Sentence examples for worldwide agreements from inspiring English sources

The most realistic option that will enable her, and the billions of others like her, to find a decent future is to implement worldwide agreements that establish international labour laws.

According to the report, the total value of all arms transfer deals worldwide, agreements for weapons signed by developed and developing nations, was nearly $26.4 billion last year, a significant drop from slightly more than $40 billion in 2000.

Google is aiming to sign up worldwide agreements with the music majors, although music executives believe that the company is most likely to offer Google Music in the US before expanding the offering to other countries, including the UK.

Using residual negotiating authority carried over from the round and building on previous domestic legislation, the administration drove to completion worldwide agreements to eliminate tariffs on information-technology products and to liberalise telecommunications services the two main global advances since the end of the round in 1993.

Its biggest advantage is that it has sewn up exclusive worldwide agreements with 21 cable companies, or MSOs (multisystem operators), including the nation's second-biggest cable operator, TCI, as well as Cox Interactive Media cox and Comcast cmcsa.

In 1952, he became a representative to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, the worldwide agreement that covered state subsidies, tariffs and other trade measures.

The Europeans are concerned that Mr. Obama and the Chinese will cut a less ambitious side deal and undercut a worldwide agreement.

Critics are worried the new technology remains unproved and a new coal programme would undermine efforts to secure a new worldwide agreement to combat global warming.

With an international debate raging around cigarette advertising, and talks sponsored by the World Health Organization under way to develop a worldwide agreement on tobacco marketing, Philip Morris says that trying to appeal to children would be folly.

The ominous news from Faroe is likely to focus fresh efforts in Bonn next month to reach worldwide agreement on ways of limiting the exhausts from cars and factory chimneys that are driving global warming.

Stuart Levey, HSBC's chief legal officer, said worldwide agreement over the rules would reduce the risk that banks refuse to do business with legitimate customers for fear of being punished by regulators.