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A terrorist nuclear detonation in a western city would destroy all economic confidence.
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The E.U. has moved to combat global terrorism by instituting common European arrest and evidence warrants and creating a joint situation center to pool and analyze intelligence.
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Of course the EU and member states must work to ensure that people moving from one country to another understand their obligations and their rights in areas like health, road safety and further education.
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Financial service providers act as the lubricating oil in the economy. They link consumers who want to invest their savings for a good return with companies who want to borrow on best terms for expansion.
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Non-proliferation will only work if all states are willing to cooperate, and that will only happen if all feel they are being treated fairly.
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The U.S. - E.U. economic relationship dwarfs America's economic ties with China.
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States can be deterred by the fear of retaliation; non-state organisations cannot by deterred at all.
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European investment in Texas alone exceeds all U.S. investment in China and Japan put together.
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The economy is not an abstraction. The economy consists of people, and it will only grow if people feel secure and are reasonably free.
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Ireland has a role to play in making the E.U. united and strong.
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But our system of regulation must keep up with this. If it fails to keep up, it will hold back economic expansion. We need financial market regulation that works at national and European level.
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The time horizon may be too long for sole reliance on market solutions - but perhaps the inventiveness of the financial services industry will prove me wrong that point!
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Indeed, American companies make three times as much profits from their investment in one E.U. country, Ireland, than they do from all their investments in China.
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U.S. companies earn more from their investments in the EU than in the rest of the world combined.
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