Sentence examples for towards multinationals from inspiring English sources

The politicians are expected to ask why a more robust approach is not being taken towards multinationals, particularly internet and technology groups, whose business models frequently lend themselves to aggressive tax engineering.

The rules are the latest manifestations of Indonesia's troubling increasing economic nationalism and antipathy towards multinational investment.

Singapore is usually touted as the model student of free-market capitalism, given its free-trade policy and welcoming attitude towards multinational companies.

Those in the west of the country – whence the Rising really came – who have for a decade been trying to combat a vast gas project by Shell, refer to the proclaimed "right of the people of Ireland to the ownership of Ireland", in a country known for its generosity towards multinational companies.

Dissatisfaction with the government's failure to pass on the benefits of the oil boom is mounting, and Mr Deby's new tough stance is at least partly an effort to deflect criticism towards the multinationals.

Locals feel bitter towards the multinational companies because their villages remain dirt-poor; Nigeria's oil wealth passes them by.

The proposal also lacks safeguards to stop the diversion of aid budgets towards subsidising multinational corporations, Eurodad warns.

And, unfortunately, a lot of the talk from G8 about solving hunger is really then directed towards assisting multinational corporations and big agribusinesses rather than making small cultivation viable and ensuring public distribution that reaches the poorest of the poor who cannot afford to buy food.

After the 1997-98 Asian crisis many multinationals tilted back towards the rich world.

The OECD – which is seeking to expand its reach in Latin America and sees Chile as a model for Brazil's potential membership – has itself come under pressure to develop more rigorous guidelines on how multinationals should behave towards indigenous peoples.

If civil society is expected to lower its barriers and move towards accepting a greater role for multinationals in the development debate, multinationals also need to move on.