The phrase "astute negotiating" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a skillful and perceptive approach to negotiation in various contexts, such as business or diplomacy.
Example: "Her astute negotiating skills helped secure a favorable deal for the company."
Alternatives: "shrewd bargaining" or "savvy negotiation".
This, of course, witnessed the pivotal year of 1492, when Granada was taken from the Moors (largely through internal squabbles among the Muslims and some astute negotiating by the Iberian Christians), and that obscure Genoese, Christopher Columbus, made his landfall in the Bahamas thinking he was near India.Spanish soldiers were very highly regarded at that time.
Atangana proved an astute diplomat, in one case negotiating with a group of rebellious Manguissa and thus averting a confrontation between the tribesmen and the Germans.
For Mr. Einhorn, who burnished his reputation as an astute money manager when he challenged Lehman Brothers shortly before its fall, some market participants wondered whether negotiating a stake in the Mets was a distraction.
And while we're on politics, being politically astute means being able to negotiate and persuade, to create alliances.
Last August, for instance, Mr. Jager suggested that Procter was becoming more astute, boasting that it took the company only two months to negotiate the $2.3 billion acquisition of the Iams Company, the pet food maker.
Without consulting the diplomatically astute Calvert, the prince and the duke travelled to Spain to negotiate the Spanish marriage for themselves, with disastrous results.
Referring to Karzai, including his ability to get Galbraith "sacked" for talking about the tainted elections: "Astute tactical player" and someone with whom we'll have to negotiate since he's still on top.
It's been more than a decade since then ― and six years since Democrats had the majority ― but Pelosi's financial stranglehold over the caucus has indebted many members to her, and her reputation as an astute tactician has some Democrats thinking they're better off with an experienced hand trying to negotiate with a Republican House, Senate and White House.
Reflecting yesterday on the three chancellors he has known and negotiated with, he said Joseph A. Fernandez was the most charming, Ramon C. Cortines was "the most caring," and Dr. Crew was "the most politically astute".
