Sentences with phrase «negotiated global agreement»

Meanwhile, the episode prompted the U.S. government to rapidly restart a long, moribund process aimed at tightening oversight of so - called «dual use» research — and WHO to complain that the deal could imperil a carefully negotiated global agreement to share flu viruses and research results.

As Parties to Montreal Protocol negotiate a global agreement for an HFC phase - down this year, several safety standards and building codes are threatening to limit the climate ambition and effectiveness of this agreement by blocking the uptake of low global warming potential (GWP), energy efficient alternatives to hydrofluorocarbon (HFC)- based cooling around the world.

Today, the European Parliament's Environment Committee voted in support of the EU Commission's «Stop - the - Clock» proposal which derogates flights to and from Europe from the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) for one year to give enough time to negotiate a global agreement for addressing emissions from international aviation by autumn 2013....

That's how many countries are involved in negotiating a global agreement to reduce carbon emissions at the UN talks coming up in Paris later this year.

But negotiating a global agreement can take time as well.

Not exact matches

Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such forward - looking statements and that should be considered in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost of accommodating, announced increases in the build rates of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates of changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect of global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result of global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which we operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution of key milestones such as the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain in a timely fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation of our announced acquisition of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future pricing under our supply agreements with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter into profitable supply arrangements with additional customers; 12) the ability of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk of nonpayment by such customers; 13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus» production of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders by their customers or from labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan assets and the impact of future discount rate changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition of Asco on favorable terms or at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect of governmental laws, such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and environmental laws and agency regulations, both in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect of changes in tax law, such as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and changes to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of such changes; 21) any reduction in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition of Asco in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks of doing business internationally, including fluctuations in foreign current exchange rates, impositions of tariffs or embargoes, compliance with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.

Following the Second World War global leaders, determined to avoid future trade wars, came together in 1947 to negotiate the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), with the purpose of achieving a «substantial reduction of tariffs and other trade barriers and the elimination of preferences, on a reciprocal and mutually advantageous basis.»

Indeed, after abandoning the Trans - Pacific Partnership, playing hardball with South Korea over an existing bilateral trade agreement (Trump favors bilateral trade deals to multilateral agreements, arguing he can negotiate better deals that way) and potentially scuttling NAFTA, the US may increasingly be seen as tearing down the post-WWII global architecture.

AEG Global Partnerships, an affiliate of AEG that collaborates with more than 120 AEG assets worldwide to create sales and marketing platforms, negotiated the multi-year agreement on behalf of STAPLES Center and the LA Kings.

This shift in global trade policy places China in the middle of a rivalry among competing potential trading blocks, including the Trans - Pacific Partnership Agreement that is currently being negotiated without China, the anticipated Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership between the United States and the European Union (EU), the proposed Comprehensive Economic Partnership for East Asia that includes China, and even a potential China - EU investment treaty.

«If Britain's acrimonious divorce talks with the EU are anything to go by, the country isn't well - prepared to negotiate a new global web of trade agreements,» the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) concluded.

He said there was a «staggering» collective naivety about the ease of doing global trade deals, when these typically took years to negotiate and were «not exactly flavour of the month» with the public when it came to agreements like TTIP.

Mr. Gilman had been an executive marketing director in the Marsh brokerage unit who negotiated revenue - sharing agreements with insurance carriers, while Mr. McNenney was a Marsh global placement director.

Even a potentially groundbreaking decision reached in Durban, South Africa, in December to begin negotiating a new global agreement that could see all major emitters cutting carbon won't take effect until 2020.

If the nomination of Rex Tillerson for secretary of state is approved by Congress, he would have more influence over America's role in global environmental agreements than any other member of Trump's administration — including its participation in the historic United Nations climate pact negotiated last year in Paris.

Christine Blower, general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, said: «Pearson needs to end its involvement with fee - paying private schools in the global south; stop all practices that promote and support the obsession with high - stakes testing; and negotiate with teachers» unions and others to secure agreement on the appropriate role of «edu - business» in education.

At the same time, in order to ensure an effective and ambitious global post-2012 climate regime, all major economies will need to commit to meaningful mitigation actions to be bound in the international agreement to be negotiated by the end of 2009.

Read these notes from a fascinating 1991 Harvard meeting on Negotiating a Global Climate Agreement to get the idea.

Because the structure of this year's first - ever global agreement on climate change is also voluntary — with each country effectively trying to peer - pressure others into greater cuts — it matters that the Obama administration is emerging as an effective negotiating force.

World leaders are currently meeting in Warsaw, Poland to continue the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) process and negotiate towards a global agreement to reduce emissions.

The nation's access to Kyoto carbon markets after 2015 will depend on progress in negotiating the global Climate Change Agreement and discussions around linking regional carbon markets, Groser said in a statement yesterday.

President Obama took measures to slow global warming by pushing through regulations to limit carbon emissions from vehicles and power plants, encouraging investment in clean energy technologies, and helping to negotiate the Paris climate agreement.

Since the Durban round of UN climate talks in 2011, governments have been struggling towards an eventual global agreement to address climate change (ideally, some say they're just negotiating the establishment of more markets).

Sets forth U.S. negotiating objectives with respect to multilateral environmental negotiations, including reaching an internationally binding agreement in which all major GHG - emitting countries contribute equitably to the reduction of global GHG emissions.

Governments adopted a comprehensive package of decisions — including an agreement to initiate a second commitment period for the Kyoto Protocol and the «Durban Platform» to negotiate a long - term, all inclusive future mitigation regime that includes a process to address the «ambition gap» for stabilizing average global temperature increases at 2 degrees Celsius over pre-industrial levels.

When international delegates meet in Paris next year to negotiate a new global climate agreement, they'll be aiming to keep global average surface temperatures from rising more than 2 degrees Celsius beyond pre-industrial levels.

«It is a fundamental tenet of the Under2 Coalition that while national governments negotiated the Paris Agreement, state and regional leaders are central to delivering the goal of limiting global temperature increase to less than 2 degrees Celsius.»

Oil rich Saudi Arabia is leading a campaign to sabotage attempts by countries on the front line of climate change to include an ambitous 1.5 C target for global warming in the COP21 agreement currently being negotiated in Paris.

The Ethiopian dictator, who was speaking in Addis Ababa at a meeting arranged by United Nations Economic Commission for Africa to promote the African negotiating position, demanded that the West pay billions of dollars annually in exchange for Africa's acquiescence to a global warming agreement.

With world leaders from 195 countries negotiating to reach a global agreement to reduce carbon emissions, expansive news and media coverage is guaranteed.

This should ensure a much strong agreement when a global price is negotiated because voting for a higher price does not simply burden your own country, it harnesses the efforts of all other countries on your behalf.

Given how elusive efforts to negotiate a truly global agreement to combat human - triggered global warming have been, conference attendees resolved to draft a new climate pact to take effect in 2020 would be «applicable to all Parties.»

Following the adoption of the Dubai Pathway on HFCs, Parties to the Montreal Protocol are set to negotiate and adopt an HFC amendment in 2016, the first major test of the Paris Climate Agreement and global commitment to «pursue efforts to limit the [average global] temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius.»

to negotiate a new agreement to protect oceans, approve an annual state of the planet report, set up a major world agency for the environment, and appoint a global «ombudsperson», or high commissioner, for future generations.

Negotiating a Global Climate Change Agreement: Rapporteur's Report of Executive Session on March 14 - 15, 1991

Esther advised a partner in the Paris office of a global firm (with an English law LLP Agreement) on his proposed expulsion from the firm and subsequently on his negotiated exit.

Defending technology company and its board of directors in multimillion dollar PA state court action brought by founder / consultant / shareholder alleging claims for breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract, and rescission; prosecuting action in NJ federal court on behalf of executive terminated in breach of his employment agreement; defending companies and their majority owners in numerous state court actions throughout NY and NJ alleging breach of contract and fraud; defending company in connection with DOL investigation regarding misclassification of employees; defending health - tech entrepreneur in connection with DOL investigation regarding unemployment insurance fraud; counseling global company and its US subsidiary in connection with various employment law matters; and negotiating numerous separation agreements.

They continually sign Master Agreements in different locations or departments, and should allow all global entities access to discounts once negotiated levels are reached or exceeded.

Thereafter, negotiated global settlement agreement by which UMass became a co-owner of Max Planck's competing patent applications on RNA interference.

Negotiated electric and natural gas energy supply agreements for a global technology firm's data center and a national manufacturing company's production facilities across the country.

Before joining Eversheds Sutherland (US), Robert served as transactional counsel and manager for Accenture, a multi-billion dollar global management consulting, technology and outsourcing company, where he structured, reviewed and negotiated all aspects of outsourcing agreements, management consulting agreements, and technology licensing agreements.

We advise on, prepare and negotiate IP - related agreements for SMEs through to global corporations.

• Provided support to global sales offices by managing, drafting, reviewing, redlining, and negotiating both standard and non-standard agreements including, but not limited to non-disclosure, professional services, independent contractor, manufacturing, software licensing (both on - premise and SaaS), customer / sales, supplier, joint development, and distributor contracts

• Provided support to global sales offices by managing, drafting, reviewing, redlining, and negotiating both standard and non-standard agreements including nondisclosure, professional services, independent contractor, manufacturing, software licensing (both on premise and SaaS), customer / sales, supplier, joint development, and distributor contracts • Maintained contractual records and documentation, such as receipt and control of all contract correspondence, customer contact information sheets, contractual changes, and other documents for all projects • Worked with risk management department to coordinate contractual insurance requirements • Worked with finance department to insure adherence to broader finance and risk requirements such as revenue recognition, pricing and discounting policies and other relevant requirements • Worked with relevant sales and business team and advise regarding legal issues and risks related to various business transactions • Ensured proper completion of a wide variety of agreements • Monitored compliance by company employees with established procedures • Ensured that signed contracts are communicated to all relevant parties to provide contract visibility and awareness

One of the key themes of the Leave campaign was the return of Britain as a global trading power, negotiating and concluding agreements under its own steam.

Many of these recent agreements include dispute resolution provisions which continue to provide for «ad hoc» arbitration, albeit with clauses which are more sophisticated than the standard short form articles found in the bulk of the BITs negotiated in the global surge in the mid-1990s.