There is the opportunity that actions we take to deal with that challenge present to us economically when it comes to clean energy and developing domestic energy alternatives to the import of foreign energy.
In recession people are turning against the euro, globalisation and the import of cheap foreign products.
He said, I've had to import thousands of foreign teachers because they're all insisting that Korean children have to learn English in elementary school.
He told me his biggest challenge in education wasn't budget holes, it wasn't crumbling schools -- it was that the parents were too demanding. (Laughter.) He's had to import thousands of foreign teachers because parents insisted on English language training in elementary school.
And he said, well, you know, my biggest problem is, Korean parents are too demanding and they are insisting, for example, that I import, and I've had to import, thousands of foreign English teachers because they all feel that first graders should be learning English already.
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But, Governor, when it comes to our foreign policy, you seem to want to import the foreign policies of the 1980s, just like the social policies of the 1950s, and the economic policies of the 1920s.
There currently appears to be sufficient supply of non-Iranian oil to permit foreign countries to significantly reduce their import of Iranian oil, taking into account current estimates of demand, increased production by countries other than Iran, inventories of crude oil and petroleum products, and available strategic petroleum reserves.
Even an import duty of up to 40% on foreign luxury goods into India has not kept most Western luxury retailers out of the market.
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Lack of foreign exchange makes it hard to import even the barest necessities.
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So instead of spending a billion dollars a day to import foreign oil, this is a goal where we believe we can be investing in money and creating wealth in the United States.
Huge swathes of industry were protected from foreign competition by high import tariffs, leaving them moribund.
Almost three-quarters of Moroccans did not see democracy as a foreign import, but as a natural right long delayed in arriving.
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Import demand gives rise to a supply of dollars and a demand for foreign currencies.
Agricultural exports that used to be the engine of the economy have shriveled, and foreign currency to import goods is hard to come by.
Ford had complained, for instance, that Korea limited the hours that foreign brands could advertise, audited the tax returns of import car owners and manipulated its currency to protect Korean carmakers.
Although India has broadly cut import duties and increased foreign-ownership limits over the past ten years, large sections of the economy remain sheltered by high tariffs and restrictions on foreign direct investment, which amounts to just 0.7 percent of India's GDP, compared with 4.2 percent in China and 3.2 percent in Brazil.
The boom in ethanol has been driven by three main components--a blenders' credit that creates an incentive for producers who add ethanol to their fuel, an import tariff that keeps out foreign competitors, and a renewable fuels standard that sets the level of production.
In a brief spell as finance minister in 1994 (when he belonged to Mr Cardoso's party), Mr Gomes followed the sort of neoliberal policies he now criticises, such as cutting import tariffs to expose the local car industry to foreign competition.
Dubai's attractions are many: In addition to glitzy shopping malls, it boasts so-called "free zones, " which allow for 100% foreign ownership, 100% repatriation of capital and profits, exemption from corporate tax and no import duties.
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