Sentence examples for substantive deal from inspiring English sources
Its biggest goal, a substantive deal from the Doha round of World Trade Organisation negotiations, is currently on life support.
If this dissonance is replicated among global governments, there is little hope for a substantive deal at the UN climate change conference in Paris later this year.
If he gets an amount in excess of $1 trillion — which would require additional measures beyond ending the Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthy — a substantive deal on entitlements becomes more palatable.
1.37pm GMT Juncker in optimistic mood Just in: Jean-Claude Juncker, head of the eurogroup (and prime minister of Luxembourg) has declared that Greece has delivered on its commitments and said he sees ""Good chances" of a substantive deal tonight.
International action on climate change has so far been characterised by a "pathetic lack of urgency", he says, and governments must make amends for failing to reach a substantive deal at Copenhagen.
The Brazilian hosts seem to be trying to avoid a repeat of the shambles at the Copenhagen climate conference in 2009, which ended without a substantive deal after hours of tense negotiations.
But such a cop-out would reinforce the impression that the WTO cannot get substantive deals done.As The Economist went to press, negotiators haggling at the WTO's headquarters in Geneva still seemed hopeful that an agreement would be reached.
The Mets have made substantive deals in the days leading to today's trading deadline, adding shortstop Mike Bordick in a five-player trade with the Baltimore Orioles, and reliever Rick White and outfielder Bubba Trammell in a four-player deal with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
To the Editor: For almost 28 years now our political system has failed to do anything substantive to deal with our energy crisis.
However, how material or real or substantive the deal really was is up for debate.
Developing substantive policies, dealing with the press, retail campaigning and debating Jerry Brown were all straight-forward.
