The phrase "a harder negotiating" is not correct in standard written English.
It should be rephrased to convey the intended meaning more clearly, as "harder" is not typically used as an adjective for "negotiating."
Example: "We are facing a harder negotiation than we anticipated."
Alternatives: "a tougher negotiation" or "a more difficult negotiation."
Because federal bankruptcy rules allow companies to reject contracts, AMR may take a harder negotiating stance with its unions.
So I'm just curious, moving forward, what prevents you from taking a harder negotiating stance, being that it seems that the Republicans are taking a really hard stance?" The president defended himself with a tinge of resignation: If the crazed bullies put a gun to your head, you must surrender.
Similarly, the US negotiating team led by the secretary of state, John Kerry, emerged from a video conference with Obama and his national security staff on Wednesday last week, with a harder negotiating line on some issues, according to a senior Iranian official speaking the next day.
The Telegraph is reporting that at the last minute the labels demanded too much upfront cash, killing a hard negotiated potential deal.
The company must sign a deal with Russia regardless of the market price of uranium, so "the Russians can take a much harder negotiating position,"said Dan M. Collier, senior vice president at NAC International, a nuclear energy consulting firm in Atlanta.
It was "thoroughly predictable," he added, that taking such a hard negotiating line would end in virtually no gain for the Republicans.
Its rejection would force Iceland's increasingly shaky left-wing coalition to reopen negotiations with the British and Dutch governments — both of which have taken a hard negotiating stance.
"You combine a union that is not uncomfortable with a very public approach to negotiations and using whatever types of leverage it can find, and a university that's taken a hard negotiating approach and stuck with it for a long period of time, and it's a volatile mix," said Richard Hurd, a labor relations professor at Cornell.
John Arigo, owner of a pizzeria and an accounting office across the street from the Muslim society, said emergency vehicles would have a harder time negotiating East Meadow Avenue.
Verizon is having a harder time negotiating with Mr. Maisano's unit because of the mandatory overtime issue, a person close to the talks said.
Tehran asserts that unless it secures its regional interests through helping its allies, it has a harder time negotiating with the US from a position of power.
