This third option is to ask the team member to go back and escalate the issue jointly; that is to say, together with his counterpart.
They say if the government refuses to "negotiate sensible arrangements" they will "move to escalate industrial action, including jointly coordinated strike action and action short of strike action in the autumn".
But Trump has softened his tone on China lately, especially after he visited China in November, and the countries have jointly faced escalating nuclear tensions with North Korea.
What is certain though is that the future will be brighter for all three countries caught in a deadly triangle of mutual mistrust and competition if Pakistan and India can come to see the instability of Afghanistan as a common challenge to be jointly managed rather than a battlefield on which to escalate their long, bitter feud.
"What is certain," Dalrymple writes, "is that the future will be brighter for all three countries caught in a deadly triangle of mutual mistrust and competition if Pakistan and India can come to see the instability of Afghanistan as a common challenge to be jointly managed, rather than as a battlefield on which to continue or, worse, escalate their long and bitter feud".
Last month, Germany canceled a plan to buy five Euro Hawk drones that were being jointly developed by EADS and Northrop Grumman of the United States, citing the program's escalating costs of more than $1.3 billion.
The rising tension between North and South Korea escalated further on Saturday as Pyongyang threatened to shut down a vital factory complex run jointly by the two countries.
Mexicans and Canadians cheer winning World Cup bid despite tensions with U.S. MEXICO CITY — They might be in the midst of an escalating trade war, but Mexico, Canada and the United States celebrated the news Wednesday that they will jointly host the World Cup in 2026.
Rosie O'Donnell and Gruner & Jahr USA, who jointly publish Rosie magazine, are in a pitched battle over editorial direction that has escalated into threats of legal action by Ms. O'Donnell.
These studies reveal common genetic influences on withdrawal-associated anxiety, convulsions, and escalated drinking that may contribute to relapse, setting the stage for the identification of novel medications to jointly target these effects.
SPEAKER 9: Just escalate, escalate, escalate.
