Sentence examples for lost its leverage from inspiring English sources

Can the United States act as a force for change in Iran and the Arab countries, or has it lost its leverage?

Russia, reckons Mr Haber, lost its leverage over Georgia when it recognised the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

Some officials, particularly in the State Department, say that if trade status is revoked, Washington will lose its leverage to pressure Bangladesh to improve building codes and labor rights.

OPEC is quickly losing its leverage to control oil prices.

The argument: Apple's arbitrary limits are designed to protect AT&T from applications that subvert their revenue model, and/or Apple from losing its leverage obtained through the exclusive deal.

With the decline of unions, the middle class has lost its bargaining leverage.

After China is a member of the W.T.O., Washington will have lost its main negotiating leverage over Beijing, entry to the organization of trading nations.

When the U.S. closed its bases in the Philippines, America lost its hard power leverage in the region.

America might lose its supposed "leverage" over such nominal allies as Riyadh and Ankara, but there is little evidence that Washington has gained anything from its supposed influence.

One proposal is to recapitalise the European Investment Bank (EIB), which has started to cut back on lending for fear of losing its credit rating.Another is to leverage uncommitted bits of the EU's budget, in collaboration with the EIB, to raise new joint "project bonds" to finance new infrastructure projects.

Leverage from the European Union loses its force once countries have joined.