This provision would introduce a new level of negotiation into such decisions and foreign countries would spend much time waiting for the Union to come to an agreement.

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Seeking a partnership with DNA, Tilton led a two-day negotiation in New York that, according to Mullin, painted a rosy picture of Swift and their mutual money-making potential.

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For Britain, wanting a new deal with Europe will prove a tough, difficult negotiation.

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He is probably in negotiation for a new contract with the Automobile Club de Monaco (ACM) and wants to increase the fees paid by the Monegasques.

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The European Parliament repeated this demand for punitive measures in December when it adopted the recommendations by Austrian Parliamentarian Hannes Swoboda on the negotiation of a new EU-Russia agreement.

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Shipowners hope that, if they do not succeed in getting rid of the payments by negotiation, a new convention on seafarers' rights being drafted at the International Labour Organisation, a United Nations body, will put an end to the scheme.

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Syria's leader, Bashar Assad, may rather wait for a new American president before entering into direct negotiation.

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On Wednesday, Connecticut Senate President Donald Williams Jr called a new gun control proposal in that state, which was unveiled on Monday after weeks of negotiation, a "strong, comprehensive bill".

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