11. Belarus, Ukraine and Moldova are all governed by corrupt regimes looking to Russia for economic assistance. 12. Beside the big-ticket economic assistance the city has provided to Disney or its subsidiaries, topics related to the company routinely involve City Hall or the mayor. 13. ----- King says he has made economic assistance for the area, and other rural counties, a priority of his administration. 14. But Hall believes some economic assistance, such as the rebuilding of infrastructure, can wait. 15. But the president did not threaten an immediate cutoff of economic assistance to Indonesia, as some lawmakers and human rights groups had wanted. 16. Clinton spoke repeatedly of the importance of economic assistance. 17. Consider the current U.S. policy of trying to engage the North Koreans in negotiations, offering economic assistance in return. 18. Cuellar and three other governors visited Washington this week to criticize the program and to lobby for large-scale economic assistance to improve agriculture. 19. Countries that are not certified are subject to immediate loss of most U.S. economic assistance. 20. Economic assistance must be linked to deep structural as well as political reform. |
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