economic muscle

What's worse, many have tied themselves to the military and economic muscle of Western states.

Q. But would that include using economic muscle, to cut off aid?

It is clear that we have also shown our economic muscle there to put pressure on the regime.

It will take a concerted international show of diplomatic and economic muscle.

He has been known to flex his economic muscle.

China is showing great signs of flexing its economic muscles.

"I think by cutting taxes, you're able to flex your economic muscle."

And the church has used its economic muscle to preserve the landmarks of the pioneer experience.

Russia is not content just to flex its newly developed economic muscle.

If India gains economic muscle, history suggests that it will also want the security of a stronger military.

When China wanted to show its economic muscle, it canceled some contracts with a suitably small country.

Russia lacks the military and economic muscle to rebuild its empire, no matter how much the two men may like to talk about it.

Germany and Japan, by virtue of their economic muscle, will gradually come to play greater military roles.

Not surprising given its size and economic muscle.

The point: Unions have the economic muscle to raise wages so high that companies go belly-up.

"In other words," he said, "the city will be using its economic muscle to help strengthen the neighborhoods which need help the most."

The dollar's rise was a result of the new economic muscle that comes with increasing world prices for Canadian oil, gold and other commodities.

You also can't criticize a genre - not this one, anyway - on the basis of its economic muscle.

Under the circumstances, only an idiot would suggest they ought to give their enemies more economic muscle to beat them to death with!"

But so far the capitalist representatives have indicated that they will not be meek partners in this marriage of political power and economic muscle.

The program tries to help the young people grapple with the issues of elitism, economic muscle, financial management and disenfranchisement.

Here's today's debate: Do information-age democracies use their economic muscle to bring others up to their standards of human rights?

The economic muscle for Iran's new assertiveness, its rearming and its rebuilding of industry comes from oil.

Given the political and economic muscle the state-run corporations wield, local rivals are easily squashed.

However, it is a continental partnership in name only; France provides the political power with the Germans carrying economic muscle.