And so this is not an issue that is simply in one country's interests or two countries' interests.
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Second, in a number of countries the interests of company bosses and politicians are closely intertwined.
This reflects one of the basic difficulties of getting coherent action in this area: countries' interests simply differ.
The two countries' interests have been diverging since the cold war ended.
For Japan's very economic weakness is one of East Asia's main problems: fresh growth in Japan, and prevention of deflation, are powerfully in other Asian countries' interests.
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Countries such as Germany, which come closer than most to believing in a common European interest, tend to talk of it in terms of the interests of a majority of EU countries, not the interests of all.
Today, transfers from rich countries to poor, and downwards redistribution within poor countries, are in the collective interests of the rich countries.
Because this involves the interests of countries and not all of these are going to be resolved easily.
Allowing currencies to rise is therefore in many countries' own best interests.
Such harmonisation is most likely in areas of interest to big multinational corporations (copyright) or where the interests of countries are closely aligned (crime and taxation).
One of the oddest things about the UN climate process is the way it virtually forces countries with diametrically opposed interests to huddle close and pretend to be friends.
Through the power of social media and political advocacy, as well their ground efforts, they have gained a profound appreciation of the difficulties developing countries face and the interests our nation has in alleviating them.
Third, that directors appointed by governments to a planned new "national security board" - designed to protect the security interests of countries in which the merged group has big operations - should not sit on the top board of the merged group.
We both agree that our two countries share extensive common interests in important matters bearing on the survival and development of mankind, such as peace and development, economic cooperation and trade, the prevention of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and environment protection.
The majority of developing countries feel that some of their most important trade interests have been neglected by the richer countries.
The long-term sound and steady growth of China-U.S. relations serves the fundamental interests of both countries.
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But anti-smoking activists said some countries were putting tobacco company interests before health.
There have also been criticisms that countries are putting their own interests first.
Also France, and to a certain extent, Germany and other countries that had colonies and interests in the Islamic world.
It also protects the interests of smaller countries, a role that may become more important if bigger countries' voting weights are increased.
Syria's U.N. ambassador, Bashar Jaafari, called the resolution a "piece of theater" that serves the interests of other countries in the region.
Now, the Securities and Exchange Commission plans to require foreign companies listing in the US to disclose their business interests in those countries.
Labour MP and tax campaigner Michael Meacher said Starbucks' practice was "profoundly against the interests of the countries where they operate and is extremely unfair".
We understand fully that we will work together in the coming months and years to protect our common interests, our countries, our peoples, against new threats.
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It is the largest telecommunications operator in Europe with wireline and wireless interests in numerous countries and total annual revenues in 2010 of 62.4 billion euros.
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The paper claimed that under the arrangement, two British and one French flagship would work together to defend the interests of both countries, with one always on duty at sea.
"We don't intend to worsen relations between Japan and China, " he said, adding that both sides "need to share the recognition that having good relations is in the national interests of both countries".
Speaking at a press conference, Mr Cameron called the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico a "catastrophe" and said it was in the interests of both countries that the company is successful.
Guyana's president, Bharrat Jagdeo, made a different argument as he presented a plan for a low-carbon economy designed to suit the interests of all countries at an early stage of developing their natural resources.
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