Sentences with phrase «of fraught negotiations»

None of the amendments are likely to succeed, however, because of the fraught negotiations with other Commonwealth countries which have to be finalised before there can be any change to the constitutional arrangements around the monarchy.

Nuclear energy supporters, renewable power purists and all flavors of environmental activists in between gathered in Paris last December and applauded as world leaders inked a global agreement to combat climate change, the fruit of 20 years of fraught negotiation.

Not exact matches

Negotiations look set to be fraught, as Republicans and Democrats alike will attempt to resolve a series of legislative issues by attaching other agenda items to the must - pass bill.

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.

The lift in returns was a pleasant surprise to most analysts, with Australia considered a mature market where growth is difficult to come by, and where the clout of the two big liquor retailers Woolworths and Coles makes negotiations with suppliers generally fraught.

The final state budget coms out of often fraught negotiations between the governor, Assembly speaker and State Senate majority leader.

His idea of offering Nick Boles as a hostage to the Lib Dems during particularly fraught Coalition negotiations brought the house down.

«Given the slow pace and fraught nature of the U.N. negotiations, it is important to drive real action among willing partners that doesn't depend on treaties, negotiations, et cetera,» Stern said.

The «big six» publishers (Hachette, Macmillan, Penguin Group, HarperCollins, Random House, and Simon & Schuster) are protecting their assets amidst declining author rates, fraught ebook pricing negotiations, fear of piracy, and the increase of self - publishing.

Subscription services currently offer the potential of lower profits to content distributors, which is why movie studies have been involved in a series of increasingly fraught negotiations with Netflix.

With current concentrations already so high above the 350 target, some observers are inevitably proclaiming 350 to be impossible, especially given the political context of fraught and faltering global negotiations.

It was plainly connected to the fraught negotiations and posturing over the issue of Zimbabwe, whose cricketing association has obvious links with the discredited Mugabe regime.

The current fraught climate of the relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union — even before negotiations have officially begun — suggests that this is hardly a comforting solution for affected citizens.