Sentence examples for liberalize relations from inspiring English sources

The officials said Castro had not lived up to promises made when Obama agreed to liberalize relations, one of his signature second-term accomplishments.

They simply want normal relations with it, which largely explains why President Ma Ying-jeou's efforts to liberalize relations with Beijing didn't encounter substantial resistance initially and why all the candidates in the current election have all committed to continuity and stability in the Taiwan Strait.

A longtime foe of liberalizing relations with Havana, he took to Facebook again, this time to slam Obama's move and describe it as "another dramatic overreach of his executive authority".

President Barack Obama has made his greatest progress with two small countries, Burma and Cuba, by liberalizing relations.

If they do not want to help, they will say, 'We are liberalizing now; market relations will determine which of you survive.' " Some oligarchs are so desperate that a group of metal executives made a pilgrimage to the Kremlin in January to make what once would have been an unthinkable proposal.

No one can predict what the incoming Trump regime may do in this context (or any other), but if Fidel's brother Raul continues to liberalize the economy and improve relations with Cuba's giant neighbor, it may benefit from much-needed inflows of investment and tourists.

He overhauled the judicial system, liberalized the economy, and eased relations with long-suppressed minorities like the Alevis and the Kurds.

He promised a "rupture" with France's past, including radical economic reforms that would reduce taxes and liberalize the country's labour market, and closer relations with the United States.

Congress should also liberalize Section 125 plans.

Frayed trade relations have already jeopardized important efforts to liberalize global trade.

While advocates of Obama's normalization policy towards Cuba have correctly pointed out that the trade embargo and international isolation were ineffective in encouraging Castro to liberalize his regime, it is equally unlikely that improved relations with Washington will facilitate tangible human rights improvements.