Sentence examples for a non-binding agreement from inspiring English sources

"Having a non-binding agreement allows us to have the flexibility we need to snap back sanctions immediately, not having to wait for international partners," he said.

Amazon has promised in a non-binding agreement to help fund a modest job training program and set aside space for a tech startup incubator.

In 1992, 194 parties signed the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, a non-binding agreement between countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

A non-binding agreement between the United States, Japan, Australia, China, India and South Korea to develop clean energy technologies met with criticism that "it could be a ploy to undo the Kyoto pact" (Los Angeles Times).

But he made clear that the Obama administration will seek a "non-binding agreement" that, like most international agreements, is not technically a treaty requiring Congress's advice and consent.

Canada has increasingly "harmonised" its energy and climate policy with the US, and in Copenhagen followed it on a non-binding agreement to "reduce emissions by 17% below 2005 level by 2020".

At the G8 countries summit in Germany, that week, the world's top leaders signed up in principle, to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 50% by 2050 – however this was a non binding agreement.

I'll get more specific below, but the combination of a basically non-binding agreement combined with a complex termination clause and associated termination fee to Google, suggest that the deal is little more than a favor to Yahoo, with a payoff to Google for their trouble.

The White House insists there is very little Republicans can do to stop Obama from signing on to a deal at Paris, so long as it remains a voluntary, non-binding agreement.

Matalan, which used suppliers in the building as recently as February this year, said it would not be signing up to the agreement, but said it is part of a different non-binding agreement.

What the world got was a toothless, non-binding agreement which recognizes the seriousness of climate change, but does nothing to address it.