He said Israel would then have to implement those agreements.

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While the U.S. president declined to lay out his ideas for new accords before that meeting, he did call on Israel to implement agreements it reached with the Palestinian Authority in last year's Wye River accord.

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In addition, the greater variation of jobs in the modern workforce has made it harder to implement collective agreements.

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For some governments there is an issue just about having the capacity - the civil servants with the right skills for example - to implement complex agreements.

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