domestic support
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdomesticandsupport
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domestic
adjective
uk/dəˈmes.tɪk/us/dəˈmes.tɪk/
relating to a person's ...
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support
noun
uk/səˈpɔːt/us/səˈpɔːrt/
agreement with and encouragement for an idea, group, ...
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(Definition ofdomesticandsupportfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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In a similar environment, a conflict sparked by foreign powers met less than fierce resistance among local populations and gradually acquired somedomesticsupport.
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For example, non-exportingdomesticsupportdeclined from about 40 billion dollars in 1995 to 6.7 billion dollars in 1997.
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Similarly, if the junta sought war to shore updomesticsupport, it would certainly want to fight as hard as possible, for defeat would lead to a fall from power.
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Men were more likely to havedomesticsupport, in that more were living with their partners and children, whereas a higher proportion of women lived alone or as lone parents.
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Baptist-bootlegger coalitions strengthen thedomesticsupportbase for imposing trade restrictions and signal this support to actors in the other country, thereby making the trade restrictions more credible.
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As a result, they are exempt from the limitations elsewhere in the agreement, including those ondomesticsupport.
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They regard compromise as a weakness and a betrayal, and they are bolstered by apparently massivedomesticsupportfor their contrasting actions.
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Already,domesticsupportto the frail and elderly has been cut.
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It is for each member state to design and implementdomesticsupportsystems.
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As regardsdomesticsupport, the text refers to substantial reductions in competition-distortingdomesticsupport.
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Criticised by the international community, it did, however, receivedomesticsupportbecause it promised a rapid transition to a civil regime with free elections.
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So we were able to deliver an 80% reduction in trade-distortingdomesticsupport, without actually damaging our agricultural sector.
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The extent of distortion of competition will be a key element of all discussions relating todomesticsupport.
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Its failure to windomesticsupportis matched by its failure to win international credibility and recognition.
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I applaud the spirit of egalitarianism in which he has attempted to bring back the fixed rate ofdomesticsupport.
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Along with commitments to improve market access, the negotiations also aim to tackle developed countries' high levels of trade-distortingdomesticsupportand use of export subsidies, which harm developing countries.
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The effect of this would be that any such payments were not included in the aggregate measure ofdomesticsupportwhich is subject to reduction commitments.
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Once they are under way they are likely to concentrate on further commitments to increase access to imports, reduce subsidised exports and reducedomesticsupportwhich is linked to production.
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As the report points out at page 35, the developing world needs better market access; it also needs a reduction in subsidised exports and a reduction indomesticsupport.
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