While some have inflicted temporary pain, they have not deterred North Korea from conducting two nuclear tests since 2006, a battery of missile tests that have yielded mixed results and the sale of nuclear and missile technology to the Middle East.
Noting a set of talking points issued by the agency, Mr. Segal said, the dispute over the definition of routine maintenance "has deterred companies from conducting badly needed repairs, resulting in unnecessary emissions of pollution and hazardous conditions at these plants".
But officials and worker advocates say the cases may deter employers from conducting such wage violations in the future.
In particular he wants to put greater pressure on North Korea to deter it from conducting more nuclear tests.
Japan is preparing to send several warships to join a US aircraft carrier strike group heading for the Korean peninsula, in a show of force designed to deter North Korea from conducting further missile and nuclear tests.
While it officially supported South Vietnam, this did not deter it from conducting significant trade with North Vietnam.
The SEC took two important additional actions which if fully implemented would at best impose additional burdens on companies conducting Rule 506 offerings and at worst deter them from conducting these offerings in the first place, completely undermining the Congressional intent of the JOBS Act.
Escalating bureaucracy and regulatory burden is increasing the costs of conducting trials, and deterring researchers from conducting high quality science.
Iran has sought to use the threat of a Hezbollah missile attack against Israeli territory as a means of building up its ally and deterring Israel from conducting airstrikes on Iranian nuclear installations that Israeli and American officials believe are part of an Iranian nuclear weapons program.
