relationships between countries and affected the world economies‚ be it the relationship with the board of directors of BP and the US government or the change in value of BP PLC on the stock exchange. ²As a result of the oil spill the Obama administration imposed a six month moratorium on new deep water drilling operations which ended on the 12th of October. For twenty years previous to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico there had been a total ban on deep water off shore drilling. But during his presidency
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The Austria-based company‚ Agrana was founded in 1988 with operations consisting of the production of sugar and starch. While relatively small‚ the company only operated two starch factories and three sugar factories. As the years passed‚ the company has also focused on the production of fruit preparation‚ fruit juice concentrate‚ and ethanol. The new business strategy has enabled the company to not only grow‚ but expand across multinational borders while increasing the number of buyers to whom
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time‚ scholars’ opinions on the Cold War and general Red Scare had changed a lot‚ which can be roughly divided into 3 different stages. At the offset scholars tended to believe that America’s involvement in the armament competition and conflict was imposed by Communist pressure generated by Soviet Union and other Communist force in the world. In the middle stage‚ scholars began to change their mind and to believe that all the things the US did is to display its power other than anything else. When stepping
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Tariffs in Chile From 1930 through 1960 the Chilean economy was highly protected with import and export quotas‚ import permits‚ tariffs‚ noninterest-bearing import deposits and multiple exchange rates imposed by the government. The Central Bank negotiated‚ with each importer‚ which exchange rate to apply to each transaction. Moreover‚ imports included only intermediate and capital goods and a few essential consumer goods. Guidelines to approve products from other countries were followed and several
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little to no say in the government that rules the land they love. George Washington once stated: “If freedom of speech is taken away. Then dumb and silent we may be led‚ like sheep to the slaughter” (Washington). Arguably‚ this is what occurs in North Korea today. However‚ while we strive so hard to keep this inalienable right‚ we must now recognize the complications created with the newest forum for freedom of speech – the Internet. While we strive to protect our basic right‚ we could very well lose
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Japanese culture. However‚ this cultural power that Japan possesses does not necessarily intersect with Japan’s postcolonial ambition. If Japan’s cultural power is related to their postcolonial ambition‚ then with the rise of the Hallyu wave‚ South Korea would be doing the same. Also‚ Japan’s colonial ambition lied mostly in Asia however‚ Japanese culture has not only dominated Asia‚ it has also infiltrated the West. Culture is increasingly a more important field within Japanese diplomacy and the
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Throughout the twelfth and sixteenth centuries‚ Japan was being ruled by Shogunates‚ which were established and decentralized military governments. It was during this time that Japan was finally brought to peace from the internal warfare from within the country due to the efforts of three leaders. One of those leaders was a merciless man when it came to warfare named Oda Nobunga. During his reign he wiped out most of the Ashikaga shoguns and daimyos while also slaughtering Buddhist monks at the Mount
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States and several European nations imposed high tariffs and blocked industrial imports. As a result‚ many Japanese people began to believe that whites were hostile to the idea of a developed non-white nation. In response‚ Japan’s leaders asserted the superiority of their people and tried to change Japan into a colonial power itself‚ rather than a colonial subject. They therefore invaded and attempted to “develop” other Asian countries‚ including China and Korea. However‚ though Japanese policies
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Uranium into the U.S. National Security 6. The U.S. government banned the export of iPods‚ jet skis and luxury vehicles to North Korea to force the country to the bargaining table to discuss their support of terrorist groups. Retaliation 7. In an effort to force the government of Zimbabwe to let their citizen’s vote in free elections‚ the U.S. government imposed tariffs on all goods coming
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solidarity. Switzerland‘s involvement here ranges from humanitarian internment (example Bourbaki Army) to the world-wide engagement of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and from the Good Offices of diplomacy to the ceasefire observers in Korea and the Swiss company (SWISSCOY) in Kosovo. In Switzerland‚ a country with several cultures‚ languages and religions‚ neutrality has also always served to guarantee internal cohesion whereby the principle of neutrality was also applied to conflicts
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