Sentence examples for feeble trade from inspiring English sources

HONG KONG — Signs that the Chinese economy is sputtering mounted Friday, in the form of dismally feeble trade data that fanned expectations that Beijing would soon step up its efforts to buttress growth before a key leadership transition this autumn.

Western countries wanted "control over natural resources, dominance in consumer markets and decisive influence in [the region's] economic and political evolution," it thundered.Compared with China, Russia's efforts to counter the West in Africa have so far been feeble; China's trade with Zimbabwe is ten times that of Russia.

The first episode covers the period from 1974 to the early 1980s, encompassing the last 2 years of a democratic government and the whole dictatorial military regime.16 Weak labor institutions, feeble unions, a sweeping trade liberalization reform, and sharp overall increase in inequality characterize this episode.

Along with the deal ending the strike, Lonmin said it would close a shaft at Marikana and lay off 1,200 contract workers.The strikes have made South Africa's leaders, especially its big trade unions, look feeble.

As I have written here, demand from an increasingly affluent Asia, improved international transport and trade links, and weak enforcement and feeble penalties (in many countries) have caused wildlife poaching to jump over the past decade or two.

The scenes set at a Cannes trade convention are on the feeble side.

Two years ago progress was so feeble that Pascal Lamy, director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), suspended negotiations.Many wrote the round off at that point.

Most are hostile to the current government's "neoliberalism", namely feeble attempts to privatise and the pursuit of free trade with the United States.

Describing the economy as fraught with uncertainty, she highlighted the huge debt load; the volatility of the equity markets, which are trading two times above the historical average; and feeble consumer confidence.

She said the time and money might have been better spent reframing international trade law, on which resource exploitation so heavily depends, and "bringing feeble human rights law up to scratch.

Yet they've been portrayed as sudden decisions taken on the instruction of trade union barons, cynical attempts to climb on passing bandwagons, or feeble efforts to deflect attention from the government's perceived successes.