Questions tagged [international]
International mostly means something involving more than a single country.
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How many countries have single-payer healthcare with 0 copays and 0 deductibles?
Many 2020 Democratic Presidential Candidates in the United States, including Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, and Andrew Yang, support a "Medicare for All" single payer healthcare system with zero ...
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Why did the U.S. forced Japan to stop its government subsidized VLSI project while it also had its own government subsidized VLSI project?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VLSI_Project
On Japan's side, the government was concerned about a negative impact
on its relationship with the United States with regard to both
national security ...
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How [dis]similar are Trump's and Warren's (proposed) trade policies?
An AIER article says
Today Congress is statutorily impeded from stopping a continued march toward autarky, lest there appears some bipartisan legislation structured to take it back. The problem is ...
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What are the political or business connections of Parnas and Fruman in the former USSR countries?
From breaking news in the Guardian:
Two associates of Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, have been charged with election finance violations for channeling foreign money into the ...
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Does the FBI investigate social media accounts (on Twitter, Facebook etc.) for foreign influence?
As it turns out from a related question, the FBI has a Foreign Influence Task Force, which among other things does:
Private sector partnerships: The FBI considers strategic engagement with U.S. ...
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Can a country prevent another country from having access to its scientific infrastructure?
https://s3.amazonaws.com/academia.edu.documents/55967145/a_3A100301651551420180305-1337-h7mebg.pdf
The Japanese have often been criticized for the lack of government
funding of basic science, ...
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Why is China the only country that build infrastructure for natural resources rights?
Why is China the only country that build infrastructure for natural resources rights?
https://ecommons.cornell.edu/bitstream/handle/1813/30639/dpz6.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
It proposes R4I ...
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Can the U.S. default on its debt held by the Chinese by using Imperial Chinese debt notes as a pretext to do so?
Can the U.S. default on its debt held by the Chinese by using Imperial Chinese debt notes as a pretext to do so? This seems far-fetched and almost absurd to do so, but there has been numerous story ...
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Can a country avoid prosecution for crimes against humanity by denying it happened?
I found this article and what I read shocked me.
There are an estimated 650,000 like Hong Hanh in Vietnam, suffering
from an array of baffling chronic conditions. Another 500,000 have
already ...
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Under what circumstances can the members of the WTO bring about some changes to the WTO laws?
Under what circumstances can the members of the WTO bring about some changes to the WTO laws? People have been calling for a reform of the WTO, but there doesn't seem to be a rule that says how the ...
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Is “forced” technology transfer against the WTO TRIPS agreement?
Is "forced" technology transfer against WTO TRIPS agreement? The TRIPS agreement state that it's an agreement that seeks to help both users and producers benefit from the agreement through technology ...
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Is there a reason why countries cannot increase their vote count at any time by giving money to the IMF?
https://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/memdir/members.aspx
The Board of Governors, the highest decision-making body of the IMF,
consists of one governor and one alternate governor for each member
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What can the U.S. do against the EU subsidizing its tech industry?
The EU drafted a plan for a hundred billion-dollar fund to take on US tech firms, or so the reports say.
I was wondering if that plan is against WTO rules as I have heard that state subsidies are ...
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What happens if Japan refuses to pay the U.S. for its military presence? [closed]
What happens if Japan refuses to pay the U.S. for its military presence? Is there a procedure for such a situation? Or would the U.S. simply pull its troops out of Japan and let Japan fend for itself? ...
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What can France do to prevent West African countries from ditching the CFA Franc?
What can France do to prevent West African countries from ditching the CFA Franc?
https://www.aljazeera.com/ajimpact/african-currency-eco-replace-cfa-franc-190711162229142.html
Leaders from eight ...
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Are there restrictions on how recipient countries can use foreign aid money coming from the U.S.?
Are there restrictions on how recipient countries can use foreign aid money coming from the U.S.? Or can recipient countries can use it any way it want to use it? I heard that recipient countries can ...
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Can a country kick out any diplomat over security concerns?
Can a country kick out any diplomat over security concerns? Julie Eadeh, a US diplomat in Hong Kong, was caught meeting HK protest leaders, which is similar to a Chinese or Russian diplomat getting ...
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Does Hong Kong have the right to hold a referendum for independence?
Does Hong Kong have the right to hold a referendum for independence? I am wondering if there was some kind of legal agreement when Hong Kong was ceded to China by Britain that guaranteed that Hong ...
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Do countries other than the U.S. have the power to block a government from issuing new debt?
I read the following excerpt on Peterson Institute of International Economics and I was wondering if other entities such as the EU or China had the same power as the United States in preventing other ...
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Evidence for meeting Treasury Criteria for Currency Manipulation
In order for a country to be designated as a currency manipulator, it needs to meet three criteria set by the Treasury itself:
Significant bilateral trade surplus with the United States
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Are the laws governing Antarctica legally binding?
Are the laws governing Antarctica legally binding? I heard that there's a mining ban in Antarctica that sets by the Antarctic Treaty, but I am wondering if it's legally binding and what would happen ...
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How likely is a reform on the status of 'developing' country pushed by the Trump adminstration only affect China?
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-wto/trump-targets-china-in-call-for-wto-to-reform-developing-country-status-idUSKCN1UL2G6
The Trump administration is trying to weaken China using any ...
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What is the reason South Sudan has not yet signed the NPT?
What is the reason South Sudan has not yet signed the NPT? On Wikipedia, it says South Sudan, founded in 2011, has not yet joined. Is there a particular political reason why they didn't join yet? What ...
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Why are certain countries refusing to abide the obligations of Article VIII, Sections 2, 3 and 4 of the Articles of Agreement of the IMF?
The countries highlighted in light green represents IMF member states not accepting the obligations of Article VIII, Sections 2, 3, and 4.
According to the document Articles of Agreement of the ...
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Why didn't any country complain to the WTO about the car company bailouts by the U.S.?
Why didn't any country complain to the WTO about the car company bailouts by the U.S.? Aren't financial bailouts considered to be illegal subsidies according to the WTO? If so, why didn't any country ...
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Is the success of Chinese economic model in Africa a threat to Western interests?
Rwanda's economic development has been fantastic in the last couple of years allowing Rwanda to become a model of development success. Is this success a good thing considering that its model of ...
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Are most people who commit financial fraud extradited, or people don't bother and just tend to fine the companies?
This is an excerpt of an article written by Jeffrey Sachs.
Ms. Meng is charged with violating U.S. sanctions on Iran. Yet,
consider her arrest in the context of the large number of companies,
U....
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What benefits does The BRICS Development Bank to its members?
What benefits does The BRICS Development Bank to its members? As you may know, a new bank called "The BRICS Development Bank" was established by the BRICS as an alternative to the World Bank. Is there ...
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If SWIFT is headquartered in Europe, why does the EU need to create a SWIFT alternative to be able to do transactions with Iran?
If SWIFT is headquartered in Europe, why does the EU need to create a SWIFT alternative to be able to do transactions with Iran? It seems that the U.S. has significant control over SWIFT although ...
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Is the U.S. pursuing the agenda of containing the economic development of developing countries?
Is the U.S. pursuing the agenda of containing the economic development of developing countries? Under the WTO, countries like Vietnam and India should have favorable treatment, but recently the Trump ...
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Why didn't the U.S. support the idea of an Asian Monetary Fund?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_Monetary_Fund
During the Asian financial crisis, Asian leaders had difficulties in
dealing with both regional and international institutions such as the
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Why hasn't the U.S. government paid war reparations to any country it attacked?
Why hasn't the U.S. government paid war reparations to any country it attacked?
According to Wikipedia, the U.S. has never paid any war reparations to members of other countries. It has only paid ...
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What would the EU do if an EU member declared war on another EU member?
What would the EU do if an EU member declared war on another EU member? I am wondering what would happen if a country like France attacked a country like Cyprus, what would the EU do in that situation?...
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Does the EU have the power to expand its own power without the consent of EU members?
Does the EU have the power to expand its own power without the consent of EU members? If yes, what is the legal framework that allows it to do so? If not, what do the EU members have to do to allow ...
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Did right-wing politician Franz Josef Strauss ever explain why he gave a 3 billion loan to East Germany in 1983?
Economist Manfred Melzer described East Germany's economy in the 1980s like this (1):
The economy performed fairly well in the first half of the 1980's, raising exports while conserving raw ...
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What are the consequences for a developed nation to not accept any refugees?
What are the consequences for a developed nation to not accept any refugees? Are there grave consequences for not accepting any refugees?
I am asking, because almost every country on the planet ...
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Why use tariffs instead of a tax on foreign investment to remedy the “trade deficit”?
Many people and politicians in the United States lament the trade deficit, or more precisely, the current accounts deficit. The necessary corollary to a current account deficit is a capital account ...
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Can European countries bypass the EU and make their own individual trade deal with the U.S.?
Can European countries bypass the EU and make their own individual trade deal with the U.S.? I am asking, because for instance Italy decided to join the Belt and Road before other countries meaning ...
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Is Facebook's Libra a threat to the U.S. dollar as a reserve currency? [closed]
Is Facebook's Libra a threat to the U.S. dollar as a reserve currency? I've heard that Libra would diminish the need to hold U.S. dollars and thus diminish the power of the U.S. dollar as less people ...
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Can there be a UN resolution to remove a country from the UN Security Council?
Can there be a United Nations (UN) resolution to remove a country from the United Nations Security Council (UNSC)?
I am wondering if we can vote a country like France or China out of the UNSC. Is ...
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Is the U.S. requiring Japan to share their semiconductor patents with the U.S. a case of trade bullying?
The South China Morning Post said:
This was followed by a second five-year semiconductor deal in 1991, in
which Japan agreed to double the US market share in Japan to 20 per
cent. In yet ...
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Are intrusions within a foreign embassy considered an act of war?
Are intrusions within a foreign embassy considered an act of war? Let's say that the U.S. breaks into the Chinese embassy in New York and decides to arrest a criminal whom the Chinese government had ...
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Are there political reasons why the Chinese government doesn't or is not allowed to buy U.S. stocks?
Are there political reasons why the Chinese government doesn't or is not allowed to buy U.S. stocks? I am asking, because I am wondering why the Chinese government always buy U.S. securities when it ...
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What countries in the world have legalized both abortion and cannabis?
As far as I am aware, Uruguay is the only country in the Americas that has legalized both abortion and cannabis:
Abortion was legalized in 2012, followed by same-sex marriage and cannabis in the ...
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How much bargaining power do countries like Greece have on their debt settlement with rich EU countries?
How much bargaining power do countries like Greece have on their debt settlement with rich EU countries? What are the things they could bargain for in their own interests and what are the things they ...
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What happens when during the negotiation of a treaty when all the members don't agree on a particular provision?
What happens when during the negotiation of a treaty when all the members don't agree on a particular provision? For example, during the Iran deal, how did members solve their disagreements? Is there ...
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Does cyber warfare have rules similar to those existing for classic warfare?
Classic warfare has some rules:
(..) UN Security Council Resolution 2286. This important document condems
attacks against medical facilities, personnel and patients in crisis
situations.(..)
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Does the post-WW2 international system imply a constant growth of the number of countries?
Since the end of the WW2 we have seen the emergence of lots of new countries, and the trend continues to exist. Separatist movements and dissolutions continue to exist and periodically increase number ...
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Population growth must be slowed to avoid catastrophic climate change: anybody saying this? [closed]
TL;DR: Title says it all.
You do not have to be a math genius for this equation. The more people live, the more our ecosystem suffers, the faster it's resources are burnt up.
I understand from a ...
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Credible evidence for Iran arming or funding the Houthi rebels in Yemen?
Reuters carries this news item, beginning with the following paragraph:
Iran is sending advanced weapons and military advisers to Yemen’s rebel Houthi movement, stepping up support for its Shi’ite ...
