But this extra nondisclosure agreement, drawn up by the agricultural biotechnology industry, appears to be unusual, and some environmentalists said it was too restrictive.
Every extra day the agreement remains in limbo will be a day when its enemies in Washington, Tehran and Israel will be able to rally against it.
WASHINGTON -- Users of cellphones and other wireless devices who are nearing their monthly limit for voice, text or data services will receive alerts when they are in danger of being charged extra, under an agreement reached by carriers and the Federal Communications Commission.
But amid the assurances of all that lovely extra cash, the agreement presents a number of issues that, weirdly, the business lobbyists and multinational corporations behind the deal aren't so excited to promote.
But amid the assurances of all that lovely extra cash, the agreement presents a number of issues that, weirdly, the business lobbyists and multinational corporations behind the deal aren't so keen to promote.
It desperately needs the extra economic growth an agreement would bring (see article).
One of those ideas, another negotiator said, dealt with an extra year in the agreement.
But the delegates said that it still appeared most likely that an agreement on extra supply could be made without a face-to-face gathering.
Addressing concerns that teachers would be saddled with the extra load, an interim agreement was reached in July to hire additional instructors from a pool of the teachers laid off in the district during the past three years.
As The Economist went to press, the airlines were being offered $5 billion in cash, $3 billion to pay for extra security and an agreement by the government to take on their huge potential legal liability.
