India's leaders are demanding concessions on "food security" policies, to give poor countries more leeway on domestic food subsidies, as the price of any agreement.
India is pushing hard for a change to global trade rules that would allow governments in developing countries more leeway to pay poor farmers above-market prices for food for national stockpiles.
Barring any last-minute veto, the deal will be passed and aims to reduce red tape at customs, give improved terms of trade to the poorest countries, and offer developing countries leeway to bypass the normal rules on farm subsidies to feed the poor.
So while the behavior of the ultra-rich gets an ever-widening scope of social leeway, the lives of the poor are foreshortened in every sense.
But much is left open as to what those plans should cover, or how often they should be updated, using which metrics and baselines, and how much leeway should be given to poor countries with bad data.
But if Ireland can have this sort of rise, what leeway should be allowed the really poor?
Like California, Illinois has been denied requests for leeway in administering healthcare for the poor.
Poorer countries, led by India, are pushing for leeway to subsidise domestic food production in the name of "food security", to the rich world's dismay.
Don't look for much leeway from the credit union in terms of poor credit in most cases, borrowers will need to take action to clean up their own credit scores.
There was no leeway, no give, no mercy at all, if you were poor.
In short, companies are left with a lot of leeway.
