to victims of domestic violence. Opinion | This Poll Shows Just How Much Trouble Democrats Are In 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z Unhappy with a 4% drop in payrolls to 2015 levels, players have asked for significant change that includes more liberalized free agency and salary arbitration eligibility. MLB's snail-paced lockout talks to resume with union offer 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z The new proposal would facilitate previous measures liberalizing the use of cannabis for medicinal and commercial purposes, such as its inclusion in foodstuffs. Thai health ministry proposes easing rules on cannabis use 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z The announcement marked the end — for now — of a bitter, year-long mass movement opposing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s effort to liberalize India’s agricultural sector, which produces a perennial surplus of crops. India’s farmers call off protests, for now, after government agrees to additional demands 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z When Mr. Abiy rose to power in 2018, he promised to liberalize the economy and privatize state-run companies in an effort to attract investors and boost one of the fastest-growing economies in Africa. Ethiopia Says It Recaptured Strategic Towns From Rebels 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z Now players want more liberalized free agency and arbitration, leading to a confrontation. MLB’s spat with union points to lengthy lockout 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z In the 1990s, India liberalized its economy, paving the way for more investment. Weak Recovery Leaves India’s Middle Class Anxious and Frugal 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z Then, a day after the liberalized federal policy was announced, Michigan issued new guidance that allowed visits at all times, with no limits on the length of the visit or the number of visitors. Families Cheer, Some Doctors Worry as Nursing Homes Open Doors Wide to Visitors 2021-11-27T05:00:00Z He introduced several liberalizing measures, including an end to a Korean War-era curfew and an easing of restrictions on overseas trips. Ex-South Korean strongman Chun Doo-hwan dies at age 90 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z He maintained that the farm laws would have liberalized the market and benefited farmers. India to repeal farm laws, a rare retreat by Modi in the face of widespread protests 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z Rather than alliances or presidents demanding that dictators liberalize, neither of which have much of a track record, he said, “The U.S. influence, where it’s strongest, is an indirect influence, as an example to emulate.” U.S. Allies Drive Much of World’s Democratic Decline, Data Shows 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z Trump's proclamation was a "clear misconstruction" of a law intended to liberalize trade, and "constituted an action outside the President's delegated authority," Katzmann wrote. Judge overturns Trump decision to end tariff exemption for imported solar panels 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z The California Catholic Conference, the church’s public policy organization, for example, argued in June that liberalizing the state’s law “puts patients at risk of abuse and the early and unwillful termination of life.” For Terminal Patients, the Barrier to Aid in Dying Can Be a State Line 2021-11-13T05:00:00Z Xi also said the region should make sure to keep supply lines functioning and to continue liberalizing trade and investment. China’s leader Xi warns against ‘Cold War’ in Indo-Pacific 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z Democrats took control of all parts of Virginia’s government in 2019 and steadily started liberalizing the state’s voting laws. Takeaways from Tuesday’s elections: Bad omens for Democrats 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z According to a member of the presidential advisory panel, the law has now been liberalized to allow projects as large as 100 megawatts to be built without Eskom’s approval. South Africa has one of the most coal-intensive economies in the world. Can it change? 2021-10-31T04:00:00Z The transitional civilian-military government also had passed a number of liberalizing reforms affecting public life after decades of Islamic law under Bashir. Protests sweep across Sudan as international backlash against coup intensifies 2021-10-30T04:00:00Z After the end of communism in 1989, the Polish economy was quickly liberalized through privatizations and foreign investment, and a push for Poland to join the E.U. brought social reforms. How the American Right Fell in Love With Hungary 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z The brief added that recent international trends had been toward easier access to abortion, with more than 50 countries liberalizing their laws in the past 25 years. Conservatives, Often Wary of Foreign Law, Look Abroad in Abortion Case 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z Republican-controlled states have rushed to tighten voting laws, cutting early voting hours, restricting mail balloting and arguing that liberalizing elections invites fraud and helps Democrats. Takeaways from Tuesday’s elections: Bad omens for Democrats 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z The government said it would also relax restrictions on movement, liberalize limits on capacity at events and public spaces and earlier this month re-opened its borders to tourists. Chile to lift state of emergency as vaccines beat back COVID infections 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z Many businesspeople believed they could shape a liberalizing China. An Insider Details the ‘Black Box’ of Money and Power in China 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z And in Argentina, it has limited attempts to liberalize an abortion law passed there last year. In Spain, Abortions Are Legal, but Many Doctors Refuse to Perform Them 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z The liberalizing trend, from Britain’s Abortion Act, passed in 1967, through Mexico’s ruling this week, has usually followed a pattern. As Abortion Rights Expand, the U.S. Joins a Handful of Telling Exceptions 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z They contend that the delisting deliberations throughout 2020 created an atmosphere that “liberalized” the killing of wolves and led to a rise in poaching. Wolf Populations Drop as More States Allow Hunting 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z The decriminalization of kratom, which involved removing the drug from the official list of controlled narcotics, is the country’s latest move to liberalize its drug laws. Thailand legalizes kratom, popular plant-based painkiller 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z They're angry about liberalizing sexual mores, women's liberation, rising secularism, sexual rejection, and the fact that it's increasingly hard to police your neighbors with nosiness about their sex lives. Unvaccinated terror: Proud Boys push the anti-vaccination movement into a violent threat 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z And at least one branch of the U.S. military — the Navy — has already started liberalizing its policies, allowing HIV-positive personnel to deploy to large-platform ships and certain bases worldwide. Perspective | The military's HIV policies are discriminatory — and decades behind the times 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z In some ways the Pillar story and reaction to it feels almost like a throwback: Conservative Catholics who point to the 1960s and liberalizing sexual mores for society’s troubles and focus on gay priests. A Catholic newsletter promised investigative journalism. Then it outed a priest using Grindr data. 2021-07-24T04:00:00Z He also wrote that the Senate might vote again on Democratic legislation liberalizing voting procedures, which Republicans blocked last month. Schumer wants Senate votes soon on Biden’s domestic agenda 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z “These changes continue the long-term trend that liberalizes policies governing gender marker changes on identity documents,” said Jami Taylor, a political science professor at the University of Toledo and an expert on L.G.B.T. politics. M, F or X? American Passports Will Soon Have Another Option for Gender. 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z This past week, the British health secretary, Matt Hancock, said the policy would soon be revisited and liberalized. Next Year, Brits Will Fly Abroad. For Now, It’s Bognor Bingo. 2021-06-26T04:00:00Z But his presidency seemed certain to mark a radical departure from the Rouhani era, with little prospect of liberalizing domestic reforms or any broadening of Tehran’s relationship with the West, analysts said. Iran’s new president Ebrahim Raisi consolidates hard-line grip as reformers pushed aside 2021-06-19T04:00:00Z “It is a fundamentally liberalizing agreement,” Liz Truss, the secretary of state for international trade, said in a statement. Britain Signs Its First Major Post-Brexit Trade Deal With Australia 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z Rather than liberalize society to generate better decisions, they moved to further tighten the government’s grip. Opinion | China meddled in family planning. Now it faces a population crisis. 2021-06-08T04:00:00Z The Catholic island nation has liberalized some laws in recent years, legalizing divorce 10 years ago and same-sex marriage in 2017. Proposal to decriminalize abortion prompts debate in Malta 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z The department announced the changed policy in a statement that said the Biden administration intends to “liberalize” the rules to reflect the “deepening unofficial relationship” between the U.S. and Taiwan. US unveils new rules for government contacts with Taiwan 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z “These new guidelines liberalize guidance on contacts with Taiwan, consistent with our unofficial relations,” State Department spokesman Ned Price said in statement. United States issues guidelines to encourage more interaction with Taiwan 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z States expanded the availability of mail-in ballots, amid massive get-out-the-vote drives by Democrats, aimed at younger voters and voters of color who were encouraged to take advantage of the liberalized rules. Column: Don't give Coca-Cola and Delta too much credit for stance on Georgia voting law 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z When immigration laws were liberalized in the 1960s, immigrants from Asia were allowed into the U.S. in unprecedented numbers. After Georgia Attacks, Asian-Americans Demand Serious Action on Bias 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z Republicans opposed his nomination citing his lack of experience on health matters and his support for expanding the government’s role in providing healthcare and liberalizing immigration policies. U.S. Senate confirms Becerra as top federal health official 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z We don’t need to liberalize our gun laws. Editorial Roundup: South Carolina 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z The young, ambitious prince has sought to portray himself as a liberalizing reformer while also silencing and detaining activists who long had pushed for change. Prominent Saudi women’s rights activist released from prison 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z Oregon is a pioneer in liberalizing drug laws. Oregon 1st state to decriminalize possession of hard drugs 2021-02-01T05:00:00Z But with India liberalizing its economy in recent decades, Mr. Modi — who wants the country’s economy to nearly double by 2024 — sees such a large role for the government as no longer sustainable. Why Are Farmers Protesting in India? 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z The government says the reforms are necessary to shift away from outdated practices and liberalize the sector. Clashes erupt as angry farmers enter India’s capital in challenge to Modi 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z But with India liberalizing its economy in recent decades, Mr. Modi — who wants to see India’s economy nearly double by 2024 — sees such a large role for the government as no longer sustainable. In the Cold and Rain, India’s Farmers Press Their Stand Against Modi 2021-01-09T05:00:00Z For a while, it worked out spectacularly well for the business lobby — regulation was curtailed, taxes cut, unions busted, lawsuits curtailed and trade liberalized. Perspective | Five (somewhat) upbeat predictions for 2021 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z Will the school administrators be forced to liberalize their grading norms, offer less advanced courses or introduce remedial classes? Opinion | Scrapping Thomas Jefferson High School’s entrance exam is a mistake 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z The drugmaker finally paid settlements, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that Britain’s efforts to suppress the reports had violated free speech, and Parliament liberalized the country’s civil contempt laws. Harold Evans Dies at 92; Crusading Newspaperman With a Second Act 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z Trump also has proposed liberalizing the rules governing faith-based health plans. Column: GAO finds the selling of junk health plans favored by Trump is rife with deception 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z To be fair, however, this was a bipartisan consensus reaching back to the Nixon administration — seeking to manage China’s peaceful rise, hoping Beijing would liberalize and join the American-led rules-based world order. Biden economic agenda presents voters with a clear choice 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z The ministry affirmed the right of school authorities to punish violators of newly liberalized hair length rules, but only with established measures that do not include haircuts, a ministry official said Friday. Thai schools barred from cutting students’ long hair 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z He called the bipartisan American assumption in recent decades that China would liberalize, “the greatest failure of American foreign policy since the 1930s,” and attributed that failure to not recognizing the CCP’s basic ideology. Opinion | Trump’s China hawks are loose and not wasting any time 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z “As China grew richer and stronger, we believed that the Chinese Communist Party would liberalize to meet the rising democratic aspirations of its people,” O’Brien said. Trump’s national security adviser takes aim at China 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z Ige said he was having discussions about liberalizing travel from out of state and aimed to announce a target date for this next week. Hawaii to lift quarantine for travel between islands June 16 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z How did these weeks of isolation – and the wave of liberalized alcohol norms they prompted – impact cancer rates? 'Quarantinis' and beer chugs: Is the pandemic driving us to drink? 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z The group will also effectively liberalize their minimum GPA policy, Gerson wrote, to ensure no one loses eligibility for Rhodes scholarships because of the outbreak. The grading system upended, college students are pushing grad schools, employers to be flexible 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z Public opinion surveys show that most New Zealanders favor liberalizing the law, but even some lawmakers in that camp said lawmakers went too far. New Zealand Eases Abortion Restrictions 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z Some employers are stepping up with liberalized paid sick leave policies. Column: Some employers are doing the right thing in the coronavirus crisis. Some aren't 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z The government should stand ready to increase the funding and liberalize the programs. Column: Forget Trump's TV speech about the virus. Here's what he should, and shouldn't, do 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z This somewhat liberalized elite was defined by accomplishment. Meet the Hollywood super-networkers working to beat Trump at any price 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z Though Colombia is more politically conservative than many of its neighbors, it has recently liberalized policies on some social issues. Abortion Case in Colombia Could Be a Landmark in Latin America 2020-03-01T05:00:00Z As India’s market liberalized in the 2000s, buyers found it easier to obtain mortgages and a building boom followed. As India’s Economy Sags, Even the Trump Brand Is Struggling 2020-02-23T05:00:00Z Many companies that have liberalized their sick leave policies still impose conditions that could discourage workers exposed to the novel coronavirus from staying home, at risk to their colleagues and customers. Column: Some employers are doing the right thing in the coronavirus crisis. Some aren't 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z A fast-growing economy, Addis Ababa plays a critical security role in the Horn of Africa, is home to the African Union, is liberalizing its economy and privatizing key sectors like telecom. On Tour, Pompeo Courts Africa, to Counter China 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z Even under the city’s liberalizing rules related to the contentious issue of street vending, sidewalk merchants must apply and pay for an official vendor license through a permitting program that began Jan. 1. Outside Staples Center, a grim hustle for unlicensed vendors of Kobe R.I.P. shirts 2020-02-01T05:00:00Z “We’re responsible for the gentrification, there’s no affordable housing — so they say,” said Sara Green, a Takoma resident who worries about the effects of liberalizing historic preservation standards to allow more solar panels. When saving the planet spoils the charm of historic houses 2020-01-19T05:00:00Z The agreement preserves the existing liberalized environment of low or no tariffs among the U.S., AP FACT CHECK: Claims from Trump rally 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z The application is a part of the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s decision to issue five banking licenses as it tries to liberalize the city-state’s banking sector. China's Ant Financial applies for Singapore digital banking license: Bloomberg 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z He tried to liberalize the marriage in which he was considered the master and his wife “enslaved.” She’d never seen a smartphone or heard a radio before she fled. She’s racing to catch up. 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z Chinese stocks, in particular, should benefit as Beijing liberalizes the nation’s economy. Perspective | Five myths about the stock market 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z “Burisma is a legitimate producer of oil and gas, present on the new, liberalized market. We actively trade with them – buying and selling of gas – and they act in a professional, commercial manner.” What is Burisma Holdings? The story behind the scandal-tied Ukraine firm that hired Hunter Biden 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z Such a deal should be “part of a wider agreement to liberalize tariffs bilaterally for industries products, including fisheries,” Malmström wrote. EU rebuffs American pitch of quick deal for more lobsters 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z ESSEN, Germany — Among those who believe the Catholic Church must liberalize to save itself from perpetual decline, some of the staunchest advocates are church leaders here in Germany. German bishops want to modernize the church. Are they getting too far ahead of Pope Francis? 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z “And we want to see a liberalized China that allows the genius of its people to flourish,” he said. Pompeo: Communist Party, not Chinese people, threatens U.S. and global security 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z Accompanying globalized competitive markets, liberalized free trade and shareholder short-termism, the US military began to cut back funding for basic science at corporate labs. Can marketplace science be trusted? 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z The consequences of decades of liberalized trade with China reverberate far beyond the halls of power. Opinion | Our overdue reckoning with China 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z Moreno is raising taxes, liberalizing labor laws and cutting public spending in order to get more than $4 billion in emergency financing from the IMF. Ecuador indigenous, president strike deal to end protests 2019-10-13T04:00:00Z Archer saw an opportunity when China announced that it was creating a free-trade zone in Shanghai, creating a test for liberalizing China’s capital accounts. Hunter Biden says he will resign from Chinese company board and won’t take foreign work if his father is president 2019-10-13T04:00:00Z Moreno is raising taxes, liberalizing labor laws and cutting public spending in order to win more than $4 billion in emergency financing from the IMF. President orders army onto streets of Ecuadorian capital 2019-10-13T04:00:00Z “California made homelessness worse by making perfect housing the enemy of good housing, by liberalizing drug laws and by opposing mandatory treatment for mental illness and drug addiction,” he writes. Colorado Editorial Roundup 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z He enshrined Xi Jinping Thought as party ideology, scorning democracy and liberalized economics as decadent Western exports. Hong Kong’s Status as Neutral Ground at Risk as China Asserts Power 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z An academic, legal reformer and feminist, the judge took the office at 72 after being described as “one of the most forthright and liberalizing influences on the court.” Lady Hale, U.K. Supreme Court Judge, Speaks Calmly and Brings Down the Hammer 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z Wade -- although the number of legal abortions dramatically increased as states liberalized access and the Court made that decision in 1973. US abortion rates lowest in decades, report finds 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z The landmark 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act liberalized the system, but it nevertheless allowed for the deportation of immigrants who became public charges within five years,” Mr. Tobin continues. Russia ‘collusion:’ Andy McCarthy explains all 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z The Clinton administration, which was at first conflicted, eventually took very deliberate decisions to liberalize and defend the commercial internet. Opinion | E-Commerce Promised the World. Are We Happy With Our Purchase? 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z While Ireland voted to legalize abortion last year, Northern Ireland — which is part of Britain — has shown no signs of liberalizing its draconian laws, allowing the procedure only when the mother’s life is in danger. Can Northern Ireland Cling to Its Draconian Abortion Laws? 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z But her trade plan departs from the president in promising to leverage trade agreements as a means to liberalize global policy on key issues. Warren pitches new trade agenda in Midwest swing 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z Pennsylvania’s liberalized fireworks law, passed in 2017, underwent its second big test over the recent 4th of July weekend. Editorials from around Pennsylvania 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z The new regulations, if approved, would “liberalize” the “taking” of coyotes, raccoons, skunks, bobcats and other woodland critters. Editorial Roundup: Recent editorials in Arkansas newspapers 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z “It’s irresponsible, reckless, and completely wrongheaded to claim any sort of malfeasance for a practice that has been completely liberalized over the past decade,” Katz campaign consultant Matthew Rey told the Times. Progressives accuse establishment of "stealing" NYC D.A. election after 2,300 votes tossed out 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z Northern Ireland’s legislature has not met since 2017, and in that power vacuum, Britain’s Parliament recently passed a measure that would liberalize the region’s abortion laws in October unless a restored regional government intervenes. Can Northern Ireland Cling to Its Draconian Abortion Laws? 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z Then Nepal liberalized the permitting process, too, to keep up. How Mount Everest became a tourist destination 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z That message liberalized the culture of opioid prescribing for a generation of American doctors, experts say. AP Report: ‘Pain League’ allegedly pushed opioids in Italy 2019-05-28T04:00:00Z As some states have moved to liberalize their abortion laws while also setting limits, Republicans have homed in on the provisions that regulate the procedure later in pregnancy. Republicans’ Messaging on Abortion Puts Democrats on the Defensive 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z Rules have been liberalized considerably in recent decades, but some anomalies remain. Marijuana vs. beer: The new divide in Canadian politics 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z By 2010, the city had decided to liberalize the rules governing short-term vacation rentals, and thousands of licenses were soon granted to apartment owners. The Airbnb Invasion of Barcelona 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z More than one in four people below the age of 30 in Algeria are unemployed - a central grievance of protesters who want the economy liberalized and diversified to reduce reliance on oil and gas. Arab Spring comes later in Sudan and Algeria 2019-04-14T04:00:00Z The WTO’s purpose is to liberalize trade under a system of internationally recognized trade rules. Afraid of its role in the globalized world Donald Trump perverted the US role as economic global cop 2019-04-13T04:00:00Z If Trump was pushing to liberalize immigration policy, as many in the media prefer, and was firing top officials who weren't getting that done, the coverage would be very different. Trump's revolving door may not produce results, especially on immigration 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z In short, just as Japan and Europe are liberalizing trade with each other, Britain is moving to impede trade with both. For Many British Businesses, Brexit Has Already Happened 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z Catholic University theologian Chad Pecknold said the crisis among priests was rooted in liberalizing sexual, gender and theological norms, playing out in what he called a “fatherhood crisis” and “father wounds” that led to abuse. What caused the clergy sex abuse crisis? Catholic universities are pushing for debate on the answer. 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z But Utah is liberalizing its current eligibility criteria. Trump Administration Approves Medicaid Work Requirements in Utah 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z Wade opinion, in 1973, state legislatures were beginning to liberalize abortion law. How the Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor Helped Preserve Abortion Rights 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z We have become lost in endless categorizations, viewing each type of non-liberal government as unique and unrelated to the others — the illiberal democracy, the “liberal” or “liberalizing” autocracy, the “competitive” and “hybrid” authoritarianism. Opinion: The strongmen are back. And we have no idea how to confront them. 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z “They want to be more engaged with the world. At the same time, going from an authoritarian to a liberalized system is very difficult. They face some formidable challenges.” ‘My Heart Is on Fire’: Ethiopian Airlines Victims Embodied Kenya’s Ambitions 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z Gaillardetz cited a pact made in the 1960s, near the end of the Second Vatican Council, a major meeting that liberalized parts of the Catholic Church. What caused the clergy sex abuse crisis? Catholic universities are pushing for debate on the answer. 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z “In the U.S., we answer every question with ‘liberalize.’ China’s Communist Party is battening down the hatches as the economy slows 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z Tuesday’s lurch toward government intervention marks a radical shift in the aviation policy of the Netherlands, which was the first country to sign a liberalizing Open Skies deal with the United States in 1992. Dutch state's Air France-KLM raid shows interventionist mood 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z The understanding at that time was that as its economy grew, China would gradually adopt market-based economic principles and commit itself to the basic tenets of liberalized trade and globalization. U.S.-China trade talks: Will the Chinese keep promises to stop bad behavior? 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z The big wave came after the second Vatican Council in the 1960s, a series of meetings many expected to liberalize the church and let priests marry. ‘What difference does it make to McCarrick?’ Critics question the value of defrocking. 2019-02-16T05:00:00Z The workers’ disdain for Macron’s industrial plan reflects a broader lower-class anger at the former investment banker’s reforms designed to liberalize and invigorate France’s heavily regulated economy. Few tears shed by French workers after Macron's Alstom dream is... 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z To his supporters, Yang Hengjun is a dedicated democracy activist who believed that China’s autocratic system would, with time, necessarily liberalize. Spy novels, 'daigou' and democracy: the many lives of Australian... 2019-01-27T05:00:00Z The trade deal preserves the existing liberalized environment of low or no tariffs among the U.S., AP FACT CHECK: Trump goes wall to wall on the wall 2019-01-12T05:00:00Z They caused little outcry, because of the liberalizing reforms that the crown prince promoted—allowing women to drive, opening movie theatres, and restricting the powers of the religious police. A Memorial for Jamal Khashoggi 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z Here’s the thing: Reiterating superficial “reforms” of outdated notions of free trade, liberalized immigration, and “comparative advantage” while ignoring the social pathologies created by these long-standing policies hardly constitutes a realistic policy response. Time for a real industrial policy 2019-01-06T05:00:00Z The measures marked the first big u-turn for a president elected 18 months earlier on a platform to break with traditional French politics and liberalize the heavily-regulated euro zone economy. French 'yellow vests' keep up pressure on unrepentant Macron 2019-01-05T05:00:00Z The deal updates the North American Free Trade Agreement, in the main preserving NAFTA’s liberalized environment of low or no tariffs among the U.S., AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s false claim about drug smuggling 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z Washington would possibly try to achieve more than under the TPP, such as liberalizing Japan’s agricultural market and introducing a currency provision that would limit currency devaluations. Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z A decade ago, as president, he introduced a series of reforms to liberalize and boost the centrally planned economy, yet it remains heavily state-dominated and bound in red tape. Cuba's Castro blasts United States on 60th anniversary of revolution 2019-01-01T05:00:00Z Then they realized they were going to have to liberalize their economies if they were going to be able to afford their welfare states. A manifesto for a new centrism should give us hope 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z “He liberalized the economy and brought unification and growth,” he said. He’s Handing Over the Presidency but Not Necessarily His Power 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z In the late 1980s, China was a developing economy and hopes were high in the West that a liberalizing economy would lead to political liberalization. ‘It’s the economy, stupid,’ and the bad luck of George H.W. Bush 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z The following month, Trump hyped a “deal” with the European Union to liberalize trade — except, once again, there was no enforceable deal to speak of, just a temporary truce that’s falling apart. Opinion | Trump loves big deals. But let’s not hold our breath for one with China at the G-20. 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z In Buenos Aires, the leaders of two of the world’s fastest growing economies are expected to endorse efforts to liberalize their trade, Indian officials said. India's Modi and China's Xi aim to build on thaw in ties at G20... 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z Its liberalizing effects are largely directed at lowering tariffs on goods. At Summit, China Finds Multiplayer Trade Deals Don’t Come Easy 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z Most Democrats, backed by unions, have voiced skepticism about liberalizing trade unless the deals allow workers in the other countries to take advantage of higher labor standards and wages. Democrats’ House Victory Complicates Passage of New Nafta, Trade Deals 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z They became friends in the early 2000s through a shared interest in liberalizing New York drug laws but have split bitterly amid scrutiny from the special counsel. Special counsel examines conflicting accounts as scrutiny of Roger Stone and WikiLeaks deepens 2018-10-21T04:00:00Z Even as he restructured the Saudi economy, MBS moved in 2017 to liberalize parts of Saudi Arabia’s extremely conservative social code. After journalist vanishes, focus shifts to young prince’s ‘dark’ and bullying side 2018-10-13T04:00:00Z It was based on hopes China would slowly liberalize economically and politically. U.S. Edges Toward New Cold-War Era with China 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z In a broadside against Bolsonaro, who frequently talks about liberalizing gun laws, Haddad said: “We don’t carry guns. We carry the force of arguments to defend Brazil and its people.” Brazilians weigh stark visions of future in runoff election 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z As they pushed to liberalize the ultraconservative country, King Salman and his powerful son, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, also have overseen a sweeping crackdown on dissidents, with hundreds of people arrested since last year. Missing Saudi Journalist Was Killed in Consulate, Turkish Police Say 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z Referendum supporters have played up fears that same-sex marriage could contribute to an already declining population or pave the way for other liberalizing measures. The religious right lost the fight over gay marriage in the U.S., but it sees hope in Eastern Europe - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z Uprisings of this sort happened in the outer reaches of the Soviet Union after it liberalized in the 1980s. Opinion | Why China Is Brutally Suppressing Muslims 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z She learned fast, but her far-fetched bid to liberalize gun rights in Russia flamed out. Misfire: Maria Butina’s strange route from Russia to US jail 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z The kingdom itself seems to be divided on how far to go in liberalizing a strictly religious society and recalibrating its policies in the region. Mohammed bin Salman’s Aramco IPO cutoff signals Saudi limits on reform 2018-09-02T04:00:00Z It is a shocking document, not least because it amounts to an open declaration of war between the church's liberalizing and traditionalist factions. Opinion | To stop abusive clergy, the Church’s factions must make nice 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z There is a sizable faction of traditionalist prelates who have resisted the pope’s moves to liberalize the church to accommodate modern attitudes — which they see as a weakening of doctrine. Pope Francis, the Accusations and the Back Story 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z He ran against the GOP grain by advocating campaign finance reform, liberalized immigration laws and a ban on the CIA’s use of “enhanced interrogation techniques” — widely condemned as torture — against terrorism suspects. John McCain, ‘maverick’ of the Senate and former POW, dies at 81 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z Hemp advocates are pushing for further federal legislation to liberalize hemp production. Rope, not dope: Hemp harvest at Washington’s Mount Vernon 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z Ultimately, however, the crown prince’s erratic policies — including the Yemen conflict and the ambiguous anti-corruption and political liberalizing moves at home — were the main reasons it was scrapped. Mohammed bin Salman’s Aramco IPO cutoff signals Saudi limits on reform 2018-09-02T04:00:00Z Whatever was left of the notion that Mr. Erdogan was a liberalizing force has been wholly extinguished. The West Hoped for Democracy in Turkey. Erdogan Had Other Ideas. 2018-08-18T04:00:00Z The Soviet leadership was forced to liberalize to rescue the economy. Opinion | Venezuela’s inflation will hit 1 million percent. Thanks, socialism. 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z Those investments were driven by NAFTA, as well as by a liberalizing Mexican economy that prompted its entrepreneurs to look across the border for business opportunities. How Trump’s tariffs on Mexico are taking jobs from U.S. workers 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z Mr. Powell said it was possible Mr. Trump’s strategy would end up liberalizing trade, by forcing other nations to reduce tariffs levied on American exports. Senators Push Fed Chairman for Answers on Slow Wage Growth 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z “It seems unlikely that his regime will last long if he liberalizes, demobilizes the army and accepts the return of hundreds of thousands of refugees,” he said. ‘Like a dream’: Families separated for decades by Ethiopia-Eritrea conflict celebrate peace deal 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z Unirule was founded 25 years ago to promote liberalizing China’s economy and democratizing its government. In Beijing, Doors Shut on a Bastion of Independent Ideas 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z After all, it was Ronald Reagan who approved amnesty for illegal immigrants and wanted to liberalize trade with Mexico, and Bill Clinton and Barack Obama who doubled down on deportations. Review | A personal perspective on Mexico’s mass exodus to the United States 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z But Gorbachev serves as a cautionary example for Kim: By attempting to liberalize the Soviet Union, he destroyed the state — and his own hold on power. Opinion | Trump can’t make a ‘deal of the century’ 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z China could be persuaded to modify its intellectual-property laws, liberalize services markets and buy additional American goods, if administration officials reached agreement among themselves first, he said. Trump’s China crackdown enjoys wide support. Here’s why that could be a problem for him. 2018-06-23T04:00:00Z The change is part of a program to liberalize the kingdom and overhaul its oil-dependent economy championed by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler. Saudi Women Take the Wheel as Driving Ban Lifted 2018-06-23T04:00:00Z Those include sharply increasing spending on social programs, imposing a cap on gasoline prices and putting the brakes on a 2013 reform to liberalize Mexico’s oil industry, which had long been a state monopoly. Mexico’s next president could be a leftist demagogue or a practical reformer. He’s the same man. 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z He also wants to produce a variety of maple-derived, marijuana-infused products, and he is hoping that the law will be liberalized as demand grows. Canadians Brace for Cultural Changes as Marijuana Becomes Legal 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z Virginia liberalized its rules slightly in 2014 to allow bars to advertise the fact that they offer a happy hour. Judge allows lawsuit challenging happy-hour rules to proceed 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z Although the basis of the policy is not peaceful, it was nonetheless a liberalizing segue from songun, the ‘military first’ policy of his father. North Korean disarmament: build technology and trust 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z That part of the ruling gave hope to abortion rights activists seeking to liberalize Northern Ireland’s laws. UK Supreme Court criticizes Northern Ireland abortion laws 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z Ultimately, however, Congress has the constitutional authority to regulate or liberalize trade. Alabama editorial roundup 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z The main unionist party, the DUP, opposes liberalizing abortion laws, while the main nationalist party, Sinn Fein, backs some changes. Northern Ireland rally calls on Britain's May to ease abortion rules 2018-05-28T04:00:00Z Northern Ireland has blocked all efforts from London to liberalize its abortion law, which permits termination only if the life of the woman is endangered. After Ireland Abortion Vote, Northern Irish Ask, ‘Why Not Us?’ 2018-05-28T04:00:00Z Official counting for Friday's referendum on whether or not to liberalize Ireland's abortion laws was still underway, and final results were not expected until later Saturday. Vote points to big win for abortion rights groups in Ireland 2018-05-26T04:00:00Z A leading campaigner for repealing Ireland’s constitutional ban on abortions says it’s a “monumental day for women in Ireland” after voters appeared to have overwhelmingly backed liberalizing the country’s strict abortion laws. The Latest: PM hails ‘quiet revolution’ for modern Ireland 2018-05-26T04:00:00Z A year later, the new rental law came into force that liberalized the housing market. Lisbon residents paying price for city’s revival 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z Rights advocates said the crackdown discredited the claims by the crown prince to be a liberalizing reformer. Saudis Toughen Crackdown, Blunting Good Publicity Over Letting Women Drive 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z The Eighth was passed in 1983, in response to the legalization of abortion elsewhere in the West — a conservative Irish exception to a general liberalizing trend. Opinion | The Irish Exception 2018-05-19T04:00:00Z But while the protests raised the profile of the White Noise group and its cause of liberalizing drug laws, they did not spread beyond young people. Movement to Legalize Drug Use Gains in a Former Soviet Republic 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z The U.S. and China haven’t held talks on liberalizing their aviation deal for several years. Delta Eyes New Flights to India after Gulf Deal 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z Perhaps no region is more versed in this weighty discussion than Seattle, as its diverse economy is deeply tethered to liberalized trade policy. International trade has raised Washington state’s prosperity 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z Far too many countries, including the United States, have ignored the contradictions of China’s grand bargain on the assumption that China would liberalize economically and politically. Opinion | Targeting China’s tools of aggression 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z Recommendations included further liberalizing product markets and raising the effective retirement age. Greek economy seen growing 2 percent this year 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z It would be a natural follow-up to an earlier visit by Mr. Liu to Washington, Mr. Mnuchin argued, and could lead to a deal liberalizing China’s financial markets. China Plans Trade Offers for U.S. Envoys on High-Stakes Trip 2018-04-29T04:00:00Z They believe that Mr. Xi has made significant concessions in a recent speech, when he talked about liberalizing China’s investment rules and reducing restrictions on foreign auto firms, as Mr. Trump had demanded. Trump to Send Mnuchin to China for Trade Talks Next Week 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z At the recent Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference, President Xi Jinping announced further plans to open up China’s financial sector, liberalize foreign investment rules, protect intellectual property rights and lower tariffs on automobile imports. Opinion | Singapore’s prime minister: Nobody wants a trade war 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z But the Cuban government is also deeply worried about liberalizing too quickly and converting its fragile gains into a sideshow for tourists plowing into the next big Caribbean destination. Raúl Castro Prepares to Resign as Cuba’s President, Closing a Dynasty 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z When you've finished the job of liberalizing your economy, then we will drop the tariffs. China Loosens Foreign Auto Rules, in Potential Peace Offering to Trump 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z TPP was a 12-nation Pacific Rim trade pact, including Japan, Australia and Vietnam, meant to liberalize trade and counter Chinese influence. U.S.’s Re-Entry in Pacific Trade Deal Would Come at a Price 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z China has fallen way behind in terms of liberalizing its economy. Trump Proposes Rejoining Trans-Pacific Partnership 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z Publicly, Chinese officials deny they are bending to Washington’s pressure, but privately, they acknowledge that the trade threats are leading them to accelerate their plans to liberalize. White House Plans to Escalate Trade Pressure on China 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z Washington threatened tariffs unless Delhi liberalized its protected insurance market. In Trade Fight, China Today Differs From 1980s Japan 2018-04-08T04:00:00Z The prince presents himself as a liberalizing modern, reforming and opening up the claustrophobic kingdom and in particular allowing more freedom to women. Saudi Crown Prince tours Boeing on secretive Seattle visit 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z The prince is now pushing to liberalize its society. Saudi Prince Calls For Stepped Up Pressure on Iran 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z No major party in Poland supports liberalizing abortion laws, but the election of Law and Justice in 2015 brought a push to enforce existing laws and further limit women’s reproductive choices. Polish Women Protest Proposed Abortion Ban (Again) 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z Beginning with a splashy interview on CBS’s 60 Minutes, the crown prince is in the United States to sell the American people on the idea that a new, liberalizing Saudi Arabia is dawning. Mohammed bin Salman's talk of reform is a smokescreen | Moustafa Bayoumi 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z The move is a major step in China’s pledge to liberalize gas prices, although taxi drivers in Hunan are worried about a surge in prices once the government frees them, the paper added. China's Hunan province to free up natural gas prices for vehicles... 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z Brussels also wants Kosovo to strengthen its track record in fighting organized crime and corruption before the EU will liberalize visa requirements. The Latest: EU hails Kosovo vote as ‘real achievement’ 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z Even though Chinese deposit and lending rates are, in theory, now fully liberalized, the state’s influence continues to distort banking in subtle and powerful ways. Can China’s New Central Banker Restart Reforms? 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z “Instead of liberalizing the dictatorships, the influence flowed the other way, spreading corruption and disdain for democratic ways.” Opinion | The Poison Putin Spreads 2018-03-17T04:00:00Z While Prince Mohammed’s limited reforms are fundamentally about liberalizing the social and economic realms of Saudi Arabia, the political realm remains completely off-limits. Mohammed bin Salman's talk of reform is a smokescreen | Moustafa Bayoumi 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z Business leaders and politicians of both parties now widely say that Washington’s past strategy of offering Beijing economic incentives to liberalize its market has failed. Trump Readies Sweeping Tariffs and Investment Restrictions on China 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z It’s grown and liberalized over the years, and definitions and qualifications vary in different countries. Is This the Start of Better Airport Shopping in the U.S.? 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z Among proponents of liberalized trade, the most hopeful history may be the most recent chapter. Trump’s Warning Shot on Trade Risks Igniting a Wider Conflict 2018-03-10T05:00:00Z Officials involved said the pact shows some countries are eager to liberalize trade at a time when the Trump administration and some other governments are wary of economic integration. Pacific Trade Pact Sets Sail Without the U.S. on Board 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z The bloc set a precedent when it discussed liberalizing trade in financial services during negotiations with Canada and the U.S., he is due to say. British Treasury Chief Makes Case for Including Financial Services in EU Trade Deal 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z One camp believes in a more liberalized economy to boost Russia's growth and modernization. Presidents for life? A conversation about Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z Fair enough since Mr. Renzi failed to explain modest but essential reforms such as raising the retirement age and gently liberalizing the labor market. The New Sick Man of Europe 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z Under Wu, Anbang was among China’s most active overseas investors after the government liberalized offshore investment rules earlier this decade. China seizes control of Anbang Insurance as chairman prosecuted 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z The situation surrounding steel and aluminum illustrates Trump’s desire to rewrite the rules of liberalized global commerce, an undertaking backed by presidents of both parties for decades. Commerce recommends Trump restrict imports of steel and aluminum, escalating trade conflict 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z “For decades, U.S. policy was rooted in the belief that support for China’s rise and for its integration into the postwar international order would liberalize China,” the document says. Trump alarms China with ‘Cold War’ rhetoric in State of Union address 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z In the 1990s, there was a rush around the world to liberalize economies. Analysis | State-run economies increasingly adore the free market 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z The surprise move sent a shock wave through global markets, and drove China away from its plans to liberalize the currency and cross-border capital flows. China Sends Mixed Messages About Economic Policies 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z Under Wu, Anbang was among China’s most active overseas investors after the government liberalized offshore investment rules earlier this decade. China seizes control of Anbang Insurance as chairman prosecuted 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z But liberalizing the economy would end the regime’s total control. Why Venezuela Suffers 2018-01-21T05:00:00Z We mention voters specifically because they’re playing a role in liberalizing policy. Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in Illinois 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z Walsh, the former prosecutor, has concluded that the tension between the federal government and liberalizing states is unsustainable. Where Pot Entrepreneurs Go When the Banks Just Say No 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z Republicans can instead liberalize the individual insurance market by restoring flexibility that states lost under ObamaCare. Republicans Can’t Avoid ObamaCare in 2018 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z That decision is the latest in a string of liberalizing moves by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the young Saudi ruler, which includes letting women drive. Iran and Saudis’ Latest Power Struggle: Expanding Rights for Women 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z As the market liberalizes and renewable energy grows, blockchain offers a way to better handle the increasingly complex and decentralized transactions between users, large- and small-scale producers, retailers and even traders and utilities. As energy markets evolve, blockchain powers up 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z Another sign, a larger-than-life Russian passport, was held by an attendee hoping to liberalize border crossing rules between Russia and Estonia. Putin blames Trump’s political opponents for poor U.S.-Russian relations 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z Also, attitudes toward a variety of social issues have generally liberalized. Irish Lawmakers Recommend Repealing Strict Abortion Ban 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z Among the proposed changes are suggestions to reduce the state’s required number of credits for high school graduation from 24 to 21, lighten social studies requirements and liberalize the non-weighted course grading scale. West Virginia editorial roundup 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z But they don’t hide from the fact that they are continuing a decades-long process of liberalizing India’s economy to help it grow. Environmentalists Ask: Is India’s Government Making Bad Air Worse? 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z As the market liberalizes and renewable energy grows, blockchain offers a way to better handle the increasingly complex and decentralized transactions between users, large- and small-scale producers, retailers and even traders and utilities. As energy markets evolve, blockchain powers up 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z It wasn’t just the Herald that seemed to be liberalizing. Suddenly, Zimbabwe’s biggest newspaper can print exactly what it wants. It’s harder than it sounds. 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z Maryland’s chief tax collector will propose legislation when the General Assembly convenes in January that calls for liberalizing the Old Line State’s regulation of breweries and brewery taprooms. Peter Franchot, Maryland comptroller, brews up plan to liberalize state’s beer regulation 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z The White House said in June it would reverse some of the liberalized travel policies that followed the Obama administration’s re-establishment of diplomatic relations with Cuba in 2015. Alaska Air will end Cuba flights, citing slowdown in passengers and Trump’s new rules 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z Jeremy Hutchinson, a towering legal figure who helped liberalize British laws and world attitudes about sex and freedom of expression, has died. 'Lady Chatterley' lawyer Jeremy Hutchinson, who helped change laws and attitudes on sex, dies at 102 – LA Times 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z His Saudi Vision 2030 calls for liberalizing the economy and easing social restrictions in order to preserve stability in the face of lower oil prices and a burgeoning youth population in need of employment. An arrest in Saudi Arabia could be felt as far as Silicon Valley and Wall Street 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z There was no choice but to liberalize the rules. Transfers are affecting high school football and basketball teams at an unprecedented level 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z Still, Mr. Macri acknowledged that he felt the pain of citizens who saw consumer and utility prices rise precipitously ever since he cut subsidies and liberalized the foreign-currency market early on in his presidency. Mauricio Macri’s reform agenda bolstered by vote 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z But the superpower that Mr. Xi intends to lead doesn’t look like the cooperative partner and gradually liberalizing society they imagined. Opinion | China’s president just laid out a worrying vision for the world 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z But he also refrained from calling for the liberalizing overhauls that earlier leaders like Deng Xiaoping used to bring China roaring growth in the 1980s and ’90s. Xi Jinping’s Marathon Speech: Five Takeaways 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z Despite efforts by Brussels to liberalize Europe’s airline industry 25 years ago it has lagged North America in terms of consolidation, where nine major airlines became five in the decade to 2015. European airline failures play into hands of richer rivals 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z Perspective: Hong Kong was supposed to liberalize China. Hong Kong student leaders jailed for 2014 pro-democracy protest 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z Crop prices, quotas and marketing controls were partially liberalized and the private sector was brought in. Revitalize the world’s countryside 2017-08-15T04:00:00Z But he said the young crown prince is working to slowly liberalize the country, a change Mr. Faramawi called a “big improvement.” Saudi Arabia tourism project aims to improve image 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z Flake drew further suspicion when he sided with President Obama’s effort to liberalize relations with Cuba; Trump has since taken steps to partially reverse those policies. In Arizona, a potential showdown between a Republican senator and the Republican president 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z Despite efforts by Brussels to liberalize Europe’s airline industry 25 years ago it has lagged North America in terms of consolidation, where nine major airlines became five in the decade to 2015. European airline failures play into hands of richer rivals 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z Last year, India overhauled rules governing its aviation industry, liberalizing norms for domestic carriers to fly overseas and spreading the country's air travel boom to smaller cities by capping airfares and opening new airports. Boeing expects India to order up to 2,100 aircraft over 20 years 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z Likewise, none of his major policy proposals have yet been implemented — including his controversial push to liberalize France’s highly regulated labor market. Nearing 100 days in office, Macron starts showing his true ambitions 2017-07-29T04:00:00Z It was quite a progressive state back then, and North Carolina laws were liberalized several years before Roe v. What It Was Like to Provide Abortions Before Roe v. Wade 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z The new agreement was a clear sign that other parts of the world will continue pursuing a liberalizing trade agenda, even without the United States. The E.U.-Japan Trade Deal: What You Need to Know 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z The British Medical Association has approved a resolution calling on Parliament to liberalize abortion law within the United Kingdom, the BBC reported Tuesday. British Medical Association votes to urge Parliament to decriminalize abortion: Report 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z Last year, India overhauled rules governing its aviation industry, liberalizing norms for domestic carriers to fly overseas and spreading the country's air travel boom to smaller cities by capping airfares and opening new airports. Boeing expects India to order up to 2,100 aircraft over 20 years 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z Now, regarding the multi-party system and the possibility of registration, just recently we radically liberalized the situation in this domain. Oliver Stone interviews Vladimir Putin: On democracy and freedom 2017-06-18T04:00:00Z But at least the administration tried: Mr. Obama publicly called on the regime to liberalize and held up arms sales, including of F-16 warplanes, when it did not. Opinion | Trump’s foreign trip will have dangerous consequences. They’ve already begun. 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z It does seem that Pope Francis is liberalizing the Vatican dress code a bit. Why did Melania and Ivanka Trump cover their heads for the pope but not the Saudis? 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z A key ally for Macron in passing any liberalizing measures — a famously difficult sell in France — will be his prime minister, named Monday as Édouard Philippe. Macron affirms Franco-German ties, E.U. commitment in meeting with Merkel 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z “He managed to liberalize coach services, shopping hours and the legal profession, but wanted to do much more.” Macron’s mission to revitalize French economy won’t be easy 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z Last week several bills aimed at further liberalizing wine and liquor sales were adopted by the House and sent to the Senate. Editorials from around Pennsylvania 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z The Rush-Bagot Agreement is still in effect — you’ll find it on Page 62 of the 2016 edition of the State Department’s “Treaties in Force” — but it has been liberalized over the past two centuries. Perspective | Good treaties make good neighbors. Just ask the Canadians. 2017-04-22T04:00:00Z They had been part of a Muslim student group arrested years before for activities like holding discussions on liberalizing Islam and working for peaceful change. Assad Opponents Seek Justice for Syria’s War Victims 2017-04-15T04:00:00Z They said liberalizing global trade and importing cheaper intermediate goods improves competitiveness, helping firms keep their cutting edge over international rivals and lifting the country's exports. Protectionism may raise, not cut, trade deficits: ECB 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z Arguing that thousands of women were dying from back-channel abortions — the procedure was permitted only when a woman’s life was endangered — Mr. Beilenson persuaded the Senate president to consider liberalizing the law. Anthony Beilenson, Congressman Who Fought for Abortion Rights, Dies at 84 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z Constitutional reforms enacted in 2013 liberalized the oil, natural gas, and energy sectors. NAFTA can be improved to benefit America *and* free up trade 2017-02-20T05:00:00Z But it was Puzder’s hiring of an undocumented worker for domestic work — as well as his support for more liberalized immigration policies — that pushed several Senate Republicans away, they said. Andrew Puzder withdraws labor nomination, throwing White House into more turmoil 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z Since 1984, more than 40 countries have liberalized their abortion laws. Opinion | The global gag rule will kill women 2017-02-05T05:00:00Z Instead, it argued that countries will view their competitive edge as temporary, behaving with caution as they expect others to liberalize trade to improve their own efficiency and restore competitiveness. Protectionism may raise, not cut, trade deficits: ECB 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z If you praise his bans he might liberalize immigration. A Concerned Citizen’s Plea to America’s Business Leaders 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z Headlines conveyed the impression of a bizarre Vatican dustup sparked by yet more conservative resistance to the liberalizing impulses of the Pope from Argentina. Pope Francis Is the Anti-Trump 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z At those hearings, Republicans were furious about former President Barack Obama’s order liberalizing immigration policy and questioned Ms. Yates about whether she would be willing to stand up to the president. Trump’s Talk About Muslims Led Acting Attorney General to Defy Ban 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z Mexico jacked up fuel prices by as much as 20% on Jan. 1 as part of an ambitious effort begun in 2013 to liberalize its oil industry. Latin American Governments Cool on Fuel Subsidies 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z During the Cold War, Reagan pushed Mexico to liberalize its economic and political system and tried to bring the country closer to America and away from any Communist-inspired Latin American movements. Donald Trump Blows Up the U.S.-Mexico Relationship 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z Friedman supported the 2003 invasion of Iraq, writing that the establishment of a democratic state in the Middle East would force other countries in the region to liberalize and modernize. A Concerned Citizen’s Plea to America’s Business Leaders 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z Hua said it was clear who was “sincerely pushing ahead” to liberalize trade. China defends trade stance after Trump appointee's criticism 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z The proposed liberalizing measures unveiled by China's State Council, or the Cabinet, late on Tuesday are testament to the scope of the restrictions placed on foreign businesses in the world's second-largest economy. Foreign business skeptical of China's promised opening 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z WASHINGTON—Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew warned ignoring recent steps by Beijing to liberalize its economy would endanger Chinese cooperation on other major geopolitical issues, particularly containing North Korea’s nuclear program. Jacob Lew: China Is Open to Criticism That Is ‘Intellectually Sound’ 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z He pushed for stronger ties with the U.S. — an effort the Barack Obama administration embraced, eyeing the liberalizing country as a strategic counterweight to China’s clout in the region. The Accidental Whistleblower: Clare Rewcastle Brown and 1MDB 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z I was sure that the Soviet Union would be forced to liberalize socially and economically to survive. The U.S.S.R. Fell—and the World Fell Asleep 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z But it also threatens to undermine the fragile democratic advances made by the United States during the past 15 years, and potentially undo efforts to liberalize the country. Ally, Enemy or Both? Saudi Arabia’s Many Roles in Afghanistan 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z But despite making some comments about the need to liberalize Cuba's state-controlled media and improve Internet access, little is known about Diaz-Canel's views on the economy. Castro's death reminds aging Cuba of generation gap 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z Philippe Martinez, the secretary general of the hard-line General Confederation of Labor, which spearheaded the nationwide strikes this year, threatened a “mass mobilization” if Mr. Fillon tried to liberalize the economy too much. In France, a Candidate Intent on a Conservative Overhaul 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z His younger brother never gave much ground to the Obama administration in terms of liberalizing Cuba's one party political system. Cubans fret over life after Castro with Trump next door 2016-11-27T05:00:00Z He observes, “The Economist magazine correctly says that ‘the biggest poverty-reduction measure of all is liberalizing markets to let poor people get richer. Giving thanks 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z Their work has been widely cited by economists and policy makers, and has led to a re-evaluation of the gains and losses from liberalized trade. Jump in Chinese Imports Gave Trump Election Boost, Study Finds 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z But its liberalizing effects will be limited mostly to lower tariffs on goods. China Picks Up the U.S. Trade Fumble 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z But the question of liberalizing trade should no longer be the main focus. We must rethink globalization, or Trumpism will prevail | Thomas Piketty 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z Instead, the U.S. is giving up the best opportunity in decades to liberalize countries where barriers to trade and investment are high, like Vietnam and Malaysia. Pacific Trade Bust 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z The New York businessman has many tools to reverse the post World War II consensus on liberalizing U.S. trade without needing congressional approval. Donald Trump Will Need to Leverage Size, Power of U.S. Economy to Remake Global Trading System 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z Under pressure at home to reduce immigration, Mrs. May has resisted calls in India to liberalize Britain’s visa system. Hillary Clinton, Ortega, Durst: Your Tuesday Briefing 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z “One surprise for Democrats is that President Obama’s December 2014 decision to liberalize U.S. Cuba policy is not helping their nominee as the White House expected it to. Instead, it has become a liability.” Hillary Skates Again 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z That development push, in the first decade after Mr. Assad took over from his father in 2000, liberalized parts of Syria’s economy and energized the tourism industry. ‘I Saw My Father Dying’: A View From Aleppo’s Government-Held Side 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z If the U.S. doesn’t ratify the TPP, the deal is likely to languish for years, officials say, and other countries in the bloc would likely continue with other efforts to liberalize trade in the region. TPP’s Failure Would Hand U.S. Business in Japan to China, White House Says 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z But it also leaves little to liberalize beyond tariffs, which are already quite low. Can Globalization Be Salvaged? 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z The House and Senate sent legislation to Wolf’s desk to liberalize beer sales laws in Pennsylvania. Pension bill dies, others still in play as session nears end 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z Those generally opposed to the liberalizing drift of history remain conservative. Conservatives No More 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z Successive administrations in the United States, led by Democrats and Republicans alike, have embraced liberalized trade as a central component of the nation’s foreign policy. More Wealth, More Jobs, but Not for Everyone: What Fuels the Backlash on Trade 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z Under a conservative-led government, Greece froze the mechanism of collective bargaining in 2012, cut minimum wages and liberalized rules covering mass layoffs. Greece's lenders to launch new review as Athens digs in on debt relief 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z But British businesses are likely to delay investments while they wait to see what trading relations Britain develops after Brexit and whether Mrs. May will liberalize the economy to stimulate growth. A Pound of Worry 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z He was later shunted aside by Papadopoulos who tried to liberalize the regime, which was ultimately halted by military hardliners. Stylianos Pattakos, Greek military coup figure, dies at 103 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z The Liberal Story says that if we only liberalize and globalize our political and economic systems, we will produce paradise on earth, or at least peace and prosperity for all. Does Trump’s Rise Mean Liberalism’s End? 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z At the same time, they voted to refuse to consider a separate proposal to liberalize the law. World Digest: Oct. 6, 2016 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z In 1956, abortion laws were further liberalized permitting abortion on medical grounds, if the pregnancy resulted from a criminal act or because of “difficult living conditions,” according to the U.N.’s Population Policy Data Bank. Polish women protest proposal to ban abortions in almost all cases 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z Congress has delegated to the president extensive powers to restrict trade and limited powers to liberalize trade. Trump the Trade Tyrant 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z “In the long run, China will eventually liberalize its capital account to a larger degree,” said Jin Zhongxia, Beijing’s top representative to the IMF and a former senior People’s Bank of China official. China Marks Milestone With Yuan’s Entry Into IMF Reserve Basket 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z In most cases, it was the economic rather than the moral argument that convinced tyrants and juntas to liberalize. Does Trump’s Rise Mean Liberalism’s End? 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z Immigration and Naturalization Service Commissioner Joseph Swing liberalized the use of the Bracero program for Mexican agricultural workers. Some Big Holes in Trump’s Wall 2016-09-11T04:00:00Z On the dangers to women of liberalizing divorce laws. Schlafly in her own words: Her many opinions about women, sex and equality 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z Meeting in Hangzhou, government officials and analysts say many around the world are growing as wary of foreign investment as they are about agreements to liberalize trade. G-20 Leaders to Endorse Cross-Border Investment Guidelines 2016-09-04T04:00:00Z Without approval by the United States, the accord liberalizing trade among Pacific Rim countries representing 40 percent of the global economy cannot take effect. Pacific Trade Pact Faces Rough Road in Congress 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z The introduction of legislation to liberalize the market and break monopolies in certain areas would encourage investments in science, Mahroum says. The Middle East: An end to oil dependency : Nature : Nature Research 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z The speech warned against giving in to the growing protectionist mood reflected in the new parliament, which he said could reverse gains made by the country since it liberalized its economy two decades ago. China warns 'protectionist' Australia on investment after grid deal blocked 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z Mr. Macron delivered changes to laws in a raft of sectors, liberalizing bus transport and allowing more shops to open on Sundays. French Economy Minister Steps Down to Run for President 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z The TPP aims to liberalize commerce in 40 percent of the world's economy and is widely seen as an economic counterweight to China's influence in Asia. Obama, Singapore leader push Pacific trade deal in state visit 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z In a climate of almost draconian state secularism, he pushed for liberalizing economic reforms and tried to create more space for Muslim practices. The execution of a former Turkish leader that still haunts Erdogan 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z Greece, the IMF and its European creditors agreed in May to a third bailout based on Athens further trimming its spending, raising taxes and liberalizing its economy. U.S. Presses Greece on Economic Reforms 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z Last month, India overhauled rules governing its aviation industry, liberalizing norms for domestic carriers to fly overseas and spreading the country's air travel boom to smaller cities by capping airfares and opening new airports. Boeing revises India aircraft forecast to 1,850 new jets over 20 years 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z The tough-talking Duterte wasted little time issuing a threat to liberalize rules to bring in foreign telecoms companies if need be. Chiller in Manila: Filipinos fume as snail-pace internet leaves business on ice 2016-07-17T04:00:00Z India entered into its first bilateral investment treaties as it was liberalizing its markets and courting foreign investment in the 1990s. India wants new foreign investment pacts to limit lawsuits 2016-07-10T04:00:00Z The TPP, meanwhile, is more about liberalizing trade in services and harmonizing regulations than about lowering barriers protecting U.S. industries. Clinton should call Trump out on his trade tirades 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z The scene previewed the kind of marketing to expect during this summer's games, with companies operating under newly liberalized sponsorship rules - enacted after years of lobbying by athletes and their agents. Under Armour leads Olympic marketing shake-up after 'rule 40' changes 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z Shale oil and record global oil inventories mean that this service is no longer necessary, and completely liberalizing the price of oil is not a source of concern for the global economy. Goodbye to OPEC? 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z Its centrally planned wartime economy was never fully liberalized, with food rationing persisting into the 1950s. Britain's Democracy Is a Sham 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z Clinton said in an October debate with Sanders that details of the liberalized trade deal among Pacific nations, completed in the fall, "didn't meet my standards" despite her earlier words of praise. AP FACT CHECK: Clinton takes liberties in Trump takedown 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z Clinton said in an October debate with Sanders that details of the liberalized trade deal among Pacific nations, completed in the fall, “didn’t meet my standards” despite her earlier words of praise. AP FACT CHECK: Clinton takes liberties in Trump takedown 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z The new Indian policy relaxes foreign direct investment thresholds in the retail, defense and civil-aviation sectors among others, signaling government support for efforts to liberalize India’s economy. India Bank Chief Urges Low Inflation 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z Vanke’s restructuring deal highlights the challenges faced by listed companies and regulators as China seeks to liberalize its financial markets. China Vanke Agrees to $6.9 Billion Deal to Avoid Potential Hostile Takeover 2016-06-18T04:00:00Z Turkey said in May that EU membership remains a strategic goal and a deal to liberalize visas for Turks visiting the bloc should accelerate the accession process. UK's Osborne, campaigning against Brexit, says Turkey won't join EU 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z It again pits the government - socialist, this time - against unions opposed to efforts to weaken them and liberalize workplaces. Warts and all, France will be tested by Euro 2016 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z Mohammed bin Salman, son of Saudi Arabia's King Salman, has been leading a drive to end the kingdom's dependence on oil and liberalize its economy. Exclusive: Saudi's deputy crown prince to visit U.S. for talks - sources 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z Attracting foreign direct investment from Europe would help the Rouhani administration to achieve its stated objectives of boosting Iran's private sector, liberalizing the economy and further diversifying it away from dependency on oil. EU Eyes Return as Iran’s First Trade Partner 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z The administration is looking at further liberalizing the business environment, and will hold a meeting with local business groups in late June on how to attract more investment. Rodrigo Duterte’s Finance Chief Seeks to Spread the Wealth in the Philippines 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z The prime minister also said he would look to states to further liberalize the country’s rigid labor laws, another area seen as crucial and contentious. India’s Narendra Modi Defends Efforts to Shake Up Economy 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z Without Simsek, investors fear, it will be less likely that the government will deliver on promises to liberalize the labor market, encourage savings and bring in more private investment. Erdogan ally takes over as Turkish PM, vowing stronger presidency 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z When President Obama arrives in Vietnam early Monday he will encounter both a youthful, liberalizing society and an aging communist leadership slow to change its authoritarian ways. As shadow of war fades, Obama visits a Vietnam focused on trade and better relations 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z Or Saudi money cynically deployed against every agent of liberalizing transformation? The Arab withering 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z “We are going to make a big push to liberalize the investment climate here,” Mr. Dominguez said. Rodrigo Duterte’s Finance Chief Seeks to Spread the Wealth in the Philippines 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z The announcement follows a recent string of new initiatives and bold pronouncements aimed at liberalizing the economy and creating jobs for the kingdom’s youth. Saudi Arabia Forges Ahead With Change 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z Some U.S. jobs were indeed destroyed when Nafta liberalized trade with Mexico—and those people deserved better treatment from the government than they got. Five Big Truths About Trade 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z He had just sacked his cabinet, and many people expected him to announce liberalizing reforms. Exposing Assad’s War Crimes 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z In particular, the post-Waterloo expansion of British power liberalized world trade, unleashing the movement of more stuff. This is why we can have nice things 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z The military men who ran the country’s economy into the ground and brutally suppressed ethnic minorities and political opponents have stepped back, allowing liberalizing reforms and new freedoms. 5 Challenges Facing Burma's New Civilian Government 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z He cited her broadcast of the traditional Latin Mass, her belief in the literal reality of miracles and her skepticism of the liberalizing reforms of Vatican II in the 1960s. Mother Angelica, founder of Catholic TV and radio empire, dies at 92 2016-03-27T04:00:00Z True to the central tenet of FDR and Secretary of State Hull that liberalizing trade is inherently beneficial, the U.S. led the effort for China to join the WTO in 2000. How Trade Made America Great 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z Mr. Li said China will remain open to the world, gradually liberalize its services market to outside investment and avoid a rapid depreciation of the yuan in keeping with its bid to encourage higher-value industries. China Promises Corporate Tax Cuts to Support Economic Shift to Services 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z Some of the bunkers, which were handed over to neighborhood authorities in the 1980s, when the country’s economy was liberalized, were turned into shops or offices. Breathing Life Into Spaces Well Beyond 6 Feet Under Beijing’s Streets 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z A proposal to liberalize E.U. visa rules for Turkey’s 75 million citizens is especially problematic and could be blocked by a number of countries. As Europe attempts to finalize refugee deal involving Turkey, obstacles pile up 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z Next month, the retail electricity market will be fully liberalized, attracting a huge number of new entrants to the previously closed market. Research management: Five years on from Fukushima 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z Singapore aims to fully liberalize its electricity retail market in the second half of 2018. Singapore feeds first solar power into retail grid to reduce emissions 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z The world has known for some time that China’s economy would be slowing as it transforms from exports and manufacturing investments to a service economy while also planning to liberalize its financial markets. Head of San Francisco Fed is still expecting modest economic growth, and more rate hikes 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z JAKARTA, Indonesia—Indonesia opened dozens of businesses to full and partial foreign ownership on Thursday, advancing President Joko Widodo’s efforts to liberalize and draw more investment to Southeast Asia’s largest economy. Indonesia Opens More Big Businesses to Foreign Investment 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z Although India began liberalizing its economy a generation ago, foreign investment remains low, particularly in major infrastructure projects. Can U.S. businesses help India's chaotic cities become 'smart'? 2016-02-10T05:00:00Z “The pro-abortion lobby is taking advantage of this to liberalize the legislation,” said Danelia Cardona, a psychiatrist and director of the Episcopal Conference of Colombia’s Department for the Promotion and Defense of Life. Zika prompts urgent debate about abortion in Latin America 2016-02-07T05:00:00Z The pact would liberalize trade from Canada to Chile and Australia to Japan. Trans-Pacific Pact Would Lift U.S. Incomes, but Not Jobs Overall, Study Says 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z Indeed, Dung projects a public commitment to market liberalizing reforms and a willingness to expand freedoms ‘in accordance with the law.'” Here's What You Need to Know About Vietnam's Party Congress 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z “It’s much harder to liberalize services because they’re more deeply embedded in the local regulatory process than goods trade is,” Mr. Petri said. Recovery From Trade Swoon May Be Slow 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z But reformists argued that the council, like other hard-line factions, was overly sensitive to hints of liberalizing and eager to crack down on anybody who was at all critical of how the country was run. Ayatollah Khamenei Warns Iran’s Government Against U.S. ‘Deceptions’ 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z It faces the dilemma of how far to liberalize once its economy reconnects to world markets and investment creates new power groups. Iran moves from pariah state to regional power 2016-01-17T05:00:00Z Another new rule liberalized the use of hands by offensive linemen, while banning the head-slap move by defensive linemen. Trump Says N.F.L. Is Boring; It Has Actually Never Been More Exciting 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z So six months later he went ahead with his plan to throw a lifeline to the economically struggling Castros by restoring diplomatic relations and liberalizing American travel to the island. North Korea’s Cuban Friends 2016-01-10T05:00:00Z Since World War II, international deals to liberalize trade have encouraged companies to invest abroad, spawning wide-ranging supply chains and building multinational giants from Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to Volkswagen AG. Recovery From Trade Swoon May Be Slow 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z “Why did the government not liberalize housing?” he asked. A Tumultuous Housing Program in Algeria 2016-01-09T05:00:00Z A generation of great quarterbacks—led by Manning, Brady and Brees—combined with liberalized offensive rules to rewrite the record books. The Trickiest Play in NFL Football: Paying for a Quarterback 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z To meet rising popular expectations, Georgia should further liberalize its economy and mobilize investment. Stand Up for Georgia 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z The entire Southeast, from Virginia to Florida, is covered by two circuits liberalized by Obama appointees. Why the next Supreme Court vacancy will favor liberals, no matter who retires 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z Traders are concerned that a potential flood of new equity supply, via the newly liberalized listing process, will weaken demand for existing stock. Global Stocks Mixed in Thin Trade 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z On his Gang of Eight bill, he would have liberalized immigration, but he did not — and he steadfastly opposed any new border security requirements for refugees or students. Transcript: Republican Presidential Debate 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z What negotiators in Paris achieved may prove analogous to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, which began modestly and over decades steadily ratcheted up ambition among nations to liberalize international trade. With the Paris climate pact, critics now have no basis to say action is pointless 2015-12-12T05:00:00Z The movement soon became a target for prominent conservatives, however, who defined “political correctness” as a widespread effort to forcibly liberalize American culture and police the thoughts of anyone who dared disagree. The PC world Republicans love, and love to hate 2015-12-05T05:00:00Z Lawmakers are fighting over differences in legislation to expand the state sales tax, overhaul the state’s pension systems, liberalize the sale of alcoholic beverages and distribute state aid to school districts. Pennsylvania lawmakers to work weekend in budget stalemate 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z Having said that, each time they liberalize something, there is a potential problem. As its money goes global, can China loosen up? 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z “What’s more important is perhaps the boost to President Xi’s efforts to liberalize China’s financial markets.” Wall St. Inches Higher, Led by Banking and Industrial Stocks 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z "What's more important is perhaps the boost to President Xi's efforts to liberalize China's financial markets." Asia stocks rise as Japan data improves, China's yuan status welcomed 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z But analysts said investors would nevertheless remain cautious as long as China did not fully liberalize capital controls or allow the currency to float freely. IMF gives China's currency prized reserve asset status 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z It confers a measure of international legitimacy to China’s currency as the government starts to liberalize its rigidly controlled exchange rate and financial system. IMF Lifts Chinese Yuan to Elite Lending-Reserve Currency Status 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z When they liberalize the renminbi, it depreciates and that creates risks with the U.S. As its money goes global, can China loosen up? 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z Africa is the fastest-growing region for the church, but many of Francis’ signature liberalizing initiatives have raised hopes and concerns for the millions of believers across the continent. Pope Francis’ Africa visit generates excitement, unrealistic expectations 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z Mauricio Macri, the opposition mayor of Buenos Aires, wants to liberalize the economy, from lifting the currency restrictions to scrapping many export and import taxes. Much at stake in Argentina's presidential election for agricultural, banking, textile, oil 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z Still, many traders and bankers say political goodwill could go only so far and it would require Beijing to further liberalize the yuan and China’s financial markets to turn it into a global currency. Yuan’s Adventure Abroad Stumbles in London 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z Even with the IMF decision, there is uncertainty about whether Beijing will backtrack on its promises to liberalize its economy. IMF Lifts Chinese Yuan to Elite Lending-Reserve Currency Status 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z While U.S. officials still privately question the yuan’s ripeness for reserve-currency status, they also see China’s bid as aiding efforts by reformers within the People’s Bank of China to liberalize the country’s economy. IMF Move to Give Yuan Reserve Status Likely to Boost China Assets 2015-11-15T05:00:00Z IMF staff urged G20 nations to back China's efforts to liberalize its economy and accept that the transition to slower but more sustainable growth would likely involve some hiccups. Fed should wait with liftoff to see firm inflation signs: IMF note 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z But most in the room agreed on one thing: It would be hard to proceed with plans to liberalize the tightly controlled economy and still hope to meet Mr. Xi’s 7% GDP-growth target for 2015. China Delays Economic Liberalization 2015-11-07T05:00:00Z This is a lie on a number of levels, starting with the fact that the Nazis actually liberalized gun laws. Their lips are moving. They’re lying: Ben Carson, Rand Paul and the right-wing’s truthiness problem 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z While U.S. officials still privately question the yuan’s ripeness for reserve-currency status, they also see it as aiding efforts by reformers within the People’s Bank of China to liberalize the country’s economy. IMF Lifts Chinese Yuan to Elite Lending-Reserve Currency Status 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z Some officials are concerned that China’s government may still backtrack on its promises to liberalize its exchange-rate regime and open up its economy. IMF Move to Give Yuan Reserve Status Likely to Boost China Assets 2015-11-15T05:00:00Z Complicating the picture, the People’s Bank of China on Friday took the long-anticipated step of fully liberalizing deposit rates. Why It’s Not So Easy for China to Ease 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z But the central bank, delaying a plan to fully liberalize interest rates by March, said it would continue to manage them in years ahead by telling banks what to charge borrowers and pay depositors. China Delays Economic Liberalization 2015-11-07T05:00:00Z Economists say liberalizing interest rates and getting more capital to private companies that employ large numbers of workers are crucial to securing future growth. China’s Central Bank Moves to Spur Economic Growth 2015-10-24T04:00:00Z It added that China's current muted consumer inflation and falling market interest rates provided a window for the country to liberalize its deposit rates. China cuts rates again as growth engine stalls 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z The timing set off speculation that the episode was engineered to undermine the pope’s ability to press a liberalizing agenda. Your Thursday Evening Briefing: Hillary Rodham Clinton, Benjamin Netanyahu 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z And, as he sought to liberalize Canadian society—he is credited most prominently with advancing the Charter of Rights and Freedoms—he never lost the pugnacious edge. Another Trudeau Makes Canada Cool 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z After more than two weeks of debate, position papers released Wednesday showed insufficient support among the bishops for liberalizing church law on Communion for divorced and civilly remarried Catholics. Catholic Bishops Likely to Deal Pope Francis Setback on Family Issues 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z The solution under review: more financial aid for Turkey to keep migrants within its borders; acceleration of EU membership talks; and concessions on liberalized visa requirements. EU and Turkey remain uneasy partners, despite shared challenge grappling with refugee crisis 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z Then, when the facility was nearly ready to open in 1991, India announced the first major reforms to liberalize its economy. The picture is bleak at a state-run Indian film factory 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z China is slowly—but surely—liberalizing its rules about investing overseas, giving investors in China’s overheated stock market the chance to diversify into startups in the U.S. more directly than ever before. Coming Soon From China: A $400 Million Bonanza for U.S. Startups 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z The United States is one of 12 Pacific Rim nations to reach a pact this week that would liberalize commerce, affecting the costs of products ranging from dairy to biotech drugs. Obama says he is confident Congress will approve TPP 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z Twelve Pacific Rim countries on Monday reached the most ambitious trade pact in a generation, aiming to liberalize commerce in 40 percent of the world's economy in a deal that faces skepticism from U.S. lawmakers. Historic Pacific trade deal faces skeptics in Congress 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z |
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