But Beijing conspicuously refrained on Thursday from any revaluation, a step opposed by the country's huge export sector as possibly undermining China's competitiveness in international markets.
Recently, while still a senator, he urged the arming of Syrian rebels, a step opposed by Mr Obama.Associates call Mr Kerry a diplomat by temperament, with a never-say-die enthusiasm for one more round of talks.
Mr. Mineta, who last week fired the director of the security agency, an opponent of the traveler cards, is also reconsidering another step opposed by the former director, he said: allowing pilots to carry guns in the cockpit.
A proposed federal rule to speed union elections, a step opposed by business groups, may be adopted before the end of the year, a Republican member of the National Labor Relations Board said on Friday.
LONDON – In the latest twist in a long-running dispute about control of the coal producer Bumi, its chairman, Samin Tan, agreed on Thursday to buy the stake owned by the Bakrie family of Indonesia, a step opposed by the financier Nathaniel Rothschild.
And they likely won't be pleased until Wheeler takes a tough political step opposed by those same broadband executives.
But whether the lawmakers' search for such a method will result in adoption of a standard worker identification card, a step long opposed by civil libertarians, is uncertain.
The bill would also require dealers to give the police the names of all purchasers of pistols, a step strongly opposed by the rifle association.
Though the step was opposed by most Greeks, he had drawn up a contingency plan for Greece under Mr. Varoufakis's direction, in the event the country was forced to leave the currency zone by its creditors.
On NATO expansion, Mr. Bush last week called for the eventual inclusion of all European democracies, including the three Baltic nations that once formed part of the Soviet Union, a step strongly opposed by Russia.
