Using only a text message or an e-mail takes away the nuance that comes from seeing and hearing people, from exchanging points of view and working toward agreements.
Regional Settlements: The Bush administration has been assiduously working to develop agreements with Moscow that will end various regional conflicts between former superpower proxies now viewed by Washington as expensive throwbacks to the Cold War.
Formal, bilateral relationships between China and the USA incorporate countless active agreements and working groups in military, monetary, academic, and commercial spheres.