Until recently the EU was negotiating "deep and comprehensive" free-trade agreements with just two neighbours: Ukraine, even though it has been backsliding on civil liberties, and Libya.Europe's neighbourhood policy is a sort of enlargement-lite.
In June 1997, environmental groups voiced anger because, in their view, Vice President Gore had failed to push hard enough for tougher air pollution standards and for negotiating deep cuts in worldwide emissions of greenhouse gases.
By negotiating deep discounts on vendors' products and services, Groupon sought to link vendors with new customers through its signature "deal of the day" for a spotlighted product or service as well as through other, less-prominent deals.
Medicare officials could then try to negotiate deeper discounts.
Logistics managers say they negotiate deeper discounts every week on ships that are leaving half empty.
The Clinton administration has tried to persuade Russia to accept changes in the treaty that would permit a limited missile defense even as the two countries negotiate deeper, money-saving cuts in their huge nuclear arsenals.
Richard Evans, an analyst at SSR Health, compared it to musical chairs — when there are a few major brands with comparable drugs in a category, the pharmacy benefit companies can simply take away a chair and exclude the drug, using that leverage to negotiate deeper discounts.
The president didn't provide any details, or hint at whether he would push to negotiate deeper cuts in the nuclear arms stockpiles or seek Senate ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
Further cuts would force college officials to negotiate deeper concessions from college employees, who have accepted salary cuts and furlough days to contribute to a balanced budget in previous years.
Drug prices in Europe and Canada are far lower because they have national health care, and the governments negotiate deep discounts.
