La Familia, despite its nativist, puro michoacano self-defense rhetoric, had vast amounts of drugs it needed to move to the U.S., which meant negotiating passage rights through the territories of groups to the north.
In fact, I spent so long standing still watching things that I missed my boat back to Batu Niah, which meant negotiating another one - by which time, of course, I had missed the bus back to Miri and had to wait two hours for the next one.
Somehow, elections are going to have to be organized, which also means negotiating some kind of settlement with the Tuaregs of Northern Mali, who have been demanding attention from the central government for decades.
For a classical singer, expressing oneself in lieder means negotiating its subtleties and challenges by way of strict vocal technique, which can take years to learn.
That means negotiating debt write-downs with external creditors; worse, it means writing down domestic debt.
"Opening an academy means negotiating with local authorities to replace a failing school, rather than just going where parents want," explains Daniel Moynihan, chief executive of the Harris Federation, which runs nine academies in London.
American and European producers contend that much of that decline represents the effect of Chinese government subsidies and Chinese dumping of solar panels below the cost of producing them, which means that a negotiated settlement could need to push prices up significantly.
To achieve a nuclear-free Korean peninsula, he said, the United States and North Korea must first end their "hostile relationship," which in the past has meant negotiating a non-aggression treaty and starting nuclear arms-reduction talks with the United States and other regional powers.
The country has to contend with what Mr Plevneliev concedes have been high levels of corruption that he says he is addressing, and the need for improved energy efficiency which new investment in nuclear "may mean negotiating the future with the Chinese".
