Moreover, on the social and cultural levels, the sweeping changes have been more colossal.

The shale energy revolution that started in the US is thus causing sweeping changes worldwide.

That figure doubled to 12 of all regulatory changes in 2003 2004, and almost doubled again, to 21 of all FDI regulatory changes, in 2005 2007.

The sweeping changes underway in Asia are not just economic, but have also created new political realities that cannot be ignored.

AMMAN There seem to be a thousand and one interpretations of the changes sweeping across the countries of the Middle East and North Africa.

It's sweeping the world.

In Latin America, for example, some 60 of all FDI regulatory changes in 2007 were unfavorable to foreign investors.

These efforts are arguably as important as the specific and detailed regulatory changes about which we hear much more.

But it was clearly at odds with the massive technical changes sweeping across the retail sector, and eventually the communications industry, which soon produced Fedex, faxes, mobile phones, and the Internet.

Erdogan has moved to defuse the current crisis by declaring that he will seek early elections as well as sweeping constitutional changes that would make the president popularly elected, rather than elected by the parliament.

Sweeping changes were needed in the status of conscientious objectors in Greece, which had been the target of criticism by the European Court of Human Rights and Amnesty International and other non governmental human rights organizations.

A left wing tide has supposedly been sweeping Latin America.

Some of those regulatory changes may be reversed, but Britain is unlikely to jeopardize an important component of its economy by returning to pre Thatcher financial rules.

So, too, are frequent changes of rules and weakening of regulatory agencies, reflecting a disregard for stability and the consequent need to strengthen the country s institutional framework.

In particular, the fact that investment banks, which were propelled into riskier activities by these policy changes, were entirely outside the regulatory net was a recipe for disaster.

A democratic tide seems to be sweeping across the Arab world.

In 2003, social assistance was improved primarily by the indexing of benefits and by legislative and regulatory changes, specifically by ending the reduction in benefits for people sharing housing.

Since his sweeping re election, he has been surprisingly modest and magnanimous.

Sweeping men away as though they were uprooted trunks of palm trees .

Sweeping men away as though they were uprooted trunks of palm trees .

Regulatory issues

Regulatory action

These included questions over standard dosage rates, the acceptability of virtually impermeable film, and the timing of changes in the standard presumptions used by MBTOC, which might affect domestic regulatory processes.

The ITC World Trade Net programme seeks to help business sectors better understand dynamic changes in legal and regulatory frameworks for international trade and implications for day to day business operations.

Absent international coordination, the opportunities for destructive regulatory competition will defeat regulatory reform.

Worse, investment agreements enable companies to sue the government over perfectly sensible and just regulatory changes when, say, a cigarette company s profits are lowered by a regulation restricting the use of tobacco.

Other regulatory controls

Sometimes, though, the only way to tell a story is with a sweeping picture.

Instead, what is called for is a sweeping solution to all the core issues.

This movement is not quite sweeping the world, but it is making a difference.

Four years ago, the crackdown started and a sweeping round of arrests has continued.

To impose strict liability in respect of all significant damage therefore seemed very sweeping.

Legal and regulatory environment3

So far, anti American rhetoric has been remarkably muted in the uprisings sweeping the Middle East.

The United States is in the midst of an intense debate on a sweeping immigration overhaul.

A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.

The telecommunications industry worldwide is experiencing technological and regulatory changes leading to new products and services not only in telecommunications, but also in industries that use telecommunications products as inputs, such as computers and data retrieval.

The Harm of Regulatory Disharmony

Regulatory philosophies are converging, too.

Franchising poses particular regulatory challenges.

And here, Obama, in particular, will soon understand that Hollande has no intention of bringing sweeping change.

The recent trend, mostly expressed in Arabic, is best characterized as a sweeping current of religious zealotry.

He implemented sweeping economic policies in Portugal to regulate commercial activity and standardize quality throughout the country.

We wish for a sweeping review of cooperation policies and of the distribution of official development assistance.

It is not hard to see why. These agreements go well beyond trade, governing investment and intellectual property as well, imposing fundamental changes to countries legal, judicial, and regulatory frameworks, without input or accountability through democratic institutions.