"closed-door discussions" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to describe a meeting or conversation that is held privately and is not open to the public. For example, "The senator held closed-door discussions with his colleagues about the proposed legislation."
"We believe it's playing a role in closed-door discussions throughout the U.S. government," Scharf said.
They have already begun the delicate, closed-door discussions about how the two candidates will debate each other.
Lawyers for Mr. Timimi and even the trial prosecutors have not been allowed to hear the closed-door discussions.
At points on Friday, those on both sides of the contract negotiations expressed tempered optimism about progress in the closed-door discussions.
The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity about closed-door discussions, said Ms. Merkel's position on euro bonds had not changed and was not likely to.
For foreign journalists trying to decode China's closed-door discussions about democratic movements in the Middle East, the government has made it unusually easy.
The United States, however, said it was "not in a position to engage," said the diplomat, who spoke about the closed-door discussions on the condition of anonymity.
The negotiations over the Bell Canada buyout began to fray late Friday, said people on both sides of the deal, who were in closed-door discussions all weekend.
But if the closed-door discussion produces an open debate, we – and the next government – might usefully find out.
On the first of October, Facebook apologized to drag performers everywhere, and followed shortly afterward with the announcement of Rooms, an app for anonymous, closed-door discussion.
At the "informal" meeting of EU foreign ministers in northern Portugal on September 7th and 8th, a closed-door discussion on Russia turned into a remarkable round of soul-searching.
