Separately, the Beijing financial publication Economic Observer reported on Tuesday that the government had begun a broad inquiry into the so-called resident representative offices of foreign-based enterprises — in essence, offices that many foreign groups, including many charities and nonprofit organizations, establish on Chinese soil.
Their foreign policy vision, in essence, amounts to "we know best". They regard themselves as good people who will do the correct thing and, if circumstances permit, the right thing.
Gary Hufbauer, a trade expert at the Institute for International Economics, thinks the earliest likely date for repeal is 2006.Congress's performance on tax breaks for "foreign sales corporations"—in essence, export subsidies also deemed illegal by the WTO hardly signifies respect for global trade rules.
The Israeli foreign minister, Tzipi Livni, in essence has been suggesting talks with Mr. Abbas that result in a Palestinian state with temporary borders, with Israel pulling back in the West Bank to the current route of the separation barrier it is building there.
Then Mr. Kissinger, going for a broad, sweeping issue, says the "essence of foreign policy is the accumulation of nuance". In other words, there are no decisive strokes; we must look to "gradual transformation". Again, there seems to be general agreement.
If you're anything like me (and the millions of other students who have suffered through our public school system), you know that the teaching styles implemented in schools don't really capture the true essence of foreign language.
Nothing could sound worse than an English writer in the 21st century defining the essence of a foreign people in this monolithic way.
But, in essence, said several foreign policy officials in the administration, that led to a president unwilling to exercise full authority over military commanders.
O'Neill's message, in essence, was that foreign aid should be more efficiently targeted before lots more money is added to the budget; Bono's, in essence, was to agree about efficiency while insisting that much bigger bucks are needed.
An "expansive, even aggressive global policy was consistent with American foreign policy traditions," because the essence of Americans' patriotism "has been inextricably tied to a belief in their nation's historic global significance".
FATCA, they hope, will usher in "automatic" exchange of data, leaving the tax-shy with nowhere to hide.In essence, FATCA turns foreign banks and other financial institutions into enforcement arms of America's Internal Revenue Service IRSS).
