Sentences with phrase «as bargaining chips for»

Both sides are likely to use the two laws as bargaining chips for their chosen cause.

But at least the issue will be talked about and used as bargaining chips for other things.

To make matters worse, Erdogan has now all but admitted that he is holding Americans hostage in Turkey as bargaining chips for the extradition of Fethullah Gulen, a Turkish spiritual leader living in self - imposed exile in the U.S.

Do you think their strategy is to use these trade tariffs and potential trade wars as a bargaining chip for trade treaty organization in order to get the U.S. a better deal?

When couples show up to marriage counseling with intimacy problems, you can almost always be sure than one or the other has departed from the proper perspective and begun using their spouse or using seex as a bargaining chip for power or control in the relationship.

I think what could be happening is if we can get mbappe then wenger will use giroud as a bargaining chip for lacazette which would be smart tbh..

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie reportedly promised the mayor back in April — after the budget deal was done — that he would draw a line in the sand on a two year extension for mayoral control, seeking to end its use as a bargaining chip for unrelated issues.

While the inspector Flanagan proposed has been characterized primarily as a bargaining chip for Senate Republicans as they negotiate with the Assembly, de Blasio may still end up with just a one - year mayoral control renewal by the end of next week.

Governor Cuomo used Moreland as a bargaining chip for anti-corruption laws, but that kind of horse - trading isn't a promising sign for cleaning up Albany.

He wants the UK to work fully with our European neighbours in defence as a bargaining chip for getting them to join the fight in Afghanistan.

The question is whether Cuomo's opening bid will be low — leave the tax renewal out of the budget and hold it as a bargaining chip for final negotiations — or feasible.

With the iBookstore, though, it's widely believed the company was willing to raise bestseller e-book prices from $ 10 to $ 13 or $ 15 partly as a bargaining chip for publishers frustrated with Amazon's control of the market.

If you don't want to completely end your credit card use, you may be able to do well for yourself by using your improved credit score as a bargaining chip for lower credit interest rates.

Not exact matches

Netflix initially offered Amy Schumer $ 11 million in 2017 for her hourlong «The Leather Special,» but Schumer was reportedly able to use Netflix's more lucrative deals with Chris Rock and Dave Chappelle as a bargaining chip to receive $ 13 million for the hour, according to Variety.

Still, experts said a big legal victory for the Philippines could serve as a bargaining chip against Beijing in any future disputes.

Williams - Derry said it will be difficult for Clark to use thermal coal as a bargaining chip in negotiations around softwood now that she is on the record saying coal is dirty.

I plan: 5 % — swing for the fences 10 % — save for big blue chip bargain buys that pop up throughout the year 10 % — VNQ, other than our primary residence, I have no exposure to RE, so this should help with that 15 % — VXUS, international index exposure 60 % — VTI, total stock market index (as I get older, I will be also adding BND or a bond fund, but at 32, I'm working on building equities!)

The days of cheap contracts are gone; studios are demanding more money for their content as streaming video has become more popular, and they have a bargaining chip in the form of Netflix's rivals.

As Todd Tucker, a trade expert at the left - leaning Roosevelt Institute, argues, the move could be productive if it was actually a bargaining chip for something bigger: negotiations with the global community over how to deal with China's cheating on steel production.

Instead, Beijing prefers to maintain the North as a buffer state, a diplomatic bargaining chip and a tool for indirectly threatening the United States.

I do not believe that baptism should be used as a bargaining chip to pressurise thosewe consider un-virtuous towards virtue, or as a reward for those who conform to our ideal standards.

The owners want a draft as a way to control the costs of a burgeoning international landscape, while the players association can use international amateurs as a bargaining chip to negotiate for other things in the CBA that might help current MLBPA members, the players on 40 - man major league rosters.

so that is a good bargaining chip for him as if he goes else where and gets fit full stop he will punish us in years to come lets get him tied down for 5 yrs the ball is in wengers court atm.

For the avoidance of doubt, clubs that are able to will often offer to pay the entire transfer fee up front, as this is a benefit to the selling club and a bargaining chip.

That does not mean Canada Soccer should simply settle for second best as far as the status of its MLS players is concerned, but for now the exit of the league's fourth-most valuable club and reigning MVP seems more like a bargaining chip than a genuine option.

That would, of course, take the option of using a pay raise as a bargaining chip (which Gov. George Pataki did in exchange for charter schools) away from the governor.

But it will be used as a bargaining chip by the SNP for some kind of mutually agreeable deal about a much bigger investment in Scottish programming.»

A pay boost for legislators may be considered after the fall election, and Cuomo could use it as a bargaining chip to get campaign finance reform through the Legislature.

Each played a role in the breakdown: Mr. Flanagan, who demanded more charter schools in exchange for giving Mr. de Blasio an extension; Carl E. Heastie, the Assembly speaker, refused that demand, and said that he would no longer allow mayoral control to be used as a bargaining chip.

When it was a large group of countries negotiating it was difficult for the US to make demands like lowering beef tariffs, but when it is just the US and Japan and the US can use other areas of trade as bargaining chips, it becomes much harder for Japan to resist.

But one thing is clear: For Cuomo to use a powerful, supposedly independent investigative commission as a mere bargaining chip was out of line.

Michael Fallon has refused to apologise for saying Labour would use the nuclear deterrent as a «bargaining chip» with the SNP as part of a post-election deal.

Michael Fallon refuses to apologise for saying Labour would use the nuclear deterrent as a «bargaining chip» with the SNP as part of a post-election deal.

To his credit, Hugh Jackman is doing his absolute best Tom Cruise impersonation as Charlie, offering a character who would without hesitation use his son as a bargaining chip to rebuild his life, but who later discovers that he actually cares for the little bastard.

Most people seek preapprovals before they know which cars they would like to purchase because you can take a preapproval for a car loan to a seller as proof of your ability to obtain financing and even use it as a bargaining chip when negotiating your purchase.

Plus, it helps to have as a bargaining chip to use when calling reconsideration to get approved for new credit cards.

Richard also discovered some fascinating back stories to add to his series, including something called Hoop Politics: «The local and regional politicians sponsor and advertise on backboards and also use dilapidated hoops as bargaining chips when elections come around, for instance — vote for me and I'll buy you a new basketball hoop.

Hoping to use oil as a bargaining chip to win votes for climate legislation in Congress, Obama unveiled an aggressive push for new offshore drilling in the Arctic, the Southeastern seaboard and new waters in the Gulf, closer to Florida than ever before.

This is particularly the case when a letter of reference is withheld as a negotiating tool or bargaining chip in exchange for acceptance of a severance package.

Trump had hoped to use the young immigrants as a bargaining chip in the last round of budget negotiations, offering legal residency for them in exchange for money for a border wall and strict new immigration limits.

Analysts say Ling and Lee are being used as «bargaining chips» for North Korea to engage in dialogue about its nuclear program with the U.S.

Unfortunately, based on your other post about the family dynamics it sounds like the parents use the promise of inheritance as a bargaining chip to keep him subservient to their own whims and wishes... which is no different than a father telling their child that they won't pay for their higher education unless they make the grades and attend the college of their parents choice.

For example, one parent may use custody as a cynical bargaining chip, such as a father in a divorce who has no realistic chance of winning custody (and even no real interest in having the children live with him) threatening to sue for custody because he knows it may prompt the mother to negotiate away some of her financial righFor example, one parent may use custody as a cynical bargaining chip, such as a father in a divorce who has no realistic chance of winning custody (and even no real interest in having the children live with him) threatening to sue for custody because he knows it may prompt the mother to negotiate away some of her financial righfor custody because he knows it may prompt the mother to negotiate away some of her financial rights.

Common divorce mistakes clients make include forgetting about taxes, allowing friends and family to influence them, letting your emotions control your decisions, not considering the liquidity of assets you receive in the divorce, not securing support payments with insurance, trying to hide assets, quitting work to get more support, not being prepared for settlement negotiations or mediation, dating during the divorce, using the children as bargaining chips, getting emotionally attached to assets, and neglecting post-divorce financial planning.

Custody disputes should not be used as a tool for vindication against the other parent or as a bargaining chip to force other concessions.

[ANONYMOUS LISTSERVE COMMENT]: «I haven't seen any research on this... However, in 20 + years of experience working with divorced families, I have no doubt that fathers who were pretty hands - off during the marriage become much more active and involved during the divorce and that, fortunately, many of them sustain this involvement in the post-divorce period... cynical dads who are concerned with punishing their ex, using the children as a bargaining chip, or reducing their exposure to child support [are unlikely] to convincingly and consistently sustain such playacting for any period of time.»