Sentence examples for cartel whether from inspiring English sources

Some of the questions Penn had submitted were pointed, if open-ended: whether his products "contribute to the destruction of mankind," how he justified the use of violence, whether he regarded his business as a "cartel," whether the Mexican government and the United States Drug Enforcement Administration were corrupt, how he laundered his money, what he thought of the movement to legalize drugs.

Such cartels, whether organized by the owners themselves or by enterprising local gangs, can easily turn to bribery and even physical violence to keep competition out.

A serious discussion of oil's future must address whether we can defang the worldwide oil cartel or whether we will continue to be soaked financially for the foreseeable future.

Sinaloa cartel thrived, whether boss was in prison or on the lam.

He even suggested that the federal cartel office consider whether the company should be broken up, as natural gas and electricity distributors have been separated.

As evidence, Noah used Trump's idea to make his long-promised U.S.-Mexico border wall see-through so that officials can check whether cartel members are on the other side.

Policies that will determine whether a cartel of phone and cable companies turn the Internet into their own fiefdom, or whether every Web site will be able to become a television or radio network, breaking open access and distribution of media content for generations.

There is also the question of whether the cartel will stick to whatever agreement it reaches.

But whether the cartel can finally reach a consensus about what to do remains questionable.

De Beers has run its cartel by buying diamonds, whether from the Soviet Union or anybody else no questions asked.That is now its biggest problem.

There was also some uncertainty ahead of this week's Opec meeting, with disagreement about whether the cartel would agree to cut production or not.