By maintaining high environmental standards, and promoting such standards among its trade partners, Europe can bolster the global market for clean energy technologies.

Small and medium enterprises also find it difficult to comply with the high standards set by international markets, including the increasingly stringent environmental and social standards.

Its national strategy included plans for the development of all inhabited spaces in strict compliance with high environmental and economic management standards.

The most illustrative examples of NTBs include plant and animal health standards, food safety standards, environmental certification and other similar export quality standards.

This must be complemented by at least the minimum environmental standards.

Given their global reputation as guarantors of quality, Europe s high environmental standards are crucial to its future competitiveness, and should therefore be actively promoted, particularly in trade agreements.

Internet based movements are forcing Chinese policymakers to strengthen labor and environmental standards.

The high literacy rate had resulted in high standards of maternal and childcare.

They have also achieved high standards of governance.

For example, people may see an inevitable tradeoff between tough environmental standards and jobs.

Coke has been targeted by NGOs for alleged lapses in labor and environmental standards.

There is also a need for appropriate standards on the social and environmental fronts.

But, with no environmental or labor standards to contend with, few doubt that the pipeline will proceed.

Great figures don't meet high standards, but rather make their own.

The big question is whether it will be able to impose tougher environmental standards throughout the whole country.

When constructing their indicators, the countries report that they aim to comply with the highest environmental monitoring standards.

Environmental sustainability was a high priority objective of the Government of Kazakhstan.

The EU s political standards are high, but the fruits of cooperation are sweet.

Unfortunately, what happened on this occasion did not meet the required high standards.

A significant way to meet these stringent standards is in the construction of buildings that minimize environmental impacts, as well as the refurbishing of older buildings to meet carbon emission standards.

The optimists, by contrast, cheerfully claim that everything human health, living standards, environmental quality, and so on is getting better.

Producers in Jiangsu, for example, were forced to adapt constantly to fickle product safety and environmental standards in export markets.

Finally, it is important to have appropriate environmental standards that monitor and set controls on adverse externalities generated by firms.

While energy prices remain high by historical standards, Gazprom now operates at a loss.

National governments introduce efficiency standards, taxes, and other policy instruments to improve the environmental performance of buildings, vehicles, and transport fuels.

However, the practices of some TNCs cause direct and indirect human rights violations and degrade basic social, economic and environmental standards.

Likewise, some regulation for example, environmental rules, product safety standards, and anti trust enforcement is needed to ensure that competition is fair.

International companies can bring cash, skills, technology, and high ethical standards to a host country.

It is one of the few media outlets in Russia pursuing high standards of journalism.

The Panel used the same high evidentiary standards in its investigations as in previous reports.

The market economy and the profit motive have led to extremely high living standards in many places.

Such high level dialogue, we believe, can help to achieve progress in the implementation of the standards.

This has increased the possibility for the promotion of staff who otherwise meet the high qualification standards.

Private organizations such as the Forest Stewardship Council and the Marine Stewardship Council provide and, increasingly, implement environmental standards where inter governmental action has failed.

Beginning in 2011, the United States Environmental Protection Agency has set standards for lawn equipment emissions and expects a reduction of at least 35 percent.

Indonesia's high population and rapid industrialisation present serious environmental issues, which are often given a lower priority due to high poverty levels and weak, under resourced governance.

Taiwan is, de facto, an unrecognized independent state with a vigorous democracy and high standards of human rights.

How Europeans, and to a lesser extent Americans, will maintain their high standards of living is anyone s guess.

We are also dismayed that the report continues to retain a high degree of selectivity and double standards.

In addition there are a number of economic and environmental issues which will need to be addressed including the possible need for financial assistance for disarmament and the harmonizing of environmental standards for destroying weapons systems and disposing of fissile materials.

1.8 The Health programme will continue to focus on fostering quantitative and qualitative service standards consistent with the UN Millennium Developments Goals (MDGs), public sector standards and improving environmental conditions in camps, with a special focus on preventive primary health care.

But Europe must not heed short sighted calls to relax its environmental standards, which some claim harm its competitiveness vis à vis countries with looser rules.

Despite this, poor management, high population density, and environmental consciousness have resulted in these mineral resources remaining largely untapped.

Investment in environmental and natural resource sustainability has been proved to yield very high returns in the long term.

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