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Despite years of negotiations we have no effective global agreement on limiting carbon emissions.
The official said China had not changed its behavior,
despite years of negotiations in the World Trade Organization and economic dialogues with the last three administrations.
The Mayor of Broome, Graeme Campbell, said
despite years of negotiation, the Government has been caught off - guard by the Federal Government's decision to withdraw funding for remote Indigenous communities.
Not exact matches
Despite a heightened level
of political uncertainty, a potential US - led trade war against China and fraught Brexit
negotiations, companies have embarked on an unprecedented number
of big acquisitions this
year.
At the beginning
of the month, the Mirror reported that,
despite having three
years remaining on his current contract, the France international was offered a new deal — although his wage demands saw
negotiations over an extension break down.
The fact is that
despite spending # 250 million United managed a mere 49 league goals last season — their lowest return for 26
years — and following relentless media speculation and a day
of negotiations, van Gaal's exit was confirmed by both parties.
But there has been a hitch:
Despite the fact that DERA was supposed to be fully implemented by 2010, each
year it has been delayed in the state's secret budget
negotiations, allowing vehicles with antiquated emission controls used by the state and its contractors to continue to pollute our air and threaten the health
of our communities.
Britain is still sleepwalking through these
negotiations,
despite the fact that they mark one
of the most substantial attacks on parliamentary sovereignty in many
years.
The dual trials have had a tremendous impact on the workings
of Albany, casting a pall over the idea
of business - as - usual in the capital — which is what Mr. Silver's lawyers have maintained was going on,
despite prosecutor's insistence the conduct was illegal — and slowing down
negotiations over the budget late last
year.
During this
year's budget
negotiation, Cuomo took criticism from good - government groups — including Horner — for his failure to use the bully pulpit to press his ethical agenda
despite the «Watergate moment» presented by the back - to - back convictions
of Silver and Skelos.
Supervisor John Weishan Jr., who has been a vocal supporter
of the memorial throughout
negotiations, said he believes the county would continue to allocate money to the institutions after the 10 -
year requirement,
despite the 2011 audit's recommendation, and it is too soon to say whether the level
of support should go down at all.
Despite the new deadline, and in spite
of extensive discussions and detailed
negotiations lasting over three
years, it is disappointing that 24 interested countries have still not passed the required legislation.
Despite recent moves on climate change by the Obama administration, America continues to be a major hindrance: The U.S. Congress, which Francis will address on Thursday, has been a blockade to global climate
negotiations for
years, and our carbon emissions remain among the highest per person
of any major country on the planet.
We urge you to dismiss the complaints and assertions
of those who,
despite years of study and months
of discussion and
negotiation, still downplay the gravity
of the problem facing our industries.