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The Europeans say that's wrong because the measure is not about stifling trade but about cutting planet-warming gases – tackling climate change.

In 2023, Kenya introduced a moratorium on new developments in the Maasai Mara game reserve in response to concerns that poorly regulated tourism development was stifling the migration and ecosystem.

Given the outsize economic and regulatory influence of the U.S. on the global stage, they thought this hostility was stifling the industry’s development.

Dozens of Europe's biggest companies, including France's Airbus and Germany's Lufthansa and Mercedes-Benz, called for a pause in July on the AI law which they warn risks stifling innovation.

USC’s defense was the story at that point, with the Trojans stifling Illinois State from the start, holding the Redbirds to a mere three baskets inside the arc before halftime.