Poor countries have often been the dumping ground for products banned in the West as unhealthy.
In poorer countries they often have no rules at all, or if they have them they fail to enforce them.
Given different stages of development around the world, one of the problems that poorer countries often have is that the best educated and the most talented have opportunities elsewhere.
Several other countries have won similar reductions (often presented as rebates on the British rebate).
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Discussing the often "inward-looking" history of EU negotiations, Mr Gordon said that "referendums have often turned countries inward".
He also echoed the concerns of some business leaders that "referendums have often turned countries inward" warning that "it is best for everyone, we think, when leaders have the time to be able to focus on common challenges rather than spending their time on internal workings".
All too often in history countries have been allowed to become serial defaulters without suffering that much in the way of penalty.
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But Patricia Danzon of the Wharton Business School argues that this makes little sense when most big drug firms have laboratories in several countries and often acquire drugs under development from biotechnology firms located elsewhere.
Liew: External challenges have often served to draw countries in the region closer together.
More than 190 countries have put up displays or pavilions, often bizarre architectural follies.
Countries which have been downgraded by ratings agencies often face higher rates of interest on subsequent borrowings.
Often, countries do not have the resources to set up a website so we are fufilling that function by allowing one person to to see what another person is doing in another part of the country.
In the past, refugees have often been moved to distant countries and given new lives.
In economic terms, the fact that they are oil exporters is often the only thing these countries have in common.
The rallies, which coincide with Labor Day in many countries outside the U.S., often have big showings from labor leaders and elected officials.
Finance-related decisions in environments whose characteristics vary considerably from those of the countries that are familiar to most finance professionals often have far-reaching strategic consequences that might be particularly challenging to grasp.
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Or the presidency could rotate only among big countries--producing squeals from the smalls, who have often run the most adept presidencies.
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To make their products, manufacturers -- some of whom are represented here today -- often have to import certain materials from other countries and pay tariffs on those materials.
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These include regulatory reforms that are often enacted by countries that aspire to membership, but have yet to be admitted.
Tensions and unrest, often due to differing religious views, have left countries ranging from Egypt to Yemen with uncertain futures.
And pushes to establish other countries as research challengers to the U.S. in medicine have often proceeded with fits and starts.
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Moreover, countries where these viruses often get their start (in Asia) have become much more aggressive and transparent at combating early outbreaks.
In most countries people have to go through numerous time-consuming, expensive and often corrupt machinations in order to start a legal business.
In many countries, governments have responded to emergencies by nationalising the worst banks, often pledging to inject capital, take on their dud loans, and reprivatise them.
Qatar is not the only country in the region feeding support to the rebellion, and the various lines of backing have prompted worries that numerous countries are trying to win influence, often with conflicting agendas.
Admirals and generals have often found themselves at odds with the populations of democratic countries.
Although many countries already have such a ban in theory, poor enforcement means that it often leaks into agriculture.
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Mr. Annan, who convened the meeting to help salvage a peace plan for Syria he brokered in April, warned that the country's deepening conflict posed "extreme dangers" to the region and the world, and reprimanded countries for competing agendas which have locked the international community in a stalemate while often fueling the violence inside Syria.
Still, the World Bank has tracked the actions of the G20 countries in recent months and found that 17 have taken steps that retard trade, often by subtle means.
In the past, U.S. sanctions have often blocked software companies from widely distributing internet-related tools in countries where access seems especially critical.
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