Because of U.S. uncertainty, panel manufacturers have been sending panels overseas to more solar-friendly countries.
The government says the law puts Japan in the vanguard of environmentally friendly countries.
More interesting is the case of friendly countries such as India and Pakistan.
Internet companies in friendly countries such as Sweden headed off many of the attacks before they even reached Estonia.
If so many traditionally friendly countries failed to come to America's support, that was partly because America itself has been unnecessarily peremptory.
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We'll ask friendly countries to take a few, but you will end up having to let most go free in the United States.
It has been suggested that, as rates go up, our millionaires, too, will flee for tax friendly countries like Belgium and Ireland.
On the other hand, efforts to curb criminal activity actually resulted in South Korea becoming one of the most credit card-friendly countries in the world.
So which are the most entrepreneur friendly countries around the globe, and which are those most likely to stifle even the most promising new company?
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Mr Timerman invited the Foreign Secretary to go to Buenos Aires for a meeting "without ultimatums or conditions, as two friendly countries which are simply seeking dialogue".
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The threats might entail nervousness on part of the stock markets and create diplomatic rifts with Chavez-friendly countries whose businesses have so far profited from the current bonanza.
The underlying message is that clean, competition-friendly countries do well.
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That is why they are leaving for neighboring business-friendly countries.
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Extremely friendly countries like the UK and Poland, much less somewhere like Russia, are ever more bemused by the anachronistic way in which Americans seem to view the world.
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First, advanced and generally friendly countries -- like Germany, Japan and South Korea -- that refrain from acquiring nuclear weapons in part because they trust the American nuclear umbrella to protect them.
Although Mr Bush's ultimate goal is energy independence, he would presumably prefer to be dependent on ethanol from friendly countries such as Brazil and Colombia than on oil from hostile places like Iran and Venezuela.
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Hence the suggestion by Moshe Arens, until recently defence minister, that an anti-missile shield should be extended to friendly countries nearby: Jordan or the Palestinian Authority (neither of which has expressed any interest) or Turkey.
Baroness Neville-Jones said some of the cyber crime activity was "state-sponsored" but although the government had the ability to strike back it was "anxious not to get into a barney with friendly countries" over the issue.
These risks could be even further reduced if, thanks to the generally excellent ties maintained by our Navy with those of allied nations, opportunities for cooperation in adapting various friendly countries' ships for missile defense purposes are fully exploited.
Well, other friendly European countries could go and buy some of the Italian debt.
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It can be done by the friendly democratic countries themselves, acting jointly or in parallel.
In spite of Mr Karzai's repeated calls for protection to be provided for other parts of Afghanistan, friendly foreign countries have been willing only to provide peacekeepers for Kabul and instructors to help the government train a national army and police.
Such statements may reassure voters, but they are unlikely to make Germany a more appealing place to do business, particularly with investor-friendly central European countries beckoning firms to relocate.
It has long seen investment as giving the island more clout, and been willing to provide considerable subsidies and tax breaks to encourage businesses to set up in countries considered to be friendly.
More and more businesses will move operations to countries that offer a business friendly community, that have less regulations and taxes.
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But the shortage of child-friendly medicine is not confined to poor countries.
LONDON, England (CNN) -- A water company that puts all of its profits into clean water projects in developing countries has created an environmentally friendly bottle out of biodegradable plastic.
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