"Exploratory talks" refers to initial discussions or conversations that are undertaken in order to gather information, explore possibilities, or investigate a potential situation or partnership.
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Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale said earlier this month his government was in
exploratory talks with the United States to reopen the deal.
Anfield boss Brendan Rodgers has been told that should a club offer a fee in the region of # 50m then he will be handed the lion's share of these funds to invest in further strengthening his squad and as such the Northern Irish manager has started the process of putting out the «feelers» with
exploratory talks on the cards.
The Trudeau government, however, faces the challenge of expanding and deepening public support as it
opens exploratory talks with China on a potential free trade agreement (FTA).
For example, Japan, which lost a sizable slice of its domestic energy production capacity in the Fukushima nuclear disaster of March 2011, has been signing a flurry of contracts and
leading exploratory talks on both sides of the border.
The federal Liberal government is trying to forge deeper economic ties with China, notably
through exploratory talks on a free - trade agreement.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that Canada and China had
launched exploratory talks towards the possible negotiation of a trade deal during Li's visit to Ottawa in September.
Chancellor Angela Merkel
says exploratory talks in Berlin between her conservatives and rival Social Democrats are to go on to formal coalition negotiations.
It is time also to move
from exploratory talks to formal trade negotiations with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
By that
evening exploratory talks between teams of senior representatives from the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives had begun.
IG Metall called on state premiers, particularly from northern German states, to put the issue high on the agenda
during exploratory talks to form a government of Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative CDU / CSU block and the Social Democrats (SPD).
That decision was announced on February 21, the day
after exploratory talks for a Canada - China Free Trade Agreement began in Beijing.
If you want to adopt the Harkness protocol in your school, start by working with subjects which benefit from this kind
of exploratory talk.
Billboard has stated that «Apple has
opened exploratory talks with senior label executives about the possibility of launching an on - demand streaming service that would rival Spotify and Beats Music, according to three people familiar with the talks.
Ottawa's
exploratory talks on a free trade agreement with China further aligns Canada with the summit's emphasis on greater trade liberalization.
Nonetheless,
exploratory talks with China on a possible Free Trade Agreement offer potential promise if principles on rule of law and human rights are respected.
China and Canada announced that they opened «
exploratory talks» on a possible free - trade agreement in September, and the country applied to join the China - backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, AIIB in late August.
Their coalition talks failed (they called
it exploratory talks prior to...
The speculation was as detailed as it was impossible to confirm:
exploratory talks had already been had with Nick Clegg over the possibility of a post-election deal; Clegg had delivered what the plotters wanted to hear: he could work with Labour, but not with Brown; in the event that Labour came third in the poll of votes, but with enough seats to form a coalition government and keep the Tories out, Brown would have to go — and quickly.
Talk factory: supporting «
exploratory talk» around an interactive whiteboard in primary school science plenaries
Think of a Memorandum of Understanding as a way to fill the gaps between your original,
exploratory talks and a final, formalized contract.
The ultimate aim of
the exploratory talks was to create a so - called «Ethereum Island» to assist blockchain innovators seeking to branch out into Africa, Asia and elsewhere.