Not surprisingly, the deal on the table has already run into considerable domestic political opposition.
Cultural differences between European countries remain marked, and political opposition to foreign takeovers is still fierce.
The Citi-Deutsche deal fell, it is said, because it was likely to run into political opposition.
Mr Blair, Mr Howard and Mr Berlusconi all face divided and weak political opposition.
But further steps to open up the economy may face political opposition within the country's governing coalition.
Singapore doesn't enjoy a robust political opposition, but that doesn't preclude checks on the ruling party's enthusiasms.
But the industry can take steps to offset social and political opposition, both now and in the future.
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Within Egypt, they - or the Muslim Brotherhood - is now the primary political opposition to the Mubarak government.
For several days, members of the political opposition in Australia made use of the incident to criticize the government.
Political opposition to gas exports is likely to continue but business leaders have supported the move to export gas.
Twelve days later, a man working for a political opposition-research firm called an Idaho courthouse for Mr. VanderSloot's divorce records.
This will be even harder to achieve than the current deal, as it will generate fierce political opposition in Washington.
"The MAS congressional majority could have directly selected all the justices, an unsavoury prospect for the political opposition, " she says.
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After fighting off partial destruction twice and nearly two decades of social and political opposition, the city has finally embraced Guyton's eccentric dreamworld.
In April, political opposition in America led to his withdrawal of a bid for Global Crossing, a bankrupt American cable operator.
His call came as both the ruling family and the political opposition said they wanted to resolve Bahrain's difficulties by dialogue.
Ironically enough, political opposition to building more dams comes from the same crowd of tree huggers who oppose coal, gas and uranium.
And having a cohesive political opposition I think is critical to that.
Mr Duncan says that he believes that political opposition to wind energy in the UK is the real reason behind the plan.
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Much of the peaceful political opposition in Sri Lanka is also sceptical.
For most of his presidency, Mr. Obama declined to spend political capital on the gun issue, with aides citing political opposition in Congress.
On Kenya, Mr. Bush is dispatching Condoleezza Rice to augment Kofi Annan's efforts to seal a deal between Kenya's president and political opposition there.
And the problems in this southern African country are compounded by a lack of leadership in both the ruling party and the political opposition.
But it has met fierce political opposition and has been badly bruised as resistance to free trade persists on both sides of the Atlantic.
Taken together, industry officials say the recent decisions on the two programs reflect widespread institutional and political opposition to expanded national-security use of commercial satellites.
The deal itself is now more dependent on whether it gets through the US Congress before elections in November, than on political opposition in India.
Recognizing that the political opposition has doomed cap-and-trade and carbon taxes, Kaiser came up with his own version of a national Clean Energy Portfolio Standard.
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Meanwhile the political opposition, especially abroad, is at odds with itself.
Wanxiang Group, controlled by billionaire Lu Guanqiu, won control of Waltham, Massachusetts-based battery maker A123 at an auction last month, though the transaction faces political opposition.
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But Chinese firms have also had trouble investing in the U.S., most famously in 2005 when Cnooc pulled its effort to acquire Unocal amid fierce political opposition.
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