Furthermore, trade tensions could weaken political ties.

Some create strong ties, while others produce weak ties. Think of the difference between friendships and acquaintances.

They're important because they have access to resources that your strong ties don't have.

Weak ties, such as one finds on the Internet, are more effective than strong ties for providing the necessary information to link diverse groups together in a cooperative manner.

Rudd, by contrast, raised the idea of an Asia Pacific Community with strong ties to the US.

But the core of Japan s defense strategy remains strong ties with the US, not military self sufficiency.

They have not severed ties, however, due to a long history of trade with Iran.

In the United States, du Pont developed strong ties with industry and government, in particular with Thomas Jefferson.

Brazil and the Arab world are renewing their ties of friendship, inspired by strong historical and cultural affinities.

To make your farming dreams come true, you're going to have to press beyond your strong ties, people like your family and closest friends, and try tapping into your weaker ties.

The response from both has been muted (as it has from Thailand, which also has strong economic ties with Myanmar).

Moreover, the Cauca region throughout its long history had very strong economic and cultural ties with the people of Ecuador.

Likewise, trade between India and Pakistan could contribute to the normalization of ties between these long estranged neighbors.

Singapore still maintains strong security ties with Israel and is one of the biggest buyers of Israeli arms and weapons systems.

Officers in the Ottoman Egyptian army were appointed locally from the various militias, and had strong ties to the Egyptian aristocracy.

Over the last few years, economic and commercial ties have grown between India and Africa and trade has risen sharply.

The link between trade openness and economic prosperity is strong and suggestive.

Get ready to trade in those cuff links for some apple seeds, all because you reached out to your weak ties.

Moreover, China has sought to improve trade and transit ties with Central Asia over the last decade, reflecting its growing interests there.

In countries where trade and investment is concentrated in ties with the US, this is a central issue in the bilateral relationship.

American relations with Japan and China remain strong, and he has greatly enhanced the United States ties with India, the world s second most populous country.

Networks based on strong ties produce the power of loyalty, but may become cliques that re circulate conventional wisdom. They may succumb to group think.

It is in fact a grouping of mini states and emirates connected by strong historical, economic and social ties, but each one is completely independent.

The strong growth of the global economy in 2003 and 2004 was both reflected in and driven by strong growth in world trade.

Negotiations on trade facilitation have started in earnest, with strong participation from developing countries.

Wages have stagnated despite strong productivity growth, while the trade deficit has set new records.

It needs not just closer economic ties, but also closer political ties.

The three pillars upon which Western influence in the Middle East was built a strong military presence, commercial ties, and a string of dollar dependent states are crumbling.

As leaders increasingly need to understand the relationship of networks to power, they will have to adapt strategies and create teams that benefit from both strong and weak ties.

Giving preferential treatment to citizens of neighbouring countries or countries with which there were strong ties was a well known phenomenon in Europe and the rest of the world.

Financial flows for development must be generated through a meaningful international trade regime with strong development dimensions.

There is a strong need to identify the trade facilitation needs and priorities of landlocked developing countries.

With China s US trade surplus reaching 200 billion last year, American sentiment is growing to take strong measures.

Its standoff with the West over its nuclear program, together with its ties to Syria and its growing influence in Lebanon and Iraq, suggest the emergence of a strong regional power.

Strong grassroots movements sprung up in Sweden during the latter half of the 19th century (trade unions, temperance groups, and independent religious groups), creating a strong foundation of democratic principles.

World War II Despite the regime's quasi fascist tendencies and strong economic ties to Nazi Germany, King George was known to have pro British feelings at the start of World War II.

With the border issue effectively controlled, there should be greater focus on trade and multilateral issues, where success could bring about a new and welcome chapter in bilateral ties.

In the past, he clipped the wings of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, who had strong ties to the merchant class, and of Mohammad Khatami, a reformer whose support came from Westernized middle class professionals.

These effects are different from support in that they are less a function of the nature of immediate social ties but rather of the ties these immediate ties provide to other people.

Social, tribal, and economic ties between the provinces of Deir al Zour in Syria and Anbar in Iraq are strong and have strengthened further as control by the Syrian and Iraqi governments has loosened.

Everybody has benefited from these ties.

He achieved an enviable rate of economic development for a country starved of natural resources, helped to eradicate poverty, and deepened Tunisia s ties with Europe through tourism, trade, and cultural relations.

The Commission can promote research into the economic benefits, including the investment appeal that strong trade unions can bring to countries.

Commercial ties between the two countries have expanded substantially in recent years, with the signing of a bilateral investment treaty in 2004 and a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement in January 2007.

They suggested further that the situation of indigenous peoples is prejudiced by strong enforcement mechanisms in trade related agreements, such as the World Trade Organization (WTO) agreements and free trade agreements, whereas human rights standards and indigenous customary laws remain largely unimplemented.