The move infuriated the Europeans, who had concocted the Greek bailout as part of a painstakingly negotiated broader effort to stabilize the euro.
Maurer, who recently visited Yemen and Iran to negotiate broader humanitarian access, said air raids had gouged craters in the streets of the Yemeni capital Sana'a.
"I firmly believe that a process of competitive liberalization will enhance our ability" to negotiate broader market-opening agreements, Mr. Zoellick told reporters in Singapore today.
When it comes to questions of working conditions and compensation, she says, "individual receivers of care cannot negotiate, just like an individual worker cannot negotiate" broader concerns--which makes unions an ideal mediator on issues like salary, hours and benefits.
While some colleges negotiate broad coverage from insurers, others receive what seem like low-cost plans, but they provide so few benefits that they are among the most lucrative for the insurance industry.
He is seeking authority from Congress to negotiate broad trade accords -- including a Free Trade Area of the Americas -- under which Congress could approve or reject, but not amend, any agreement.
Still, Mr. Sampson and Mr. Silver suggested that the administration was at least partly to blame for the holdup, saying that they needed the administration to provide a more up-to-date accounting of the state's current spending and revenue before they could negotiate broad budget targets for next year.
Even as we're negotiating a broader deficit reduction package, let's extend the middle class tax cuts right now.
The Bush administration hopes it will become the springboard for negotiating a broader agreement for the entire Western hemisphere.
French and German diplomats argued that widespread support for such a broad ban would be unlikely and pushed for an immediate ban on reproductive cloning while leaving open the possibility of eventually negotiating a broader ban.
