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How to use the word frictions in a Sentence?

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We have all become used to a regulatory pendulum that swings one way or the other, but at the moment there are two - a wholesale one and a retail one, we are seeing the removal of frictions but in retail, a continued tough - and in some cases, tightening - stance on consumer protection.

Chris Woolard

Found on Reuters
2 years ago

Irreconcilable differences regarding values and growing frictions with China's mercantilist and authoritarian model will continue to drive polarization and competition.

Alex Capri

Found on CNN
2 years ago

There's still a small chunk of firms still struggling with the changes, the bottom line is that there will continue to be a slow-burning impact of new trade frictions on The UK economy, even if the immediate teething problems have passed.

James Smith

Found on CNN
2 years ago

You start to hear people say, If my government has frictions with China, I'd better not be in China, other people feel, I'd better stay quiet and not say anything critical of the Chinese government in case something happens to me.

Yaqiu Wang

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Additional tariffs is definitely not a constructive way to resolve economic and trade frictions.

Senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Uncertainty remains over the global economic outlook such as trade frictions and Britain's exit from the European Union, we'll respond to downside risks without hesitation and take flexible and all possible steps.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

It looks like the U.S. just took the scale of the trade frictions to another level, right now, world trade is relatively chaotic. We believe the U.S. measures interfere with economic globalization and damage the world economic order.

Li Chenggang

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

We believe that relevant frictions and disputes can be resolved via talks. There are no winners from fighting a trade war, all sides should join together to expand growth and not engage in putting up trade barriers or protectionism. This is good for nobody.

Li Keqiang

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

U.S.-China trade frictions remain broadly negative for the market and for investor sentiment, and are likely to weigh on forward earnings given the ongoing uncertainties coupled with a high base effect when compared with last year's performance.

Raymond Ma

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Concerns about trade frictions between the U.S. and China intensified after Trump's comments, although the latest data showed Japanese exports were strong in May, if China's exports to the United States slow down, that would slow down capital spending in China.

Hideyuki Ishiguro

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

We are likely to see a cold war from economics to other areas, we should be ready for sustained conflict and long-term frictions and maneuvering between the two countries.

Wang Jun

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

There are trade frictions not only between the U.S. and China but also between the U.S. and its allies. Trump could put more pressure on other countries like Japan and NATO courtiers, so far investors have been escaping to high-tech shares and small cap shares. After all, money is still abundant. But investors should be cautious.

Yoshinori Shigemi

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Secular growth stories overwhelm the threat of increased trade frictions every time.

George Maris

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

The G7 is showing more divisions than unity, to the point where one has to wonder whether it is worth holding meetings, the G7 summit this weekend could be equally terrible. There's even talk that Trump may not go. Concerns on trade frictions are likely to continue to weigh on markets.

Norihiro Fujito

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

The root of these frictions is that some people in the United States still have strategic misgivings about China, and are worried China will one day replace the United States, i want to stress here again, China is not the United States, and China cannot possibly become another United States.

Foreign Minister Wang Yi

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Lying increases the creative faculties, expands the ego, and lessens the frictions of social contacts.

Clare Booth Luce

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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