The deal is expected to open the doors for a variety of others that Iraq has been negotiating recently, said an American official, and is a positive sign of Iraq's stability in reaching beyond a select group of customers.
Frank A. Verrastro, director of the energy and national security program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said he thought the announcement of the Chinese deal would open the door to the announcement of some of the other oil deals that Iraq has been negotiating recently.
(CEO 2, NZ PACERR Plus (Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations) negotiations were launched by Australia and New Zealand in August 2009 and they continue to be negotiated as recently as November 2013.
Springer made no serious response to our proposal to acquire the JPL, so a contract for a new journal was negotiated and recently approved by the Council.
Mr. Hargreaves did a little negotiating himself recently.
They have talked repeatedly about a new contract, meeting to negotiate as recently as last Saturday.
I imagined my work akin to housekeepers negotiating a recently vacated Led Zeppelin hotel suite.
Details of the recently negotiated settlement were not available.
Recently, negotiated settlements in other industries have been lower than in engineering (see chart).
