Arab League to Discuss Social, Economic Reforms during Tunis

Greg LaMotte Arab League officials are promising that this year's summit, beginning Saturday in Tunis, will address issues never before discussed during Arab League summits: social and economic reform

Arab League Ends Meeting With Calls for Reforms

Greg LaMotte The Arab League concluded its annual summit with calls for increased democracy. The League also adopted resolutions calling for greater international participation in the Israeli-Palestin

Take Away English-Health Reforms 医疗改革

Brown proposes changes in the NHS It seems that politicians around the world are thinking about the health of their countries. While in China, Chen Zhu has announced his plans for a universal health service and reform across health services, Gordon

Bush Lauds Education Reforms

Bush Lauds Education Reforms Scott Stearns President Bush starts the new year campaigning on some of the domestic programs he hopes will help him win re-election. Mr. Bush says his education reforms h

IN THE NEWS - Annan Proposes UN Reforms

IN THE NEWS - Annan Proposes UN Reforms By Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: Saturday, March 26, 2005 I'm Bob Doughty with IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan has p

2007年VOA标准英语-Nigerian President Sees Reforms as Way Out of E

By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 23 August 2007 Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua has appointed a retired chief judge to head a panel on electoral reforms. For VOA, Gilbert da Costa reports that the review is considered crucial for the country's political f

voa标准英语2008年-EU Report Presses Turkey On Reforms

European Union candidate Turkey said on Wednesday it was determined to pursue its bid to join the 27-member bloc after the European Commission urged Ankara in a progress report to speed up reforms. Brussels strongly criticized the Turkish government

VOA标准英语2012--Aung San Suu Kyi Cautions Leaders on Burma Reforms

Aung San Suu Kyi Cautions Leaders on Burma Reforms Aung San Suu Kyi told the forum there is too much focus on Burma's economic reforms and not enough on political ones. Even the best investment law would be of no use whatsoever if there are no courts

VOA标准英语2014--US Intelligence Reforms Debated Ahead of Obama Speech

US Intelligence Reforms Debated Ahead of Obama Speech CAPITOL HILL U.S. intelligence reforms to be unveiled by President Barack Obama will be informed, at least in part, by a panel of legal scholars and spy experts that submitted recommendations to t

VOA标准英语2013--US Jeans Manufacturers Fear EU Tariff Will Cripple Industry

US Jeans Manufacturers Fear EU Tariff Will Cripple Industry I look at denim kind of like wine, said Kim. You know, you can have the same batch of grapes. How you treat, it how you process it, you can make completely different things. Like wine, the p

2015年CRI IMF Quota Reforms to Give Emerging Economies Larger Say: Analysts

The 2010 IMF reforms expanded the voting power of China, India, Russia and Brazil. Those who agreed to give up some voting share included the United States, Saudi Arabia and South Africa, though several European countries gave up the largest share. A

2018年CRI U.S. tariff moves undermines international trade rules: experts

A number of analysts are suggesting that the recent tariff moves by the United States are severely undermining international trade rules. Observers believe that the U.S. side's threat to impose tariffs on even more Chinese products is in fact a tit-f

2018年CRI PLA celebrates 91st anniversary amid reforms

The People's Liberation Army is marking the 91st anniversary of its founding on August 1, 2018. This year's anniversary comes amid continued national reforms under the leadership of Xi Jinping, who heads the CPC Central Committee and the Central Mili

学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 2998 tariff

今天我们要学的词是 tariff. Tariff 名词，是关税的意思。A top Chinese economic official promised to gradually lower tariffs on imported automobiles, but gave no specifics on a possible timeline. 中国政府经济系统一名高级官员

VOA标准英语2010年-China, Southeast Asia Set to Begin Fre

Photo: AP Trucks transport cargo at a container terminal in the port of Dalian, China, 11 Sep 2009 Economists see the start of a free-trade agreement between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations as a crucial spur to Asia's economic gr

German FinMin urges Greek opposition to back reforms

BERLIN, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- Germany's Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble on Monday urged visiting Greek opposition leader Alexis Tsipras to support austerity measures and economic reforms. Schaeuble told Tsipras, a critic of the German-backed auster

EU in urgent need of structural reforms, Barroso says

MILAN, Italy, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- European Commission（委员会） President Jose Manuel Barroso said Saturday Europe could no longer postpone fiscal consolidation and structural reforms in order to return to growth after the economic crisis. In a

VOA标准英语2009年-Former UN Chief Pressures Kenya on Reforms

By Alan Boswell Nairobi 05 October 2009 Former United Nations chief Kofi Annan met with Kenya's president and prime minister Monday to urge their coalition government to hasten the pace of reforms in the country. Annan served as chief mediator in th

2016年CRI G20 Meeting Participants Stresses Structural Reforms

Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, says China is not the only economy in need of structural reforms as they are fundamental for the success of every G20 economy. lagarde says the reforms are not only necessary, b

China pledges deeper economic reforms

BEIJING, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- China's State Council, or the Cabinet, on Wednesday pledged to push for deeper reforms to address the country's economic problems. The government will use reform to solve deeply rooted structural problems that are hamperi