Sentences with phrase «post-olympics charm offensive»

We don't get to pick the U.S. President any more than we pick our own parents, so Trudeau's tactical charm offensive is a legitimate response.

The company's expansion of its popular roaming plan to over 35 European companies is the latest evidence of his charm offensive in action.

Not only is it possible that Kim Yo Jong could steal the spotlight from Pence in both local and international media coverage with a charm offensive, but Olympics officials are concerned about the seating arrangements at Friday's Opening Ceremonies.

In other words: you should probably focus your charm offensive on the office introverts — they're the ones who need the most convincing of how great you are.

Facebook's Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg went on a charm offensive in Germany on Thursday, telling the country's powerful automakers that the world's biggest social network does not want to compete with them.

The charm offensive already is underway: First daughter and White House senior adviser Ivanka Trump traveled to South Carolina on Jan. 26 with Republican Sen. Tim Scott to highlight the expansion of the child tax credit under the law to a predominantly female audience.

Most important, he is engaging in a charm offensive with the company's dealers.

So far, however, Rubio's charm offensive doesn't appear to have done much to blunt the backlash.

Although still far smaller than Uber, Lyft is running a successful charm offensive to brand itself the kinder, gentler version of Uber, whose hyper - competitive tactics have crossed the line several times, as our business ethics blogger Chris MacDonald wrote recently:

«There's no fluff, no bull, no charm offensive with this company,» Schuhmacher says.

Khosrowshahi simultaneously came across as polished and humble while employing a charm offensive that has seemingly worked well for him during an apology tour of sorts as Uber tries to rehabilitate its image with customers and government authorities around the world.

But Zuckerberg's global charm offensive goes beyond China's borders.

Dating back to the mid-1950's, the term charm offensive is commonly referred to as a concentrated attempt to gain favor or respectability by conspicuously cooperative or obliging behavior.

Currently, a nation's president (Hassan Rouhani), a country (China) and a business leader (Vernon W. Hill II of Metro Bank) are using charm offensives to win over a particular constituency.

During times of tension and tight deadlines it is more productive for a leader to launch of charm offensive to galvanize the team.

A retailer on a charm offensive couldn't ask for a better leader.

The ceremonial game — the second time AlphaGo has gone head - to - head with a master Go player in a public showdown — represents a major bridge - building exercise for Google in China, following a charm offensive in recent years.

Apple has been on a charm offensive, visiting China last year, and announced a $ 45 million research and development center in Beijing.

Alibaba has fared slightly better, thanks in part to Ma's tireless charm offensive.

Furthermore, the speech emphasized the importance of First Nations» participation in these benefits — is this perhaps a nod to the ongoing charm offensive in B.C. to persuade First Nations on the merits of Northern Gateway?

While Canadians have tended to notice so - called charm offensive trips to the U.S. by their prime minister, premiers and cabinet members, there are several reminders this week that influential American politicians are also working the file.

While much of the focus has been about Ryanair's charm offensive t...

Trump was convinced to sell lethal weapons to Ukraine thanks in part to a savvy charm offensive from Kiev — but the deal may be more bark than bite.

Offsetting the negatives were the charm offensive of North Korea.

Following the 19th Party Congress, Beijing will launch a charm offensive to prevent an anti-China coalition from forming in its periphery.

Beijing has been on a charm offensive towards Tonga, providing business, immigration, and lots of soft power — including giving every Tongan M.P. a laptop.

According to political strategist Charles Bird, Ontario's trade lobbying could mirror how the province engaged New York: Start with the charm offensive but send a second message that the province is prepared to respond if necessary.

Sandra Jansen (NDP — Calgary - North West): Appointed to cabinet in 2017, the former PC MLA plays a big role in Notley's charm offensive in Calgary.

Modi will visit Washington in September, and this week's two - punch charm offensive by Kerry and Pritzker sought to soften any tensions between the U.S. and India before his trip.

Not a chance, they will continue the charm offensive, it costs them nothing and may pay them big dividends, depending on how things pan out over the years.

So clearly barcelona will go on a charm offensive.

The Press Association think not, saying «Mourinho has ruled out a charm offensive, instead insisting the only people he needs to impress are Blues fans.»

With regard to barcelona, I suspect they have started a charm offensive, starting with the president making favouable comments, barcelona players being friendly to bellerin on international duty etc..

Wenger does seem to be launching a charm offensive to try and get the fans back on his side before the new season, and to get a few top - class players in early will go a long way to achieving that goal.

I expect barcelona are mounting a charm offensive, persuade bellerin he wants to leave arsenal and move to barcelona and barcelona get him cheaper than if they had to bid against say real madrid.

Speaking to Telefoot, Mourinho made it clear he would not shy away from new challenges and different environments, and seemed to go on the charm offensive about PSG and the city of Paris in general.

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Henry makes a remark and the papers run with it, charm offensive my ass.

Real Madrid are also keen but have fallen foul of Pogba's agent and it is now claimed that Al Khelaifi has launched a charm offensive - meeting the 22 - year - old in Monaco recently - to persuade the youngster to move back to France.

Except I think they might just be aware already of the confusion caused by their «First 1,000 Days» global charm offensive.

In an apparent charm offensive, he addressed Labour MPs and promised to bring the party and country together.

The Corporation carried out a charm offensive of its own, sponsoring meetings and dinners at each of the annual party conferences and commissioning and publishing a series of heavyweight academic studies of issues facing London as a global financial capital.

... That line comes compliments of the every - quotable Q pollster Mickey Carroll, who's out with a new survey today that found New Yorkers prefer Gov. Andrew Cuomo's charm offensive in hopes of getting lawmakers to support his budget to the all - out assault approach preferred by former Gov. Eliot «Steamroller» Spitzer.

He has recently visited a number of European countries in what has been seen as a pre-Brexit charm offensive orchestrated by the Foreign Office.

She'll then fly to Poland with some Cabinet colleagues for a charm offensive as she begins the painstaking task of building fresh strategic relationships.

Kim turned on the charm offensive at the Olympics and reached out to South Korea, leaving the U.S. as a bystander.

I suppose this the beginning of a new GOP charm offensive, the goal of course being to solidify the GOP in power.

French President Emmanuel Macron says his glamorous Paris charm offensive on Donald Trump was carefully calculated — and may have changed the U.S. president's mind about climate change.

Simon Wren - Lewis — one of shadow chancellor John McDonnell's high - powered economic advisory team — argued that Corbyn needed to base his leadership on those areas where his brand of politics has a degree of popularity and consensus — notably on anti-austerity, support for public services and lessening inequality — and he needed to show both popular flair while conducting a charm offensive on his parliamentary colleagues.

The shadow transport secretary plans launched a charm offensive against Britain's motorists by pledging to block applications for new speed cameras.