Foreign investment's share of the EU's GDP has fallen since 2001.These setbacks have not reversed the single market's earlier gains.
A recent World Bank report notes that big business can afford the bribes but most individuals have trouble finding the money.An economic setback that reverses the recent rise in living standards might make people turn against the party.
He greeted the bereaved families and survivors in the public gallery on the other side of the bulletproof glass with a sarcastic slow handclap and thumbs up, deriding their victory over him as if it were a temporary setback, soon to be reversed.
In a dramatic diplomatic setback, President Trump abruptly reversed course Thursday and pulled out of his scheduled nuclear summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, releasing a letter to Kim that blamed the "tremendous anger and open hostility displayed" by Pyongyang.
Some restaurant chains, notably the McDonald's Corporation and Wendy's International, posted modest gains, reversing setbacks on Wednesday when the initial reaction to the mad cow scare swept the markets.
These setbacks are likely to be reversed quickly.
This week, G-20 nation leaders will come to Pittsburgh, giving us the opportunity to demonstrate how perseverance has reversed the many setbacks of past decades.
Women's rights in Iran have also suffered from a serious setback after the authorities last year reversed the country's progressive laws on family planning by outlawing voluntary sterilisation and restricting access to contraceptives.
The fast-growing movement to unionize graduate students at the nation's private universities suffered a crushing setback yesterday when the National Labor Relations Board reversed itself and ruled that students who worked as research and teaching assistants did not have the right to unionize.
There were setbacks and reverses, of course, but he was not derailed by them.
Christian's forces, supported by the naval power of Sweden, reversed some initial military setbacks by the end of 1535.
