Sentences with phrase «pact as»

It is so satisfying to see the transformative power of PACT as they adjust the lenses through which they view each other.

China's ambassador has firmly rejected a key pillar of the Trudeau government's trade agenda, branding its attempts to entrench labour standards in a free trade pact as a non-starter for his country.

Using the pact as the centerpiece of a brilliant marketing campaign, Avanzino promoted the San Francisco SPCA's no - kill status and simultaneously launched the term and the movement.

However he added: «I do not see the idea of a Tory Lib Dem pact as a bad thing.

The Lib Dems «worry» says Mandelson, «was that the referendum would be lost because voters might see a Lab - Lib pact as a self - interested stitch - up on both sides, so it might be better to avoid such a test.»

Tonko became a prominent opponent of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) in 2015, citing American trade deficits and the use of child labor by at least four countries who had already signed the pact as among his reasons for opposing the deal.

However, DUP leader Peter Robinson described the unionist pact as the «most comprehensive electoral agreement between our two parties in the last 29 years».

Given this solid track record on trade, it's difficult to dismiss threats of withdrawing from the pact as just tough talk.

The prime minister hailed Friday's accord as «a successful negotiation» for his country, while the Eurogroup said Greece has committed itself to «a broader and deeper structural reform process» and many observers have described the pact as a capitulation on Athens» part.

Sitting next to President Emmanuel Macron of France, who hopes to persuade the United States to remain in the Iran nuclear deal, President Trump denounced the pact as «insane» and «ridiculous.»

On Tuesday, supporters of Mr. Trump's protectionist approach to trade cheered the new pact as a victory for American workers and the dawn of a new era in globalization.

China and the European Union are set to issues a statement at a high - level meeting in Brussels committing to implement the climate deal, in a effort to bolster the pact as Trump appears set to abandon it.

Not exact matches

On Wednesday, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani waved aside U.S. and European talks over changes to the nuclear accord and dismissed Trump as a «tradesman» who lacked the qualifications to deal with a complex international pact.

NEW YORK, April 23 - Global benchmark Brent crude turned positive in volatile trade on Monday as it jockeyed between downward pressure after Iran dashed hopes that OPEC would extend its production cap pact and support on fears that U.S. sanctions could dampen Iran's output.

The LOT serves as a mutual non-aggression pact among a web of companies that include Pandora, Newegg and JP Morgan.

The state's move is seen as the first step toward joining the pact.

For Obama, however, killing the pipeline allows him to claim aggressive action on the environment, potentially strengthening his hand as world leaders prepare to finalize major global climate pact within weeks that the president hopes will be a crowning jewel for his legacy.

Hillary Clinton — who once lauded the deal as the «gold standard» of trade agreements — has spent months trying to convince nervous progressives that she has no intention of supporting the 14 - nation pact once she gets in office.

The present French agitation for a «competitiveness pact» is just a classic French ruse for jacking up their own influence as gatekeepers of the inner circle, and has nothing to do with competitiveness, except to reduce it.

Technology companies, such as Microsoft and Cisco Systems have ramped up lobbying ahead of talks to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement, looking to avoid any future restrictions on cloud storage and to promote an international pact to eliminate technology goods tariffs.

Embedded in an article the US Chamber of Commerce published to commemorate the sixth anniversary of the US - Korea Free Trade Agreement, also known as KORUS, was a video that slammed anyone calling for the pact's demise.

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt did not confirm whether the United States would remain in the global climate change pact, under which nearly all countries agreed in 2015 to halt or curb their greenhouse gas emissions, even as the world's biggest emitter China reaffirmed its commitment to the agreement.

«As Prime Minister Abe has made clear, TPP without the United States is meaningless and the balance of interests would crumble,» he told a news conference, adding Tokyo would keep explaining the benefits of the pact for America.

China said on Thursday it will stick to the Paris climate deal as the world awaited an announcement by U.S. President Donald Trump on whether to keep the United States in the global pact to fight climate change.

The U.S. pullout left Japan as the largest player in the revised 11 - nation pact that spans two hemispheres and includes both U.S. neighbours.

The VMware - AWS pact would be roughly analogous to the partnership VMware announced with IBM in February, which blessed IBM (ibm) SoftLayer as VMware's best public cloud friend.

Trump has also granted a permanent exemption on steel tariffs to South Korea as part of a revision of a free trade pact that he sharply criticised.

Earlier this week, Clinton spoke out against the Trans - Pacific Partnership, the 12 - nation trade pact that she boosted as secretary of state and that liberals in the Democratic Party have vehemently opposed.

Vietnam has emerged as another swing country because of its resistance to rules that would improve rights for its workforce, although Hanoi hasn't shown resistance to sign the pact.

The member countries of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans - Pacific Partnership (CPTTP), also known as TPP 11, reached a basic agreement on the pact in November.

And while the costs of NAFTA are highly concentrated in specific industries like auto manufacturing — where job losses may be significant for specific firms — the benefits of the trade pact (such as lower prices for imported electronics or clothing) are distributed widely across the U.S., as they are in the case of any trade pact worldwide.

The EU's Court of Justice announced a landmark ruling that nullifies that 15 - year - old Safe Harbour pact, which allows tech companies such as Facebook and Google to transfer European customer data to U.S. servers.

Their agreement on a free - trade pact timed with the G20 meeting in Germany can be as substantive as it is symbolic, raising the key question of whether it might serve as a turning point for the United States as the Trump administration decides on its future trade agenda.

European Climate Commissioner Miguel Arias Canete told reporters in Brussels he deeply regretted the U.S. pullout from the pact to fight the dangers of global warming, which was signed by more than 190 countries, and said it could not be renegotiated as Trump has suggested [B5N1G8011].

In his first week in office, Trump withdrew the US from the huge free trade pact after criticizing it sharply as a bad deal for American workers on the campaign trail.

States have just a few more days to decide whether to join the settlement, and an announcement of a pact could come as early as next week, people familiar with the talks said.

Over the past few years, countries such as China, Russia, Iran, and Brazile, Russia, India, and China, and South Africa (the BRICS nations) have begun to pose a challenge to the current system, forming pacts to transact oil in local currencies, bypassing the petro - dollar.

The premier made the pact with Alcan to disregard the deal the original contract and legislation and permit, indeed partnered with Alcan to give Alcan a sweetheart deal to make hundreds of million dollars making electricity for sale instead of expanding aluminum production as the deal called for.

As this software started to gain support, Blockstream organised more meetings, especially with the biggest bitcoin miners and made a pact with them.

One of the most contentious issues is an American proposal to do away with a part of the pact known as Chapter 19, which allows Canada and Mexico to appeal America's anti-dumping and anti-subsidy tariffs.

The ruling was handed down as negotiators from Canada, the United States and Mexico met in Ottawa to negotiate reforms to Nafta, a sprawling trade pact that has guided the North American economy since 1994.

It has nothing to do with signing a peace treaty,» the president was quoted as saying, after his agreement with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un last week to pursue such a pact prompted his adviser to express such a view.

America's eagerness to strike a deal on its biggest trade pact comes as U.S. stocks tumbled, falling in seven of their last 10 trading sessions on concern President Donald Trump's protectionism could spark a trade war.

Oil up a second session as potential for U.S. withdrawal from Iran nuclear pact grows Natural - gas prices settle at a 2 - week lowOil finishes higher Thursday, as traders worried that a potential U.S. withdrawal from the Iran nuclear agreement and the International Monetary Fund's threat to expel Venezuela from the international coalition of nations will lead to tighter global crude supplies.

Global benchmark Brent crude turned positive in volatile trade on Monday as it jockeyed between downward pressure after Iran dashed hopes that OPEC would extend its production cap pact and Continue Reading

Trump previously told Reuters in an interview in April 2017 that the pact was «unacceptable,» calling it a «horrible deal» struck by his 2016 Democratic presidential election opponent, Hillary Clinton, who as secretary of state promoted the final version before it was approved by Congress in 2011.

While political and foreign policy wonks will understand that Trump isn't necessarily going to end the deal by sending the issue to Congress, broadly speaking it will be read by the American public and the international community as him trying to deliver on his promise to scrap or improve the pact.

The announcement was keenly awaited because the old pact expires in September, and surprised the market as it imposed a stricter limit on sales even while it allows for the IMF to join at a later date.

As part of the pact, Dell would agree to use Windows on the «vast majority of its devices,» according to the Wall Street Journal.

For Dell, the pact would strengthen its relationship with a deep - pocketed and powerful ally at a time when the PC market has stumbled, as users gravitate to smartphones and tablets.