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Assessment of risks and uncertainties

China s rise is fraught with fear and uncertainty.

There are two major geopolitical uncertainties as well.

The uncertainties are greater in the US.

BERLIN For many centuries, Europe was a continent plagued by wars, famines, and poverty.

Though FROLINAT was plagued by rivalry and division, it was able to resist Tombalbaye's authoritarianism.

But a minority Conservative government would create additional uncertainties and risks.

The path to truly new, never been done before things always has failure along the way.

On top of this, the uncertainties of the GATT negotiations hang over all producers.

Uncertainties are given in concise form in parentheses after the corresponding last digits.

It was a remarkably enlightened and progressive document, composed by learned scholars, steeped in history, law, and philosophy.

Unfortunately, as we saw at Davos, the global climate debate is polluted with myths and wishful thinking.

The two main uncertainties involve Iran and the US.

Used together , they provide a better assessment of the uncertainties related to monetary developments to be made .

(b) Reduction of legal uncertainties and obstacles posed by inadequate and disparate laws.

Japan may appear to be peaceful and tranquil on the surface but the fact is that there are a lot of deep rooted problems.

We see a European system of crisis management that is fraught with ineptitude, extreme politicization, gamesmanship, and unprofessionalism.

Uncertainties are given in concise form in parentheses after the corresponding last digits.

But law is different than other kinds of uncertainties, because it carries with it the power of state.

This is where the political dimension comes in, the question of the political Union and the Eutopean Union that constitutes the fabric linking the various intergovernmental conferences, in particular the Inter governmental Conference on Political Union and the Colombo Report, which undoubtedly represents a major step forward, providing an important framework and giving us a perspective.

A new regional order is not yet discernible, which points to a future fraught with risk and possible chaos.

Greece s public sector is rife with clientelism (to gain votes) and cronyism (to gain favors) far more so than in other parts of Europe.

It attempts to provide benchmarks which may assist in removing uncertainties regarding the process of changing over to the European currency .

Indeed, the US tax code is riddled with special preferences and contains large differences in effective tax rates across individuals and economic activities.

Well, to quote The discovery of intelligent life beyond Earth would eradicate the loneliness and solipsism that has plagued our species since its inception.

In addition to immediate uncertainties, investors are being held back by a shortage of incentives and a surplus of factors that reduce returns.

While the odds still favor a relatively smooth transition, many uncertainties could derail the reform process.

This is only a slight reservation, but there is another more serious one concerning the uncertainty surrounding the Commission's estimates.

My second point concerns the total disregard shown for the subsidiarity principle.

But extracting shale energy involves environmental risks and uncertainties, among them groundwater contamination, higher methane emissions, and potential seismic effects.

Though liberalizing reforms could cure Russia s ailments, such an agenda is unlikely to be embraced in a corruption plagued country with an emphatically illiberal leadership.

Indeed, at no time since the Arab Spring began has one been able to discern a coherent Western strategy to address its many challenges and uncertainties.

The court's affirmation of a previous ruling dealt yet another blow to media freedom in Macedonia, a country long plagued by issues of media intimidation and harassment.

Just as financial contagion can spread market uncertainties through neighboring economies, so, too, can political contagion spread the adoption of a zero sum mentality.

The more they invested, the more they modernized their farms, the more they exposed themselves to economic hazards and the worse their position became.

By contrast, a country riddled with regulatory shortcomings will find its arteries of commerce clogged and foreign investors spooked by unpredictable quality and unfair competition from unscrupulous producers.

This was Iceland's first leftist government, and was plagued with troubles from the outset, not the least of which was the relative hostility and distrust of the United States and other NATO allies.

Similarly, some of the economic and financial stresses faced by South Africa, Argentina, and Turkey are the result of poor policies and domestic political uncertainties, not Fed action.

I therefore believe that with 1993 we are reaching the point predicted by the signatories to the Treaty of Rome.

( 15 ) Whereas the definition of sanctions on a prescribed scale removes uncertainties and would thus allow those involved in the procedure to have full information about it

Temporarily , further uncertainty arose as to the economic effects of the recent hurricanes in the United States , which , in the meantime , have generally been assessed to be limited and short term .

Given current policy and political uncertainties and the multiple equilibria that they entail it is difficult to predict with a high degree of confidence which road eventually will be taken and when.

The region proved to be fairly resilient to some adverse shocks , including the geopolitical uncertainties ( namely , the Iraq war and tension in North Korea ) and the SARS epidemic .

Northeast Asia has its share of trouble. A rising China, a resurgent Japan, an assertive Russia, and an anachronistic North Korea have added new complexities and uncertainties to the region.