Ceding sovereignty to Europe is a political hot potato in Britain.
Ceding the rolling mills to the state would thus interfere with its overall business in France, which employs 20,000 people at 150 sites, a third of its total in Europe.The contested takeover of Arcelor by Mittal in 2006 was opposed by the then French government, forcing the Indian businessman, based in London, to make undertakings to keep steelworks open.
Ceding its position as the meanest airline in the sky is sure to bump up Ryanair's costs and ticket prices.
Perhaps it was always like this – take my hand, horizon – ceding this land.
In a row without ceding anything?
Mr Montebourg seemed keen on the idea that Siemens would acquire Alstom's energy assets, in turn ceding its transport operations to the French firm to create two European champions.
Rather than provoking China by arming Taiwan and patrolling the seas, it would be better to placate it, and throw it the morsel of Taiwan.But to walk away from Taiwan would in effect mean ceding to China the terms of unification.
Some politicians, including the head of the congressional committee that oversees the SEC, worry about ceding standard-setting power to the IASB.
Covered in shame The dark side Harmony and discord Rules of the road Saving grace ReprintsThe opponents included flat-tax happy Estonia, as well as Britain and Ireland, both countries with theological objections to ceding tax powers to Brussels.
One sort of grand bargain has been much discussed in Baku and Washington, but firmly rejected by Mr Kocharian: an exchange of territory that would leave the Armenians in control of Lachin, the town whose surrounding land links Karabakh with Armenia proper, while ceding Armenia's southern Meghri district to Azerbaijan.
For reasons of logistics and security, Mr bin Laden now appears to act mainly as a figurehead, ceding operational control to his chief lieutenant, Ayman al-Zawahiri, an Egyptian.Some terrorism experts believe that Mr Zawahiri has adopted a two-pronged offensive.
