With a great diplomatic tradition, a permanent seat on the UN Security Council and strong, if fraying, ties to both Europe and America, Britain ought to be pushing hard to extend open trade, human rights and international law as well as newer agendas against crime, terrorism and climate change.To make its voice heard, Britain needs to bulk up its diplomacy and its armed forces.
The extended row between China and Japan is already fraying ties between key trading partners; Nissan, for instance, has said its sales in China have been hurt by the recent tensions.
Dylan stepped onstage in "a blue dress shirt, properly unpressed and frayed; a tie, an old foulard that had a brown pattern or coffee stains* and as always his little sailor's cap" -- his own clothes.
He met with President Xi Jinping of China, the North's traditional communist ally, in a bid to mend frayed ties before meeting Mr. Moon and Mr. Trump.
In other words, with scant prospect of a swift return to growth, the risk in 2013 is less of outright conflagration in the single-currency area than of a fraying of social and political ties and an insidious erosion of hope.
The attacks highlighted how the fallout from the Egyptian revolution — lawlessness in the northern Sinai Peninsula and a softer line in Cairo toward Iran and the militant group Hamas — had frayed ties with Israel.
Washington had signalled it wanted Abe to stay away and then expressed "disappointment" over his visit, fearing it would further fray ties with China and South Korea, where Japan's past aggression has left a bitter legacy.
An increasingly outsize national ego, analysts say, had already helped to fray ties with Europe.
He moved back to rural Indiana and worked at factories, but his anger frayed ties with his friends and family.
The president of Iceland blocked a $5 billion compensation deal with the British and Dutch governments on Tuesday, upending the precarious finances and politics of the island nation and further jeopardizing already frayed ties with Europe and international lenders.
WASHINGTON — President Obama welcomed Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif of Pakistan to the White House on Wednesday, seeking to bolster his new civilian government and mend perennially frayed ties between the countries.
