The phrase "affect the interests of" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing how a particular action, decision, or event has an impact on someone's or some group's interests.
Example: "The new policy may affect the interests of small business owners in the community."
Alternatives: "influence the interests of" or "impact the interests of".
Next Steps 8. (SBU) Ambassador Struble noted that security problems in mining communities affect the interests of several countries.
In many cases, the lobbyists are selecting administration officials for departments that will affect the interests of firms they represent".
8. (SBU) Ambassador Struble noted that security problems in mining communities affect the interests of several countries.
Foreign governments will not accept our democratic choices as they affect the interests of many foreign corporations who invest in Poland.
Efforts to open the power sector to competition, for example, could affect the interests of relatives of Li Peng, a former prime minister.
"Whether Enron has a duty to indemnify officers and directors and whether the depletion of insurance coverage could affect the interests of shareholders are questions intertwined with the ultimate outcome of these still-nascent matters," Oregon's filing states.
"[They] hurt the livelihood of the North Korean people before they affect the interest of their leadership, hell-bent on improving its nuclear arsenal," he wrote in the Korea Times.
Even though none of the problems listed seems to affect the interest of logical semantics, its applications are often handicapped by the nature of many of its basic concepts.
But if they play in the first leg of the play-off against Italian side Udinese, it could affect the interest of any potential suitors.
Natural changes during the life-span of the facility can drastically affect the interest of a particular location, twirling today's optimal location into an investment disaster.
Although one service closure project was identified and described in this study, two types of service closure were discussed during the interview: the major service closure which is likely to affect the interest of general public; the minor service closure that would not affect the interest of general public.
