The phrase "broader talks" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to discussions that encompass a wider range of topics or involve more participants than a specific or narrow conversation.
Example: "The leaders engaged in broader talks about climate change and its global impact."
Alternatives: "wider discussions" or "expanded conversations."
But President Obama is right to remain open to broader talks.
And an article on Wednesday about limited military talks gave another incorrect rendering of the name of the broader talks.
The broader talks are not expected to yield a settlement for at least a couple of weeks.
Few analysts expect a substantive breakthrough on Thursday, but the meeting may clear the way for a resumption of the stalled broader talks.
Why is the G20 obviously better than broader talks or bilateral discussions (which, lacking the pomp and spotlight of summity, might make real discussion and compromise easier)?
Few analysts expect a substantive breakthrough Thursday, but the meeting may clear the way for a resumption of stalled broader talks.
The scandal has led to broader talk of constitutional reform a good idea in itself but an election fought around hastily cooked-up ideas in the current climate could be disastrous.What about handing over to somebody like Mr Johnson?
Quite apart from the broader talk of revolution in psychology in this era (e.g., Hebb, 1960), there seems to have been a real sense, at the time, that the revival of interest in imagery was, in itself, an insurgent movement liberating psychologists from entrenched but outworn Behaviorist dogmas.
The president is also likely to stick unwaveringly to Iran's controversial nuclear project: a government spokesman has brushed off suggestions by a leading pragmatist, ex-president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, that the time may be ripe for broad talks on the issue.Yet Mr Ahmadinejad may well face increasing pressure to rein in his language and his fiscal indiscipline.
While there is a general recognition that the policy of not engaging with Pakistan except on counterterrorism issues has exhausted its usefulness, that does not necessarily translate into strong or consistent support for broad talks with Pakistan among the political class, given continuing terrorist threats.
For all the babe-and-broad talk, he was courtly and chivalrous with Dickinson.
