Sentence examples for aiming for agreement from inspiring English sources
A Japanese official told the Guardian that Tokyo was aiming for an agreement to come into force in 2020, which was "realistic", though he later said Japan was aiming for agreement "as soon as possible".
Mr Santer observes that this should spur those who want early enlargement to aim for agreement in Amsterdam.
Both Russia and Japan have spoken in recent weeks of aiming for an agreement in 2018 or 2020, and the UK has supported this move.
Since then, Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble of Germany has said the government in Berlin is aiming for an agreement on a package of measures in March.
He said Mr. Arafat had never been keen on Mr. Barak's idea of aiming for a framework agreement halfway through the negotiations for a final accord.
Both sides are aiming for a framework agreement in time for a Europe-India summit meeting in Brussels, scheduled for October.
The British government has given no clear indication of the form its preferred Brexit model will take, but appears to be aiming for a bespoke agreement that would give it control over EU immigration, possibly at the expense of single market membership, rather than a deal based on that of Norway and Switzerland.
The Alliance of Small Island States (Aosis) wants to aim for an agreement by 2015, after hopes faded that a new global treaty could be signed to follow on immediately when the current provisions of the Kyoto protocol expire next year.
Royal Mail and the union had aimed for an agreement by last Wednesday when the company posted its first results as a public company but the deadline was extended to Tuesday.
Connie Hedegaard, Europe's climate chief, said the EU's roadmap was to aim for an agreement to be drawn up "by the first COP [UN meeting] after 2015", which would be December 2016, and this could then come into force in 2020.
Participants are aiming for a "high-standard" agreement which chips away at stubborn non-tariff barriers: everything from import quotas to onerous regulatory hurdles.
