Sentence examples for second commitments from inspiring English sources

Second, commitments made under the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) and bilateral and regional agreements such as NAFTA have the potential to lock in privatization initiatives against future governments' efforts to expand public provision or insurance [ 235, 236], although disagreement exists about the seriousness of this prospect.

"Russia has made it clear that they are reluctant to commit to a second commitment period, Australia, New Zealand and Canada are also known to be reluctant to put them forward.

"A second commitment period is a must.

In the second, "commitment companies", the firm itself generated considerable loyalty.

Even the length of the second commitment period under the Kyoto Protocol was parked.

We are almost ready to be alone in a second commitment period [to the Kyoto protocol].

2.41pm BST Cameron says his second commitment is to promote UK trade overseas.

It does not make sense to set a second commitment period.

Frankly, any conversation about second commitment periods at 4am should not be revealed.

Kyoto's "first commitment period" runs out at the end of 2012, and the Japanese publicly insisted at the start of the conference last week, in unusually strong language, that they would not sign up to a second commitment period "under any circumstances".

At a meeting in Brazil on August 26th-27th, "agreeing on the second commitment period" was apparently the main issue they discussed.