Still, with a diverse economy and robust demand dynamics, Brazil is poised to continue growing and exert its international influence.
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Speaking through a translator, the Japanese leader said this was why the United States was pressuring China to exert more influence over its North Korean ally.
British newspapers have reported that the BP-Rosneft deal has raised concerns in Azerbaijan that the partnership would allow Russia to exert indirect influence over its southern neighbor.
Only by strengthening those who share one's country's norms and interests - rather than its procedures and rhetoric - can governments exert constructive influence on internal changes in other states and societies.
The currency peg of the Yuan against the dollar, which China has enforced with varying degrees of exactitude over the past few decades, has helped the Chinese government exert greater influence over the growth and contours of its economy.
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Likewise, America backs the Bahraini government's suppression of its Shia citizens lest Iran, a few miles away across the Gulf, exert undue influence in the home of America's Fifth Fleet.
Glencore said China is reviewing its proposed merger with Xstrata with a focus on whether the combined company would exert too much influence on China's copper market.
Its registration statement shows Mandell as its biggest shareholder, with a 30% stake, and cautions that following the offering Mandell could exert substantial influence at the firm and might act in his own interest, not that of other stockholders.
But if neither side changes its approach, if the United States continues to view any attempt by a non-aligned power to exert regional influence as a threat to be countered and if Russia continues to believe that it has the final say on the economic and political trajectory of its neighbors, then conflict is inevitable.
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