The phrase "authorization to negotiate" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where permission or approval is granted to engage in negotiations, often in business or legal settings.
Example: "The board has given the CEO the authorization to negotiate the terms of the merger with the other company."
Alternatives: "permission to negotiate" or "approval to negotiate".
"Two years ago, we passed legislation for six casinos in New York State, gave the governor authorization to negotiate those compacts, so I congratulate the governor," said the leader of the Senate's Republican majority, Joseph L. Bruno.
The committee also recommended that Congress "consider repealing the Logan Act," a law that states it is a crime for anyone without authorization to negotiate on behalf of the United States.
In his article, "Great Deal – But How Will It Play at the Office?" for the October 2006 issue of the Negotiation newsletter, Tufts University professor Jeswald W. Salacuse explains that you can increase your independence as well as the chances of buy-in from all parties by first sitting down with colleagues and partners to gain authorization to negotiate on key deal terms.
The Revlon board's authorization permitting management to negotiate a merger or buyout with a third party was a recognition that the company was for sale.
When Dolan fired Brown in June 2006, he said it was "for cause" and accused Brown of various transgressions — including attempts to negotiate trades without authorization.
The initial step is defining the group of employees you are trying to unionize and getting a majority of them to sign the board's authorization cards, which would allow the union to negotiate a contract on their behalf.
The board's authorization allowed BP's chief executive, Robert W. Dudley, to negotiate the final terms for BP's sale of its Russian holdings within a range of acceptable combinations of cash and shares, the executive with knowledge of the decision said.
In a sign of rising labor tensions, SAG-AFTRA is seeking a strike authorization from its members as it continues to negotiate a new three-year contract with the major studios.
County Judge Pedro Treviño, Jr., who did not return a phone call seeking comment, received authorization on Monday from the county commissioners to negotiate a deal with DHS and Serco.
No date has been set for the strike authorization vote, which gives union leaders the authority to call a strike if they are unable to negotiate a new contract on behalf of the guild's 12,000 members.
Israel refused to negotiate.
