The world has changed its supplier of global public goods in the past.

For the US, displacing Russia as India s leading arms supplier was a major diplomatic triumph, akin to Egypt s decision during the Cold War to shift its allegiance and its arms supplier from the Soviet Union to America.

There is a consensus among Afghan and international experts that Afghanistan's position as a leading narcotics supplier must be turned back in 2005.

In a global economy, the decisions of the leading countries central banks have global implications.

Currently, the members of Supplier Connection purchase more than 150 billion in goods and services annually through their global supply chains.

Even if this deal didn t work out for the US, it remains a leading arms supplier to India, having won bids to provide ships, reconnaissance aircraft, and advanced transport planes.

It is also a leading regional supplier of welded steel pipes for gas pipelines in South America, with overseas manufacturing facilities in Brazil, Canada, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Romania and Venezuela.

For the US, displacing Russia as India s leading arms supplier was a major diplomatic triumph, akin to Egypt s decision during the Cold War to shift its allegiance and its arms supplier from the Soviet Union to America. The difference is that India can actually pay for the weapons that it acquires.

Nestlé's supplier development in China

Local content requirements have spawned productive supplier industries in automotive and electronics products. Generous export incentives have helped firms break into competitive global markets.

UNCTAD was encouraged to explore ways of integrating the production of transnational corporations and global supplier networks, which could be an effective way for SMEs in developing countries to join the global economy.

(IAEA safeguards export controls supplier measures)

With respect to supplier performance, ESCWA advises that, in the absence of a post of Supplier Roster Officer, the job description of one staff will include periodical maintenance of the supplier roster and relevant files.

China is also Burma s largest military supplier.

Box 2. Nestlé's supplier development in China

A third of humanity saw the Soviet Union as leading the world toward global socialism.

Its largest supplier is its stable neighbor, Canada.

The country is the biggest supplier of nurses.

Russia is the major weapons supplier to Sudan.

UNICEF is currently the world's largest supplier of ITNs.

In 2000, he discovered that soot was probably the second leading cause of global warming, after CO2.

To be sure, the US remains the world s leading destination for FDI, accounting for 15 of global flows.

In addition, he has been one of the leading translators for the newly formed Global Voices in Greek.

In 1970, other OPEC states followed suit, leading to a global increase in the price of crude oil.

A United Nations Supplier Code of Conduct is also being formulated.

Some SMEs follow TNCs as their supplier firms in going abroad.

Like China, India views Central Asia as an important future energy supplier.

Outsourcing Outsourcing involves transfer of responsibility from an organization to a supplier.

In the decade or so leading up to the meltdown of 2007 2008, the global trend was toward regulatory integration.

The location of growth in the global economy comes to be seen as a zero sum game, leading to suboptimal reactions.

The Yom Kippur War in 1973 caused a sharp increase in oil prices, leading to the global stagflation of 1974 1975.

At the global level, the State of Qatar has been a leading advocate of the need to promote dialogue among civilizations.

Russia has been China s major supplier of weapons since the late 1990 s.

Trade. Obama is the first US president in a long time who has not played a leading role on global trade liberalization.

The eurozone s sovereign risk problems could worsen, leading to another round of asset price corrections, global risk aversion, volatility, and financial contagion.

At the same time, the lower dollar makes American products more competitive in global markets, leading to increased exports and reduced imports.

In the process, he damaged Russia s reputation as a reliable supplier of natural gas.

Strengthening of local supplier capabilities is indeed crucial in this regard, and it is here that positive corporate contributions to development could unfold tapping into, and proactively developing, the potential of local supplier linkages (UNCTAD 2001).

CAMBRIDGE Suppose that the world s leading policymakers were to meet again in Bretton Woods, New Hamp shire, to design a new global economic order.

It is very difficult to imagine successful global rebalancing and progress without China and the US taking a leading role in the process.

First, the world s leading climate scientists and most of the world s governments have brought climate science to the forefront of global policy debates.

It has amassed a portfolio of over 15 leading global businesses and has further pushed its expansion in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

Reiterating that a balance between consumption and production of opiate raw materials was achieved in the past as a result of efforts made by the two traditional supplier countries, India and Turkey, together with established supplier countries,

You had a monopoly supplier. On the left, you have Rupert Murdoch, or the BBC.

Affirming the coordinating and leading role of the United Nations in establishing a cohesive and effective system for responding to global threats and challenges,