Sentence examples for bilateral pacts from inspiring English sources

Furthermore, bilateral pacts can damage the U.S. economy by diverting trade from low-cost foreign suppliers.

A proliferation of bilateral pacts would undermine current U.S. efforts to negotiate multilateral, non-discriminatory trade agreements.

It moved off the "gray list" in March after signing 18 such agreements, surpassing the 12 required bilateral pacts.

[A8.] United States officials, frustrated with the prospect of a weakened hemispheric trade agreement, said they would focus on bilateral pacts to get past differences with Brazil.

Venezuela this year agreed to buy more than $1 billion in Argentine bonds, and Argentine exports to Venezuela more than tripled after bilateral pacts were struck.

At the same time, the US's regional strategic relationships were evolving even before China's recent actions, with a shift away from bilateral pacts towards multilateral alliances, Davies said.

And when the European Union signs a bilateral pact with Mexico, the whole idea is to leave America out.So what is the president on about?

The books included careful instructions on how to avoid a bilateral pact with the devil or, if need be, how to break it.

South Korea's new prime minister, Han Duck-soo, recently emphasised that for any bilateral pact to work, Japan would have to open up nine-tenths of its farm trade.

In 1928 the French foreign minister, Aristide Briand, had evolved a plan for a bilateral pact outlawing war as a tool of national diplomacy.

Rather than resorting to a European response, Berlin has been pursuing a bilateral pact with the Americans aimed at curbing NSA activities and insisting on a "no-spying pact" between allies.