red tape
Example Sentences
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To attract more foreign investment, it needs to do a better job of rolling out a red carpet instead of red tape.
Last year, Starmer struck an economic agreement with EU leaders that aims to boost trade by easing red tape on food and plant exports.
From Barron's
Having pruned the administrative state and cut red tape, experts say Lam will focus on spurring private sector growth and digital and technological progress.
From Barron's
Current hydrocarbons laws complicate foreign investment, though Rodríguez this week proposed cutting red tape.
Time and time again on “Parks and Recreation,” the intrepid and plucky Leslie cut through legislative red tape and won over her enemies, and the ones she couldn’t persuade always looked like cold-hearted fools.
From Salon
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