Mr Haagsma said the agreement, which involved representatives from all of the EU member states, represented an "unprecedented" level of concern, and posed a threat to Google's future operations.
His ability to implement unpopular reforms will anyway be limited by the opposition conservatives' control of the Bundesrat, the upper house of the legislature, where Germany's 16 states are represented.
And with it goes the Social Democrats' hope of winning back the majority they recently lost in the Bundesrat, the powerful second chamber of parliament where the states are represented.
The more states the Social Democrats can collect, at least as the senior partner in government, the greater their hold on the Bundesrat, the powerful second chamber of the federal parliament where the states are represented.
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State William Burns officially represented the United States, while Foreign Secretary Jack Straw represented Britain.
Yes, they say, it replicates many of the former body's failures: with so many of the same states, often represented by the same people, sitting (literally) in the same seats, instant change could not be expected.
This is why the United States is strongly represented at the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) treaty conference in Dubai this month, where over 100 delegates from the public sector, private sector, and civil society are joining with our international partners to ensure the future of global, interoperable telecommunications networks.
Deputy Langlois represented the States, as employer, on the panel which recommended the 0% offer.
Unfortunately the public sector is so large and the poorer states so over-represented in congress that trying to change any of this can appear impossible.
The private lawyers who represented the states are still pulling several hundred millions of dollars in fees a year from the settlement, which is scheduled to run at least through 2023.
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This approach is already being pursued by big-city mayors against gun manufacturers and distributors with the help of some of the same law firms which represented the states in their suits against the tobacco companies.
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Today our 45 person company is represented in 10 states, including one person in Hawaii.
She has represented the United States and our interests in the United Nations with skill and professionalism and toughness and grace.
Gov. Joseph Garcia and Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto, and two Hispanic Olympians, each of whom represented the United States in competition this past summer.
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While all teams have done a great job demonstrating the value of innovation, three U.S. Teams: Note-Taker, LifeLens, and Dragon, represented the United States as contenders in the Worldwide Finals round of the competition.
This means that caucus states tend to be under-represented in measures of the popular vote.
If ever there were a time when the United States needs to be "well represented" in this hemisphere it has to be at a moment like the present.
Five other states, including Washington, were represented.
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This East Asia Summit will have a particular significance, coming for the first time with the President of the United States there and of course Russia represented around the table, so all of the players with the right mandate to discuss strategic, political and economic questions for our region.
The deal covers 41, 000 UAW-represented employees in the United States.
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Cleveland would flee the United States for Europe until women of color were represented more in fashion in her homeland.
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Mr Obama may also have problems with Catholic voters a group that has been one of the most important swing votes in America since Ronald Reagan and that is over-represented in almost all the swing states.
Taylor represented ChoicePoint after it was sued by 44 states in 2005 over consumer-credit privacy issues.
Then, with 44 different industries now represented in the portfolio with 150 tenants in 49 states.
The other reason I wanted to be here was to say how much the United States values the partnerships and friendships of the nations that are represented here.
Since none of these mini-states are part of the European Union, they will not be represented on the board of the European Central Bank, which controls interest rates in the euro-zone.
In states and districts that slightly favor one party and have been traditionally represented by moderates from the opposite party, the very lawmakers viewed as "problem solvers" are tossed out in favor of those who promise change, Ornstein said.
Many were from the United States of America and Canada but all regions across the world were represented through speakers from countries such as Australia, Botswana, Brazil, China, the Dominican Republic, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Lithuania, Malawi, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Panama, Pakistan, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia or Turkey.
The 66-year-old, who represented Sussex during his career, now lives in the United States.
In 2011, the United States had an overall trade deficit, but the related party trade imbalance represented 95% of the total.
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