If the problems continue, the agreement allows the Justice Department and the others to file motions to reopen their lawsuits with Judge Frank J. Polozola of Federal District Court in Baton Rouge.
For example, Richard Fimbres, a member of the Tucson City Council who is usually more concerned with improving city streets than with the minutiae of international trade law, recently sponsored a resolution asking the Commerce Department to continue the agreement.
The WRU's board of directors met on Thursday to consider its response to the failure of the regions to meet a 31 December deadline to continue the agreement until 2019.
The regions were on Monday night waiting for a discussion document from the WRU aimed at resuming negotiations, less than a week after the quartet failed to meet a deadline for continuing the agreement until 2019 because there would be no change in the terms and conditions of a deal that started in 2009.
"Under these conditions," he continued, "the agreement that you will be able to reach is dangerous from a diplomatic point of view and has the potential to cause a split in the people, a split from which, God forbid, there will be no turning back".
He said continuing the agreement in some form would benefit businesses.
"For as long as such arbitrary acts and oppression of foreign forces continue, the security agreement with the United States will not be signed," he said.
A 2009 referendum to continue the labor agreement was supported by nearly 60 percent of Swiss voters, but in Ticino, 66 percent voted to reject it.
While the ABS negotiations continue, the other two agreements are practically finalized, working groups have reported to plenary sessions.
"Following wide ranging discussions it is now confirmed that Virgin Money cannot commit funding to ensure this and will not continue the previous funding agreement between us.
There was no outward hint of progress -- other than the length of the meeting and the agreement to continue the talks.
