Big gas reserves will always give countries like Russia clout.
Mr Cardenas's next task may be to push through further tax increases.Lotteries give countries opportunities.
Over all, he said, the report could give countries leverage to challenge hardened American positions.
It would also give countries that kept the exemption a huge trade advantage.
They also are trying to bridge different national standards, which might give countries with more favorable requirements a competitive advantage.
But it was crafted to give countries additional diplomatic and political cover and impetus to target Isis and eliminate it.
In many cases, however, these mutually agreed ceilings give countries much more latitude than they choose to use.
And it needs to give countries that receive bailouts enough time to make their necessary fiscal adjustments.
rules, and to give countries like China "the benefit of any reasonable doubt" when evaluating their policies.
He also needs to demonstrate the potency of American firepower to give countries pause before turning their backs on him.
It also meshes with one of the bank's other long-standing imperatives: give countries what they ask for.
