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.

He makes an additional indictment of our strong ties when he says that these people who are so close to us, these strong ties in our lives, actually have a homogenizing effect on us.

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.

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.

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.

Equally strong ties have been established with SADC and its predecessor, SADCC, during their 13 years of existence.

Trade relations and ethnic and cultural ties result in relatively in depth knowledge about neighbouring markets.

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.

These included the establishment of a business centre in Nairobi and strengthening formal bilateral trade and investment ties.

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.

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

Moreover, it maintains strong and diversified ties with the majority of the European countries, of which the Mediterranean is the main carrier.

Believing that strong economic ties and cooperation can contribute significantly to the building of strong, friendly relations and acceleration of the development of free markets, economic growth and job creation in both countries

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

Mark Granovetter, Stanford sociologist, in 1973 in his seminal essay The Strength of Weak Ties, made the point that these weak ties that are a part of our networks, these strangers, are actually more effective at diffusing information to us than are our strong ties, the people closest to us.

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

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

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

The recently concluded CARICOM Costa Rica free trade agreement reflects CARICOM's desire to foster closer ties with countries in Central America.

The international economic and trade system has a responsibility to assist in developing trade and economic ties, and the United Nations and its agencies, in humanitarian, social, and educational assistance.

As modernism proceeds, strong ties in traditional communities become weaker and weaker, while the need to care for each other grows stronger and stronger.

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

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

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.

The Russian Federation attached great importance to the improvement of mechanisms to regulate foreign economic ties and train specialists in foreign trade.

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.

Equally strong ties have been established with SADC and its predecessor, the Southern African Development Coordination Conference (SADCC), over the 14 years of their existence.

The evidence of the adverse effects of terms of trade shocks on economic growth is strong.

If a cap and trade proposal weakens our ability to make strong laws, it's a distraction.

Top hats, bow ties

Only by increasing trade flows, economic ties and humanitarian assistance can we provide a degree of certainty for the success of democratization and progress.

Strong, strong, strong.

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