Though the meeting, as expected, did not produce significant policy agreements among the trading partners, Mr. Obama described progress in addressing the three areas he set for the agenda: increasing trade and investment, promoting green jobs, and streamlining and coordinating the nations' regulations related to commerce and trade.
Being sucked into the government's own restrictive agenda about increasing the GDP may not be the way to go.
He said Russian companies, in a move consistent with the Kremlin's agenda, were increasing their stakes in those countries, particularly in energy industries.
"We are using our voice to support the petition to raise the profile of meningitis, keeping it high on the political agenda and increasing awareness among the public to prevent more lives being lost to this devastating disease.
It is an unexpected element of the higher education and research bill now going through parliament, and fits into the government's agenda of increasing competition and student choice, and its desire to encourage social mobility.
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Normally, European Union member states start their six-month rotations as holders of the presidency in a political glow, with high hopes of shaping the European agenda and increasing their stature.
"They see themselves as driving forward an agenda about increasing the number of staff who are able to bring in research income and reducing the number of staff available to teach because that doesn't generate income in the same way".
In Germany, at least two leadership training programs focus specifically on women scientists as part of a broader political agenda of increasing the numbers of female university professors.
but would also make it possible to take on family responsibilities without jeopardising the macroeconomic objective, enshrined in the Lisbon Agenda, of increasing the female labour force participation rate to 60% over the next decade.
These concerns on democratic control of the Council of the EU and its strategies, and its counter-terrorism agenda, are increasing the distrust generated by the growing involvement of industry security and defence policy in many newly developed measures.
City officials must not play into the agenda of increasing an already large militarized NYPD force ahead of the community's needs".
