Earlier, Greece's minister for international economic relations, Constantine Papadopoulos, said leaving the euro would be "catastrophic" for Greece.

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No doubt a great and giant nation like China has many faces, but two of them are on primary display in international economic relations.

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Until this year, says Nisha Taneja, a researcher at the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, Pakistan let only 14 products enter by road.

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Lately, resentment of this sort has again become a principal theme in international economic relations (the row over the new head of the World Trade Organisation, where America is also accused of throwing its weight around, is another example).

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The speech also showed that Mr Brown's view of international relations is not narrowly economic.

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It joins an active and growing discourse around the idea that political economy must be made relevant again and that this should happen not simply in schools of public policy or international relations but inside economics and economic institutions.

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Lasting progress towards the implementation of the right to development requires effective development policies at the national level, as well as equitable economic relations and a favourable economic environment at the international level.

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The Bahrain International Circuit said that the race will bring economic, publicity and public relations advantages to the country, and denied that it is a government pet project.

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