Sentence examples for export standoff from inspiring English sources
There was no word of any change in the food export standoff, but Renzi's visit was nevertheless portrayed by Russian state-run television as a sign of Italy's straying from European Union solidarity on sanctions.
The Iranians did the polonium experiments on the Tehran Research Reactor, the device at the center of the current political standoff over whether Iran will export most of its enriched uranium in exchange for fresh reactor fuel.
Oil prices have risen for a number of reasons, including sanctions against Iran in the standoff over its nuclear ambitions, reduced exports from Syria, Yemen and South Sudan, and demand from India and China.
But grander geopolitical factors involving the Iranian-Saudi duel for regional hegemony in the Arab world -- in addition to Iran and Israel's ongoing military standoff -- also influenced Germany's decision to export arms to the GCC.
After a monthlong standoff, Russia, the world's second-largest exporter after Saudi Arabia, finally agreed to trim its daily exports of crude by 150,000 barrels.
Investors are also confident that the standoff will be short lived and that normal exports will resume soon.
W. James McNerney Jr., chief executive of Boeing, and also the chairman of the Business Roundtable, a corporate association, and of the White House export council, said in an interview on Thursday that for corporate America, the standoff over the government shutdown "drives an even deeper concern about the debt limit".
Concern that the standoff between the west and Russia over the Ukraine could lead Vladimir Putin to restrict oil and gas exports to Europe has also subsided.
The standoff continues today.
