Sentences with phrase «officials said the agreement»

A Senate official said no agreement has been reached on an amendment for religious exemptions in the bill, but language has been proposed.

Officials said the agreement furthers the objectives of the league's 2014 sustainability report, which documented and disclosed the NHL's carbon footprint, and «NHL Green» — a comprehensive sustainability initiative created by the league in 2010 to address the effects of climate change and freshwater scarcity upon ice hockey as a sport.

Not exact matches

The Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday that Trump administration officials said the United States would not pull out of the agreement and had offered to re-engage in the deal.

«It is possible an agreement will be reached before the end of the year,» the official said in relation to the short - term package.

Former Federal Trade Commission officials say that Facebook Inc. appears to have breached a 2011 consent agreement to safeguard users» personal information and may be facing hundreds of millions of dollars in fines.

John McCarrick, the deputy assistant secretary at the State Department's Bureau of Energy Resources, said his staff helped pave the way for some of the energy supply agreements by meeting with private and public officials in Europe and Asia to promote the strategic value of U.S. energy.

«Government officials will engage in the negotiations over the weekend in an effort to help reach a tentative labor agreement between the company and the union by 5 p.m. Monday,» GM said in a statement.

Administration officials say no news is expected at the summit on the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement or on new sanctions on the Venezuelan government.

At a news conference following a series of meetings with senior U.S. trade officials and lawmakers in Washington, Guajardo said that Mexico was still trying to understand the U.S. proposals that would require 50 % of vehicles» value content be produced in the United States as part of updated North American Free Trade Agreement rules.

Officials from Canada, Mexico and the United States met this week in Washington, and a Mexican business representative said Tuesday an agreement in principle could be reached next week, according to Reuters.

Iran has said it will ramp up its nuclear program if the deal collapses and a senior Iranian official said on Tuesday that Tehran might quit a treaty designed to stop the spread of nuclear weapons if Trump scraps the agreement.

Trump agreed to exclude Canada and Mexico from the duties because of their status as key regional allies and partners with the U.S. in renegotiating a new North American Free Trade Agreement, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

Robert Lighthizer, the top US trade official; at a briefing with reporters following the October round, Lighthizer said, «If we end up not having an agreement, my guess is all three countries will do just fine.»

The company said it has signed an agreement with local officials in Korea to expand its number of available listings in the area before the event starts in February.

Experts had said the unexpected plea agreement was a sign that Flynn was fully cooperating with the special counsel Robert Mueller, who is investigating Russia's interference in the 2016 US election and whether any Trump campaign associates colluded with Russian officials.

But the text of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement or CETA remains a confidential document that still requires «drafting and fine tuning,» a Canadian official said in Brussels on condition he not be identified.

«If it turns out America is a net loser because of those free - trade agreement waivers, which apply to almost 60 countries, these waivers may be promptly renegotiated or revoked,» the second official said.

The 16 RCEP countries will present their offers for market opening when they meet in Busan in South Korea on Monday, with an aim to make «best efforts» towards reaching agreement by year - end, a South Korean official close to the negotiations said.

However, George Osborne immediately rejected the idea, according to Treasury officials who said Brussels was told that the # 1bn of UK funds in the ESM should not be used for eurozone bailouts, in accordance with a 2010 agreement.

Negotiations with Chinese officials tend to be well choreographed, he said, so it is likely that the dimensions of a trade agreement are starting to take shape.

On Monday, White House officials said they had reached agreements in principle with Argentina, Australia and Brazil with regard to steel and aluminum, saying the details would «be finalized shortly.»

In a press release government officials reaffirmed the country's role in meeting commitments under the Paris Agreement and said France wants to be the first to issue a sovereign green bond in 2017.

As nearly 700 officials gather next week to discuss overhauling the free - trade agreement between the United States, Mexico and Canada, participants and analysts say the negotiations are at an increasing risk of failure.

A senior government official says Japan has been one of the countries applying pressure on Canada to come to an agreement on an updated TPP.

Speaking on Wednesday, the official said: «Given the remarks voiced by oil and energy minister of OPEC member states, it is apparent that there is an agreement between members of the organization to extend the body's output cut plan.»

If any deal is to come this week — either when the finance ministers gather or at Thursday's leaders» summit — it will only be an agreement in principle, not a full agreement, one of the officials said.

Mr Clarke is also annoyed at the tardiness of some customs officials when large shipments arrive in China, which delays distribution, and said that will need to be fixed for the company to get the full benefit of the free trade agreement in the future.

But APC deputy secretary general, Rahmat Ajiguna, said that «Syngenta, who owns the Golden Rice patents, can change the agreement regarding royalty any time they want adding that we can not trust any scientist or government officials with alleged financial ties to IRRI, Syngenta, Monsanto or to any agrochemical TNCs, whom we assumed to be lacking any credibility whatsoever.»

The Official Villarreal twitter handle yesterday confirmed that an agreement in principal for Gabriel Paulista had been brokered with Arsenal FC, and last night Wenger himself said about the deal: «It's on the line and I think we'll get over the line tonight and tomorrow.»

In an official statement, Atletico Madrid said: «Our club has reached an agreement with Porto for the loan of Óliver Torres to the Portuguese team.

The Giallorossi have already made an official offer to secure the services of the 25 - year - old but president Jean - Pierre River says it was not high enough to reach an agreement.

The radio station said an agreement has been reached for Wales international Bale to extend his contract for another three years and an official announcement will be made in the near future.

Village officials said they recently began negotiating new labor agreements with the Firefighter / Paramedic Association as well as the Metropolitan Alliance of Police and may have to make modifications later this year depending on contract settlements.

Lawyers for the city and the Chicago Park District erred in letting the parks enter a concession agreement with the owners of a controversial Millennium Park restaurant, a pact that officials want to renegotiate, Mayor Daley said Wednesday.

In a statement released Tuesday, school district officials said they had met with Park District officials over six weeks and believed they had reached a tentative agreement for water storage.

Details of the agreement will not be made public until it is reviewed by the Park District and City Council, officials said.

Algonquin's Planning, Building and Zoning Committee is recommending a boundary agreement with the Village of Cary that officials say will allow both communities to better plan for the future.

The agreement to buy Toohey Park permits a certain amount of water runoff from the Sunny Ridge site to flow into a pond at the park, but parks officials said they want to ensure that the project doesn't send too much water into the park.

Exact terms of the three - year contract are not being released until a union ratification meeting planned for July 24, but officials on both sides said the agreement includes higher wages and added benefits for workers.

With the agreement in hand, school officials entered into pacts with 19 builders, Ryan said.

Park district officials said they could no longer provide the barn rent - free and utility - free without some kind of signed lease agreement.

The mayor said village and district officials have worked out most of the details of the annexation and that he expected no problems with an agreement that must be approved by the Village Board.

Polikoff said that Kelly «s unwillingness to discuss with Netsch and Madison the details of concession contracts, or any other park district matters, has hampered the new officials «efforts to carry out park business, but he said an agreement with representatives of the Bears was «imminent.

School officials said they are working with the park district on a formal, written agreement, but did not expect it would be ready before the June 10 school board meeting.

Land appraisals, design ideas and legal agreements must be finalized in the next three months to keep the $ 18.6 million project on schedule, officials said.

Glen Ellyn officials said they would have liked to sign a pre-annexation agreement with the developers to require Maple Woods Estates to annex to the village when Glen Ellyn's borders become contiguous to the site.

Park District officials said they only wanted to sign an agreement that outlined issues related to the school construction that affected them.

When they approved an intergovernmental agreement in April 2001 to develop the park, officials said it would open in June 2002.

He has said that his agreement with the village - giving officials one year to respond to any development offer - is proof of his intention to keep the land a golf course.

If the agreement had not been reached, then layoffs would have proceeded and park programming would have been affected, officials said.