Sentence examples for breaching commitments from inspiring English sources

Speaking to the BBC, former Hong Kong Governor Chris Patten accused China of breaching commitments it made to Hong Kong before taking over sovereignty from the UK in 1997.

He said: "I cannot believe it would be so stupid as to do anything like sending in the army". Lord Patten accused China of breaching commitments it made to Hong Kong before taking over sovereignty from the UK in 1997.

The action on the amendments represents "a significant step back in the fight against corruption and breaches commitments Romania has taken upon accession," the report said.

It and three other groups said they would shun the elections so as not to appear to endorse constitutional changes they say breach commitments made in a national charter overwhelmingly approved in a referendum in February 2001.

If a company has breached commitments made legally binding by way of an Article 9 decision, it may be fined up to 10% of its total annual turnover.

In its case against Google, the FTC claimed that Google and its subsidiary Motorola Mobility Inc had breached commitments to standard-setting bodies to license its patents on terms that are fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory.

Most developed countries have shifted towards green box subsidies for agriculture, so they continue to provide enormous support to their farmers without breaching WTO commitments.

Last year America's Federal Trade Commission (FTC) castigated Google and Facebook after both firms were found to have breached privacy commitments.

They should censure actions that restrict trade or raise barriers to investment whether or not they breach WTO commitments.

The West says that Iran has breached its commitments by refusing to answer questions from the International Atomic Energy Agency and refusing to comply with Security Council mandates.

But at the same conference, he accused the United States, France and Britain of responsibility for the spread of nuclear weapons, saying they had repeatedly breached their commitments to the nonproliferation treaty, Iran's Press TV news service reported.