We can do that without agreeing on exactly what happened or — and this is key — agreeing on whose fault or responsibility it is.
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Agreeing on reforms was never going to be plain sailing.
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Agreeing on an enforcement mechanism has proven to be difficult.
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But simply agreeing on it changes what counts as progress.
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Finally, The Critics seem to be agreeing on something good.
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The two have also had difficulty agreeing on a replacement.
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But it's time we start agreeing on the right things.
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Agreeing on where we are is harder than it should be.
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Officials briefly considered abolishing the shuttle before agreeing on a fix.
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And are we any closer to agreeing on what it is?
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We opted for silence, maybe without ever really agreeing on it.
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But for Congress, agreeing on what needs fixing will be difficult.
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De Cos also urged politicians to advance towards a capital markets union by completing the European banking union, agreeing on a common European Deposit Insurance Scheme (EDIS) as well as agreeing on a common fiscal stabilization mechanism.
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Republicans continue to have a tough time agreeing on a replacement plan.
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Agreeing on what qualifies as a witchcraft-related harmful practice is crucial.
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Veteran negotiators were phlegmatic about the difficulties in agreeing on a text.
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But talks aimed at agreeing on the cabinet are mired in complications.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Tom Cotton agreeing on almost anything else—sent
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We needed help agreeing on a budget for our move and early parenthood.
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Clinton and Sanders opened the debate agreeing on one point: that Michigan Gov.
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And children and parents have a hard time agreeing on what is rational.
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May's unpopular exit plan, agreeing on something similar or leaving without any agreement.
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Reagan and Gorbachev came tantalizing close in 1986 to agreeing on nuclear disarmament.
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But agreeing on the policy's details would require many compromises from all involved.
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MACCALLUM: That&aposs -- we&aposll put you down for agreeing on Harley-Davidson issue.
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It is harder to imagine all parties agreeing on the appropriate size of government.
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The chances of such a government agreeing on a liberal reform agenda are remote.
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But similar problems did not stop airlines quickly agreeing on an industry-wide limit.
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"We are still in the process of agreeing on a new model," he said.
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Just agreeing on what question to put on the ballot will be highly contentious.
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A cross-party commission collapsed in 2011, but not before agreeing on 60 articles.
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But the two countries showed little sign of agreeing on what to do next.
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They could be agreeing on something we were talking about, and not know it.
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Agreeing on a suitable valuation is also often a stumbling block in regional tie-ups.
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However, they will have a tough time agreeing on how to pay for the overhauls.
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Agreeing on the form a referendum should take would do nothing to calm Brexit tensions.
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Even agreeing on terms to allow an occasional aid delivery often takes weeks or months.
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The essence of science is agreeing on a shared approach for generating widely accepted knowledge.
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They were in fact quite a bit further away from agreeing on a fuller repeal.
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The biggest problem for Republicans is agreeing on the scope of their potential tax package.
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But the prospects of Congress agreeing on parameters to improve the deal aren't considered high.
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Indonesia's government in January halted copper exports from Freeport's Grasberg mine, only agreeing on Feb.
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California was the last border state to join, agreeing on Wednesday to send 400 troops.
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It's a sign of how far Parliament remains from agreeing on the substance of Brexit.
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Beyond that, Europe has lagged in agreeing on how to share costs beyond monetary union.
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And for the girls, it wasn't much of a challenge agreeing on which products to include.
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Greely said he couldn't imagine the US and EU ever agreeing on regulations for genetic modification.
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Instead they announced that the two leaders would be leaving Hanoi without agreeing on a deal.
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But similar problems did not stop airlines agreeing on an industry-wide limit within a year.
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R: Because we're three people and have a really hard time to agreeing on one thing.
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Agreeing on the state and local measures could prove contentious at that time in the negotiations.
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Here, it is you who are on the receiving end of agreeing on your minority rights.
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Agreeing on what constitutes livable temperatures can be a source of great tension in any household.
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Republicans are closer to agreeing on a final version of their overhaul of the tax code.
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" "Agreeing on this is fun, but exactly what are you going to pick to cut spending?
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The two have almost functioned as a tag-team in the debates, agreeing on most matters.
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President Trump has made agreeing on an approach to immigration in the United States more difficult.
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Without enough of its members agreeing on a position the caucus will not take an official position.
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Without the U.S. and China agreeing on specific measures, the gap is too big to close diplomatically.
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Doing them right means agreeing on values, setting standards, calling out bad behavior and sometimes firing people.
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We spent months working on ideas before ultimately agreeing on The Meatball Shop in its current iteration.
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Their efforts at agreeing on a power-sharing unity deal with Egyptian mediation have not borne fruit.
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Also supporting oil bulls were signs that OPEC members were close to agreeing on continued production cuts.
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Talking to -- not past -- each other and agreeing on a common dialogue worked to save circus animals.
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On Tuesday the dispute was settled, with coalition partners agreeing on a process to draft the legislation.
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If it is hard enough to define a team's membership, agreeing on its purpose is harder still.
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Agreeing on where we are first can identify facts and trends that upset both Republicans and Democrats.
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Details such as agreeing on a definition of "denuclearization" accepted by all parties remain a key challenge.
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Shaheen warned Thursday that "partisan divisions" could prevent Congress from agreeing on a response to Russia's interference.
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They ended up agreeing on the name Pluto -- possibly because the PL gave homage to Percival Lowell.
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Even mundane tasks like agreeing on the candidate's schedule proved maddening for aides at her Baltimore headquarters.
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In past years, Russia has regularly signalled opposition to OPEC before ultimately agreeing on policy during formal meetings.
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In past years, Russia has regularly signaled opposition to OPEC before ultimately agreeing on policy during formal meetings.
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But agreeing on the disastrous consequences of the pullout is easier than figuring out how to manage them.
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There's actually precedent here for Republicans and Democrats agreeing on the need for a free and fair internet.
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OPEC experts ended a meeting on Monday without agreeing on concrete details of a cap in oil output.
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If the statement announcing the divorce is any indication, agreeing on a settlement may not be an issue.
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WHITE HOUSE ADVISER JARED KUSHNER SAYS AGREEING ON AN ECONOMIC PATHWAY FORWARD IS A NECESSARY PRECONDITION FOR PEACE
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The Post reported that lawmakers on Thursday didn't come close to agreeing on how to redraw the map.
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Negotiations have focused on establishing baselines on the use of HFCs and agreeing on a phase-down schedule.
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We have a governor and a mayor right now who seem incapable of agreeing on a lunch order.
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The GOP leadership currently supports pushing through a time-delayed repeal of Obamacare before agreeing on any replacement.
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" Age: 28 Hamar, Norway "At this time, I can't see us all agreeing on what gender actually is.
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They have had a harder time agreeing on what it means — or at least, who best embodies it.
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They spent five months agreeing on titles only to discover every name they liked already had been taken.
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The problem is, scientists have a hard time agreeing on what exactly a species is in the first place.
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Yet, even allowing for the familiar complexities of agreeing on and enforcing global targets, it is proving extraordinarily difficult.
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However, analysts have previously said the chances of suppliers, particularly members of OPEC, agreeing on a deal were limited.
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Agreeing on the proper etiquette for how to share the new type of post will likely take some time.
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Susan Collins, a moderate Republican from Maine, and they have been agreeing on a number of issues, Kudlow reported.
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But Parliament has proved as incapable of organising a second referendum as it has of agreeing on anything else.
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But with all the main parties agreeing on the need for reform, politicians believe any blowback will be manageable.
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How often do you find 9-in-10 people agreeing on any serious issue in today's divided political climate?
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The candidates spent the vast majority of the debate agreeing on policy basics and calling for a unifying nominee.
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But the wall has prevented lawmakers from agreeing on how to split the money between the 12 spending bills.
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And my own world, for these few minutes, will align with the rest of the world, agreeing on night.
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This is especially challenging when the two parties are polarized, agreeing on little and weighed down by mutual distrust.
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Governments seem increasingly incapable of determining where their systems are broken and agreeing on how they might be repaired.
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And the Senate, along with an increasingly divided country, seems just as far away from agreeing on an answer.
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However, agreeing on the prioritization of the settlement terms, timing and sequencing is likely to be a sticking point.
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The notion that Britain should leave the EU without agreeing on exit terms or paying its tab has gained currency.
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"We have a hard time agreeing on things because we're so stubborn," Tom says in the exclusive sneak peek above.
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This highlights the fact that good people can disagree on specific solutions while agreeing on the importance of broad goals.
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Their hopes of reinstating a king or queen in Romania have stumbled over the problem of agreeing on an heir.
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Yanikomeroglu also said Ronesans was "very close" to agreeing on a PPP deal with the Russian government for hospital projects.
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Russia has regularly signaled in past years it was disagreeing with OPEC before ultimately agreeing on policy during formal meetings.
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Setting an abstract goal, as governments had in Paris, is simpler than agreeing on how to go about reaching it.
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In reality the current talks have been about identifying -- and agreeing on -- somewhere between $40-$60 billion in off-sets.
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The companies are alleged to have cooperated with each other, agreeing on prices and raising them together when they could.
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The social experiment ends with all the passengers agreeing on a trip to Costa Rica and winning the free passes.
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Washington and Beijing have had mounting difficulty in agreeing on how to deal with North Korea's expanding nuclear weapons program.
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Recent reports in the UK have suggested both sides are moving closer to agreeing on an alternative to the backstop.
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Soon, CaixaBank convened its board, agreeing on Friday evening to move from Barcelona to Valencia — another city solidly within Spain.
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With Parliament as divided and dysfunctional as it is at the moment, agreeing on something this fraught could be difficult.
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"Elizabeth and I end up agreeing on a lot of issues," Sanders said at a CNN town hall in April.
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We start conversations that often end up with us agreeing on more than we think we will at the beginning.
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Jackson had done her own calculation for the court record, agreeing on all but one argument for a harsher sentence.
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The problem, almost everyone I talked to agreed, is they never ended up agreeing on what exactly that would mean.
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The couple could not get a title deed because some relatives refused to sign a document agreeing on subdivision, she said.
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That includes agreeing on some basic details, like where to house a transition team and how to outfit the office space.
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For the most part, most major party candidates end up agreeing on the key aspects of foreign and even domestic policy.
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Setting an abstract goal, as governments had done in Paris, is simpler than agreeing on how to go about reaching it.
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But despite almost everyone agreeing on it, almost no one really does it, at least not at the scale it warrants.
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But Congress left for summer recess without agreeing on legislation, as Democrats objected to riders that blocked funding for Planned Parenthood.
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In agreeing on Monday to end a three-day government shutdown - the first since 2013 - and fund the government until Feb.
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North Carolina politicians exhibited rare bipartisan unity, agreeing on a $1.6 billion package of incentives, more than double what Alabama offered.
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Agreeing on legislation carries its own challenges, like raising the money to comply with Senate budget rules without alienating Republican lawmakers.
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"I exploited that," Gill tells CNBC Make It. They negotiated the deal for months, until agreeing on a price of $7503,000.
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But agreeing on how to pay for the new construction and upgrades has vexed lawmakers looking for a major bipartisan achievement.
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"We are agreeing on the future cooperation on security and defense issues ... it's really a milestone in European development," he said.
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And such regulations are legal; the Court said as much in Citizens, with eight of nine justices agreeing on that point!
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She had been secretly entrusted with a significant mission: to persuade Emperor Napoleon III into agreeing on the unification of Italy.
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On Friday, the United States and Mexico appeared close to agreeing on how to revise the 24-year-old Nafta deal.
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American and Chinese trade negotiators are inching closer to agreeing on a preliminary trade deal, according to officials from both countries.
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Although the actual appropriations still need to be enacted, agreeing on the overall levels was the major stumbling block for 2018.
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And agreeing on budget caps will allow appropriators to begin putting together a government spending bill to keep the government open.
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Aware they have no chance of quickly agreeing on replacement legislation, Republicans plan to delay when their repeal would actually take effect.
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T. Rowe said it was disappointed NetSuite did not reach out to other potential buyers before agreeing on a price with Oracle.
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A major sticking point in the Sweden pact remains agreeing on who would ultimately control Hodeidah amid deep mistrust among all parties.
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And let me again say, finding a dinner in a restaurant agreeing on one with Ted Cruz was a very difficult thing.
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We need to get better at finding ways to disagree on matters of policy while agreeing on questions of decency and civility.
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They're having trouble agreeing on how to stop an escalating trade war, let alone figuring out how to reduce most trade barriers.
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Both sides contend that, without also agreeing on borders and settlements, they will not know which natural water resources belong to whom.
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Rights are things that people agree on, and they end up agreeing on them because people work to get them to agree.
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Typically, appropriators start by agreeing on these topline numbers to begin putting together a government spending bill to keep the government open.
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We do not need to agree on everything before agreeing on some things and taking the first, most difficult, steps of dialogue.
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He recently tied the trouble American voters have agreeing on facts to the impact of Russian efforts to influence the presidential race.
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Agreeing on a price has proven difficult, in part due to disagreements over who should pay for the decommissioning of some assets.
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The US and China were moving closer to agreeing on the amount of tariffs to be rolled back, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday.
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With the U.K. and the European Union agreeing on a draft agreement for Brexit, traders are now contemplating what could happen to sterling.
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The government should offer to re-open discussion on constitutional reforms with a view to agreeing on a timetable to achieve this objective.
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"When you get 85 percent of the industry agreeing on anything, it's a landslide indicator that they see major change ahead," said Welling.
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Also supporting oil bulls were signs that Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) members were close to agreeing on continued production cuts.
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"Everybody wants to do tax reform, but it's a matter of agreeing on what that means," said one financial services industry tax analyst.
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They started out discussing crony capitalism and ended up agreeing on the need for criminal justice reform, something they continued to work on.
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There's a surprisingly small gender divide on the issue, with women agreeing on the decision at 27% and men just four points behind.
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Instead of agreeing on alimony that could go on indefinitely, couples can instead opt for a large one-time payment, according to Gorman.
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Agreeing on EU-wide policy has been notoriously difficult and slow, given that individual member states view climate policy with different domestic urgency.
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I remember asking once why that was and he responded something along the lines of not ever agreeing on a place to eat.
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The deals flyaround • Procter & Gamble is reportedly talking to Pfizer about buying its consumer health business, but far from agreeing on a price.
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Some Republicans have expressed concern about starting a repeal before agreeing on how to replace provisions of the complicated and far-reaching law.
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And agreeing on the terms of a merger may be difficult as executives of the two longtime rivals seek to defend their turf.
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Not with a variety of examples that ultimately obfuscate the goal more than illuminate it, but by agreeing on the best way forward.
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Divorcing couples can face enough agony as it is dividing up possessions and agreeing on custody of children, let alone splitting retirement assets.
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But in 2015, Congress had a hard time agreeing on anything, and certainly an authorization to use force the president was already employing.
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Despite agreeing on broad policy outlines, the two blocs are divided on how to implement policies on immigration, car emissions, labor rules and welfare.
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There have been at least three rounds of U.S. soybean purchases by China this month, and it follows Washington and Beijing agreeing on Dec.
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A British official said London was close to agreeing on a deal giving UK-based financial services firms basic access to European Union markets.
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There are two phases to deal discussions: negotiating terms and agreeing on an integration plan, Atlassian chief legal officer Tom Kennedy said last week.
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I want to get people into a place where we're agreeing on something and where we're commenting and we're being truthful with one another.
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The Arab leaders accused Tehran and the Lebanese Shi'ite movement of destabilizing the Middle East, but they fell short of agreeing on concrete action.
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She argued that it is still possible that Trump and Democrats in the House and Senate could wind up agreeing on an infrastructure bill.
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The unexpectedly fast preliminary agreement would require further steps including bringing in smaller parties and agreeing on who gets what position in the cabinet.
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Warren, No. 16-1275, was decided by fractured vote, with two three-justice blocs agreeing on the bottom line but differing in their reasoning.
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Mr. Beiser said that the usual rate of completing a conversation — agreeing on a specific sex act and price — is 40 to 50 percent.
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Jurors asked Burke whether they could fail to reach a unanimous verdict on Count 1 and/or Count 3 while agreeing on other counts.
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AOC and Carlson agreeing on the mistake that Trump has made in escalating tensions in the already unstable Middle East is an important development.
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Despite agreeing on nearly everything else, Warren and Sanders' spat about their previous conversation about sexism and politics has blown up in recent days.
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Because of big tech's ability to eliminate entire streams of revenue, the left and right have started agreeing on potential ways to regulate it.
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It means not only finding the right person, but also agreeing on what help they will provide and what travel expenses you will cover.
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It has also listed several key ethical challenges, such as mitigating economic impacts, managing AI risk, agreeing on AI morality and values, and so on.
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While crowded, the primary, for the most part, was a quiet one with the candidates agreeing on many issues and focusing criticism on the governor.
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But what was accomplished early on was critical, the two teams agreeing on what automotive engineers consider the perfect proportions for a sports car platform.
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Last week, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Washington and Beijing are making progress on a trade deal, which includes agreeing on an enforcement mechanism.
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Earlier on Thursday, the warring factions in Yemen made a significant step forward in agreeing on a ceasefire in vital the port city of Hodeidah.
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In April, the IMF agreed to release a delayed $320 million tranche of a loan after agreeing on a four-year program in December 2016.
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Our live blog tracked market reactions after OPEC experts ended their meeting on Monday without agreeing on the details of a cut in oil production.
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Meanwhile, oil prices shed about 4 percent as OPEC members seemed to struggle with agreeing on a production cut to address a global supply overhang.
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But Senate Republicans have had difficulty agreeing on their own bill, leading Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to fret about the future of healthcare legislation.
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Merkel added she was convinced that European leaders would strengthen the euro zone, for example by agreeing on further measures to complete a banking union.
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The three sources said that Exxon had closed the sale process in recent days with one buyer after agreeing on the terms of a sale.
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The movement has so many participants with different circumstances and politics that it is hard to imagine everyone agreeing on a single list of demands.
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In his discussions with Mr. Moon, Mr. Kim did move the ball forward by agreeing on concrete steps that would help fulfill his denuclearization pledge.
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Apple wholesalers Tech Data and Ingram Micro were also fined 76 million and 63 million euros, respectively, for unlawfully agreeing on prices, the authority said.
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In a joint statement from the foreign ministers, the bloc condemned Turkey's incursion into northeastern Syria, agreeing on strong wording despite initial concerns from Britain.
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The Vienna meeting's objectives include agreeing on schedules for countries to reduce HFC use and on financial help for developing nations to cut their use.
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In a joint statement from the foreign ministers, the bloc condemned Turkey's incursion into northeastern Syria, agreeing on strong wording despite initial concerns from Britain.
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He said Robert Abrams, the chief of the US military in South Korea, accepted Park's proposal after agreeing on the seriousness of the virus outbreak.
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He said Robert Abrams, the chief of the U.S. military in South Korea, accepted Park's proposal after agreeing on the seriousness of the virus outbreak.
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In the modern world, nothing could seem more fair or natural than two people deciding to exchange goods, agreeing on a price and shaking hands.
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So here we are, with Europe and Japan agreeing on the broad strokes of a trade deal that will rival NAFTA in size and scope.
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Slovak Commissioner Maros Sefcovic told the assembly that these included fighting climate change, agreeing on the bloc's budget for 2021-27 and deepening euro zone integration.
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The contrasting fortunes of the major Gulf states over the last 50 years explain why agreeing on a baseline for allocations is so difficult (tmsnrt.rs/2gB5fXV).
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By agreeing on these issues, and settling the past, we can now move forward and discuss our future relationship on the basis of trust and confidence.
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Agreeing on how to maintain an open Irish border after Brexit is the key hurdle now to sealing a divorce deal between the EU and Britain.
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Both sides had previously rejected the other's existence, yet ended up agreeing on a roadmap for peace and shaking hands, finally, on the White House lawn.
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Without a permanent collection, though, it is not really a museum, yet agreeing on which objects should be in that collection is easier said than done.
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Knowing Trump won't be business as usual, Aso also stresses the importance of agreeing on a solid framework for the dialogue first, before getting into specifics.
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But in terms of agreeing on global issues, Trump might yet find that working with Russia is a bright idea that quickly runs aground of reality.
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"I'm very disappointed that the Congress went on recess before actually agreeing on what they would do to put the resources into this fight," Clinton said.
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Sanders falsely accuses Democrats of "agreeing on the fact that they are comfortable ripping babies from the mother's womb, or killing a baby after birth." pic.twitter.
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Bitcoin has an IETF-like "improvement process" of its own, but agreeing on changes to a protocol that directly manages billions of dollars has proved hard.
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The candidates spent the vast majority of the debate agreeing on everything from the existential threat of climate change to the need for paid family leave.
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Raab also said he wanted the sides to try agreeing on a political level what they have so far failed to iron out in technical talks.
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The three sources told Reuters that Exxon had closed the sale process in recent days with one buyer after agreeing on the terms of a sale.
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Parents can take the opportunity to communicate their own values, she said, and that means thinking through their messages in advance and agreeing on their beliefs.
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Official Commerce Ministry statements indicate that reaching such a deal involves agreeing on greater Chinese purchases of U.S. agricultural products, and a rollback of retaliatory tariffs.
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People with knowledge of Trian's interactions with Procter & Gamble stressed that the discussions had been cordial, with the two sides agreeing on a number of issues.
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Agreeing on a definition of "terrorism" took time in the negotiations, an early indication of how difficult and emotional the Taliban would be in the talks.
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But don't let all that lead you to believe the Republican Party is finally uniting around Cruz, or finally agreeing on a strategy to stop Trump.
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Because everybody is, to some extent at the least, looking at the same signals, at one point they start agreeing [on] who are the most desirable artists.
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Among my group of friends, the conversation flowed easy and, despite our different backgrounds, we found ourselves agreeing on and relating to each other on many topics.
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Hence the Algiers accord which saw OPEC for the first time since 2008, agreeing on [a range] of a ceiling for all of its 14 member countries.
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"I am very disappointed that the Congress went on recess before actually agreeing on what they would do to put the resources into this fight," Clinton said.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - Croatian Niko Kovac will succeed Jupp Heynckes as Bayern Munich coach next season, agreeing on a three-year contract, the German champions said on Friday.
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Tunisia has won praise for its transition since 2011, agreeing on a constitution guaranteeing fundamental rights, holding fair elections and avoiding violence seen elsewhere in the region.
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City governments can't set national policy, so agreeing on enforceable goals requires different levels of government within each U.N. member state to sign on, creating political headaches.
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We have yet to reach consensus on the most fundamental step toward confronting and ultimately tackling ISIS: agreeing on what it is and what it is not.
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De Cos also urged politicians to advance toward a capital markets union by completing the banking union and agreeing on a common European Deposit Insurance Scheme (EDIS).
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Volkswagen solved one big problem stemming from its diesel emissions deception, agreeing on Tuesday to pay up to $203 billion to settle claims in the United States.
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The Vatican backs a two-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, with both sides agreeing on the status of Jerusalem as part of the peace process.
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Two of Apple's wholesalers were also fined for agreeing on prices: Tech Data and Ingram Micro received fines of 76.1 million euros and 62.9 million euros respectively.
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Senate Republicans are close to agreeing on a $1 trillion stimulus package to deal with the fallout from the coronavirus epidemic, according to a report by CNN.
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South Korean officials say they hope Mr. Kim and Mr. Trump will meet halfway, agreeing on an early timetable to exchange denuclearization for security guarantees from Washington.
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However, as technical talks continued in Brussels, word emerged that gaps on an agreement had narrowed and the two sides were close to agreeing on a text.
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Steinmeier and Ayrault both urged the Ukrainian government to press ahead with political reforms such as agreeing on a new election law and special rights for regions.
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Agreeing on a timetable is a core task for Moon, as it would induce U.S. action, said Lee Jung-chul, a professor at Soongsil University in Seoul.
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There was little sign on Tuesday that Trump and Democrats were any closer to agreeing on a compromise to end the shutdown, now in its fifth week.
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Adam Schiff, coordinated closely -- holding news conferences together, sending joint requests for information from the Justice Department and even agreeing on the first batch of witnesses to call.
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But Trump and his team don't meet that threshold — not even agreeing on the basic facts, whether the topic is terrorism or former President Barack Obama's birth certificate.
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SA) are close to agreeing on a deal to solve a dispute involving 20 billion reais ($5.75 billion) worth of Eletrobras debt, newspaper Valor Econômico said on Friday.
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Agreeing on an election plan and holding nationwide polls would be a major challenge due to Libya's political divisions, continuing insecurity and bouts of fighting, and deteriorating infrastructure.
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TransCanada Corp bucked the trend, with the pipeline company adding 0.9 percent to C$61.06 after agreeing on Monday to sell two U.S. pipelines to fund other projects.
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Industry sources say they are close to agreeing on raising the regional automotive content threshold for tariff-free access under NAFTA to around 75 percent from 62.5 percent.
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But China has in recent days dismissed the idea of the G20 agreeing on a co-ordinated plan on currencies and growth akin to the 1985 Plaza Accord.
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"We're close to agreeing on a plan which would light then way to the end of the process," Powell said during testimony before the House Financial Services Committee.
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Leaders of those groups met on Monday, although building a common platform, let alone agreeing on who to back for top EU jobs, is unlikely to be smooth.
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" Between the lines: "Pruitt's ultimate downfall came from the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee agreeing on a bipartisan basis to summon his staffers in for transcribed interviews.
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Kim and Trump pledged at their first meeting to work towards denuclearisation, although the two sides have since made little progress agreeing on a timeline or concrete steps.
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The problem isn't just about agreeing on what kind of content to allow on a platform, or whether adult content is a positive or negative force in society.
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Senate Republicans are close to agreeing on a $1 trillion plan to deal with the economic fallout from the coronavirus, according to a report by CNN's Manu Raju.
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Reports and official Commerce Ministry statements indicate that reaching such a deal involves agreeing on greater Chinese purchases of U.S. agricultural products, and a rollback of retaliatory tariffs.
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That enabled them to pass their first major test earlier this month, agreeing on a multi-year fiscal framework that envisages a reduction of the deficit and debt.
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That enabled them to pass their first major test earlier this month, agreeing on a multi-year fiscal framework that envisages a reduction of the deficit and debt.
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Maybe folks don't seem to be agreeing on a whole lot these days, but we can all agree that every child deserves a clean, safe glass of water.
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Bloomberg reported that the United States and China were moving closer to agreeing on the amount of tariffs to be rolled back in a phase one trade deal.
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The report also said Kim and Lavrov agreed to boost exchanges and cooperation between North Korea and Russia, with the two agreeing on a bilateral summit this year.
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Both the Vatican and Jordan back a two-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, with them agreeing on the status of Jerusalem as part of the peace process.
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A Russian-Turkish agreement last week staved off a threatened government attack by agreeing on the creation of a demilitarized zone between insurgent and government forces in the northwest.
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Other U.S. priorities include agreeing on a specific roadmap for future negotiations and securing a freeze on all development or manufacturing of weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missiles.
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia and Belarus are close to agreeing on a transit tariff for Russian oil, Interfax news agency cited Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak as saying on Tuesday.
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But they don't even agree on what that means — which suggests they're far, far away from agreeing on what a new health system would look like in its place.
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Agreeing on these three issues was initially seen by many as the easiest part of the U.K.'s departure from the EU, but quickly became complicated and time consuming.
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The Trump administration sought a $1.2 billion reduction in funding for the agency for the current fiscal year, but congressional negotiators ended up agreeing on a $2 billion increase.
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Whether they're agreeing on Sean Paul being awesome or disagreeing on how best to spell Gyllenhaal's name, the pair share a chemistry that is quite positively delightful to witness.
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Substituting new rules for those of the single market is even more complicated than agreeing on a free-trade deal, for they intrude into almost every part of business activity.
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We have 20 years to prevent mass extinction 'Speedo diplomacy' helped sway Russia Russia had voted against the new protected area on five previous occasions before finally agreeing on Friday.
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In many ways, Kirk and Galey (who believes arming veterans, officers, or teachers in schools is the way to go) couldn't be further from agreeing on the gun reform debate.
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Throughout April they swapped legislative language, finally agreeing on a deal to allow states to seek waivers to weaken several key Obamacare reforms that protect those with pre-existing conditions.
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Lighthizer, testifying to the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee, said a great deal of work remains to hammer out a deal, including agreeing on how it would be enforced.
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He said the 19 countries sharing the euro had to first complete their banking union, by agreeing on a European deposit insurance system and setting up a capital markets union.
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Kazimir said completing the banking union, which would entail agreeing on a joint deposit guarantee scheme and a backstop for the EU's Single Resolution Fund for banks, would be necessary.
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Bringing political and religious leaders from all 52 Muslim-majority countries to Mecca and agreeing on a Mecca Declaration will result in ijma, or consensus, that is binding on Muslims.
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The yuan, a strong performer in 0.113, firmed to a three-week high on optimism Washington and Beijing are close to agreeing on a deal to end their trade conflict.
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Oil prices pared gains after a source said OPEC experts ended their meeting on Monday without agreeing on concrete details of a planned reduction in oil output by individual countries.
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And can a group of young Obama acolytes bend the moral arc of the universe toward justice, as their candidate so often proclaimed, without agreeing on what justice looks like?
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Before we could act on purchasing the work as a group, there were the complexities of raising the money, storing the art, and agreeing on the terms of joint ownership.
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It committed the two leaders to "work toward complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula," without even defining "denuclearization," let alone explicitly agreeing on the sequence of actions to be taken.
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A commitment to raise the bar for SIFI status to banks with more than $250 billion, from $20073 billion today, is a rare instance of both parties agreeing on something.
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James Madison's notes from the secret debates at the Philadelphia Convention show that the delegates had a hard time agreeing on how they would design such a class-based system.
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If they can be hung on counts The jury has asked the judge if they can be hung on count one and/or count three while agreeing on other counts.
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These are just preliminary agreements, however, which may not become concrete contracts, Western diplomats based in Havana say, given difficulty agreeing on a financing framework and actually securing the funds.
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A source-based report from Bloomberg said Washington and Beijing are moving closer to agreeing on the amount of tariffs to be rolled back in a phase-one trade deal.
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Nonfiction SEDUCTION A History From the Enlightenment to the Present By Clement Knox Seduction is an especially fraught subject because we have long had trouble agreeing on what it is.
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Saudi Aramco has made moves to invest in Russia's energy industry, with the two companies agreeing on terms of an investment into Russian oilfield services firm Novomet earlier this year.
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Cartel Office investigators searched several offices and homes in November 2015 and found evidence that steel companies had since 2004 been agreeing on how to calculate scrap and alloy surcharges.
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The special court ruled on the death sentence by a two to one majority, with one of the three judges not backing the death sentence but agreeing on a conviction.
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It's the latest development in one of the nastiest breakups in pro sports history -- with WNBA players Griner and Glory Johnson finally agreeing on how to divvy up their stuff.
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As British politics has tumbled through its various stages of turbulence, the European side has steadily locked down its stance, assembling negotiating teams, agreeing on common positions and issuing position papers.
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CHIP, which was created in 1997, is now in limbo due to Congress not agreeing on a plan to renew funds after the program ran out of money on Sept. 30.
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Agreeing on immigration reform has eluded Democrats and Republicans for decades, but Democrats will face intense pressure to tackle it if they take back the White House and Senate in 2020.
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Trump spoke with Orban by phone last month, congratulating him on the formation of the new government and agreeing "on the need for strong national borders," according to the White House.
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It wants a deal on "technical reforms" covering pending energy and labor issues before moving on to discussions on medium-term measures for debt and agreeing on levels of primary surpluses.
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In the same speech, Macron proposed the idea of a multi-speed Europe, where certain European countries agreeing on a specific reform should go ahead without waiting for other member states.
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Two of Apple's wholesalers, Tech Data and Ingram Micro, were fined 76 million euros ($85 million) and 63 million euros ($70 million) respectively, for unlawfully agreeing on prices, the authority said.
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The demand from the hardline group could escalate infighting that has prevented Republicans in the House of Representatives from agreeing on a spending blueprint for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1.
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After being perceived as generally agreeing on a variety of issues at a debate on Tuesday, the candidates on Thursday night offered stark differences on taxes, school financing and public transportation.
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And it's coming at the very moment when we actually have a historic majority, not just aligned around what it is we're against, but agreeing on what it is we're for.
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Morneau delivered his update six weeks after the United States, Canada and Mexico calmed nervous markets by agreeing on a continental trade deal to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement.
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But Mr. Shumlin said he was optimistic because "you have the most conservative Republican governors and the most liberal Democratic governors agreeing" on the urgent need for action to combat the epidemic.
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"The commission recommends a mutual agreement with the operators on a contractual basis with regard to the shutdown," the report said, adding this would include agreeing on the exact size of compensation.
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The UK remains stuck in the same bind it's been in for weeks: unable to stomach Prime Minister Theresa May's current Brexit withdrawal agreement and incapable of agreeing on an alternative plan.
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Although eminent-domain laws, which force the transfer of private property into public hands, may be invoked by the government, agreeing on adequate compensation for evicted landowners often becomes a legal headache.
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After agreeing on a prime minister and cabinet team, the coalition will have to overcome confidence votes in parliament, and it has only a slim Senate majority of fewer than 10 seats.
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Instead, the two sides agreeing on an EU-UK free trade agreement was seen as the most likely outcome, as it has been since polling first began on this in late 280.
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Despite agreeing on a new round of talks, both Abe and Onaga were quick to stress their determination to stick to their respective stances on the base relocation, underscoring tough negotiations ahead.
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Britain was on the brink of agreeing on new terms for its membership of the EU at a summit on February 18th and 19th, clearing the way for a referendum in June.
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Pressure to extract fair taxes from international corporations continues to build, with the OECD this week agreeing on new rules to share tax information making it harder for companies to disguise profits.
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Last month, EU leaders met to discuss migration policies in Brussels, agreeing on a compromise that outlines new border restrictions that largely attempt to keep migrants in Africa and the Middle East.
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On tax issues, the aim was to agree joint rules for calculating how much companies owe, particularly on amortization, rather than agreeing on how high corporate tax should be, the source added.
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"Therefore, the goal and interest is that we avoid this trade war," Altmaier said, adding that the EU wanted to solve the dispute with the United States by agreeing on lower tariffs.
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Japanese officials said thorny trade issues could eventually be discussed in the dialogue, but that next week's first round of talks would be mostly spent agreeing on a broad list of agendas.
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Chevron puts cash into accounts from which only a company executive and an official appointed by local communities can withdraw funds after agreeing on where, for example, a road will be built.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Britons could face shortages of fresh food, price rises and less variety if the country leaves the European Union next month without agreeing on trade terms, food industry officials say.
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There remains a way to go, not least in agreeing on how to ensure that the border between Northern Ireland, part of the UK, and EU member Ireland remains open after Brexit.
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In our overzealousness to secure a contract, Mark Turnbull and I were guilty of hyperbole of agreeing on matters that, not only had we never done, but we had no understanding of.
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"Under normal circumstances, the two-week delay in agreeing on a response would not be a big deal," wrote Holger Schmieding, chief economist at Berenberg bank, in a research note on Friday.
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Its concluding communiqué committed the two leaders to "work toward complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula," without even defining "denuclearization," let alone explicitly agreeing on the sequence of actions to be taken.
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In a meeting between Mr. Moon and Mr. Abe on Wednesday, the South Korean leader emphasized the challenges of agreeing on definitions and developing a road map for achieving North Korea's disarmament.
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One of the difficulties in agreeing on the standby credit option on Tuesday is the conditions attached to it - any country applying would face a debt sustainability analysis by the European Commission.
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For the government, agreeing on even one of these points would be like opening a tiny crack that would soon turn into an enormous hole through which its control would slip away.
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For a number of entrenched reasons, from the way teachers are trained to the difficulty of agreeing on what counts in each discipline, instruction in science and math is remarkably resistant to change.
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Though the test is not a pass-or-fail exercise, the data could give fresh impetus to agreeing on a solution with Italy and the European Commission seemingly deadlocked, disagreeing over state support.
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But besides agreeing on the importance of a political resolution to the conflict that leaves a unified Syria, diplomats involved in the ministerial told BuzzFeed News that little else came from the meeting.
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Addressing the parliament's plenary session in Strasbourg, Slovak Commissioner Maros Sefcovic said the major challenges ahead included fighting climate change, agreeing on the bloc's budget for 2021-27 and deepening euro zone integration.
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Of course, even if the GOP authoritarians and the GOP traditionalists agree about what the party isn't — the Democrats, blech — that doesn't bring them any closer to agreeing on what the party is.
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After winning regulatory approvals and agreeing on the fine print of the deal late on Thursday, the two companies said they were ready to start the new tie-up formally on July 216.5.
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The two parties are aiming to have a text agreeing on as many issues as possible by the end of July, with the most difficult points left to the final months of 2016.
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Hiking the federal gasoline tax, which hasn't been done in over 20 years, is a hot-button issue in Congress, where agreeing on ways to pay for transportation upgrades has long remained elusive.
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But before agreeing on tactics, in a larger strategic sense, the diverse coalition of actors involved in the Trump resistance must first agree on what alternative vision of society they wish to see.
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Agreeing on the importance of bioenergy for self-sufficiency, his opponent Prabowo Subianto said if elected he would also "boost the use of palm oil, palm sugar, cassava and ethanol from sugar (cane)".
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Resistance from Germany, where a portion of public opinion fears ending up footing the bill for indebted euro zone countries, has been a main stumbling block to agreeing on debt relief for Greece.
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The bottom line: Despite another school shooting this week in Santa Fe, Texas, Republicans and Democrats don't seem anywhere near close to agreeing on how best to address America's issues with gun violence.
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So, too, has the prospect of Brexit, which could force the reintroduction of border checks if Britain leaves the European Union without agreeing on the particulars of its trading relationship with the bloc.
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Despite the agreement between 5 Star and the Democratic Party, they still face some hurdles just to form a government in coming days, including agreeing on a coherent draft policy program and cabinet.
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An individual family might divide up its chores by agreeing on a theory of equality that balances quick, unpleasant tasks, such as bathroom-cleaning, with slower, more enjoyable ones, such as dog-walking.
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In return, the U.S. would offer a suspension of a tariff increase, Bloomberg News reported, adding it would be a deal the U.S. and China were close to agreeing on in previous talks.
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Now, according to The Wall Street Journal, the Justice Department is considering bringing an antitrust action against those companies, as if agreeing on environmental standards were a crime comparable to, say, price-fixing.
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The official said "one of the major outstanding issues" was agreeing on Britain's application of common EU rules and standards designed to ensure fair competition that are known as the 'level playing field'.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is currently in talks with Volkswagen with the aim of agreeing on a fix for nearly 600,000 diesel vehicles that emit up to 40 times legal pollution limits.
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Global equities recovered some losses after Bloomberg reported that the United States and China were moving closer to agreeing on the amount of tariffs to be rolled back in a phase-one deal.
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We are frustrated that the United States is considering agreeing on a timeline for the withdrawal of American troops in exchange for the Taliban's empty promise to oppose international terrorist organizations in Afghanistan.
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Even before Monday's stunning split, Democrats and Republicans said they were having a hard time agreeing on how to move forward in their investigation, unable to agree on which key witnesses to bring in.
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The exes agreed to share joint legal and physical custody of their 6-year-old son Jack with the duo agreeing on a "flexible timeshare" that is dependent on their availability and work schedules.
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"More broadly, the president and King discussed the challenges posed by Iran's provocative activities in the region, agreeing on the importance of an inclusive approach to de-escalating regional conflicts," the White House said.
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But it also goes to show what a sorry state we're in that many are heralding the series as a feminist manifesto — even while not agreeing on exactly what it's even saying about feminism.
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Trump and Obama made dueling election appearances on Sunday, offering sharply different views on the country's problems but agreeing on the high stakes for voters in the final 48 hours of a tight campaign.
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But the challenge of agreeing on what form that change should take was underscored by the quite different perspectives offered in two articles in the last few weeks by two of the ACA's architects.
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Diplomats say the Paris talks will focus on agreeing on key principles - that the political accord is the way forward, that no military solution exists, and that the military should be under civilian control.
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Ted Cruz says his unlikely alliance with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is simply a matter of agreeing on good policy, and if that's what it takes to spark some bipartisan cooperation ... he's all for it.
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A six-day trial in the State Court of Chatham County concluded late Monday with the jury unanimously agreeing on the civil award to the family of Sarah Jones, according to the court records.
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Russian ruble gained on Friday as oil prices surged higher on reports that the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and Russia have edged closer to agreeing on a cut in output.
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British Airways parent International Airlines Group said on July 1 it had missed a deadline for agreeing on a plan to fill its multi-billion pound deficit, underscoring the challenges some companies face. bit.
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Heading into the meeting, a rift has opened among producers with competing interests, raising fears of a repeat of OPEC's June 2011 meeting, when members left Vienna without agreeing on a shared output policy.
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Another explanation for the problem of sexual harassment, and one that similarly has roots in sexism, is that we still have a hard time defining (or agreeing on) what constitutes sexual harassment and assault.
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The former mayor said Sunday the two sides "were getting closer" to agreeing on the parameters on a potential interview but would not put the odds of it happening at better than 50/50.
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Investors worry that China and the U.S. will have a hard time agreeing on a trade pact with the Senate moving toward a vote on a bill supporting pro-Democracy protesters in Hong Kong.
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Trump is refusing to water down his demand for $5 billion in funding for his border wall in return for agreeing on a federal funding package and appears to think he's winning the showdown.
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South Carolina has been the lowest state where exit polls have been conducted to prioritize beating Trump over agreeing on the issues, 53% who want a nominee who can beat the President in November.
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Like their counterparts on the Intelligence Committee, the two senior senators have taken pains to present a united front, issuing letters and subpoenas jointly and agreeing on the scope of the inquiry this summer.
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Local and regional officials debated for years before finally agreeing on a plan to expand Genoa's highway network, which would have relieved pressure on the Morandi Bridge, and possibly make way for its demolition.
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In the US, a second coronavirus death has heightened concern, but Congressional negotiators and the White House are reportedly close to agreeing on a multi-billion-dollar spending package to deal with the outbreak.
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Some of the ideas include negotiating compensation payments to forestall revenge killings; ending collective punishment by protecting innocent family members of Islamic State militants; and agreeing on timetables for the return of displaced residents.
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The United States and China are close to agreeing on the first phase of a trade deal, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday, adding that they were in the "final throes" of work.
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And so there wouldn't need to be a lot of negotiation required if there was a decision by the United States and Russia to extend the treaty just merely agreeing on the time period.
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And so there wouldn't need to be a lot of negotiation required if there was a decision by the United States and Russia to extend the treaty just merely agreeing on the time period.
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"Having seen an initial short-covering rally, we now need OPEC and non-OPEC producers agreeing on the nine-month extension for the market to begin build up new long positions," Saxo's Hansen said.
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Priebus probes state GOP leaders over anti-Trump push "This is a coalition of Kasich, Cruz and Rubio (supporters) and we are all agreeing on one goal, which is: Anybody but Trump," Unruh said Friday.
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At an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperative meeting in Papua New Guinea over the weekend, the issue prevented leaders from agreeing on a communique, the first time such an impasse had occurred in the group's history.
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European officials broke up a meeting in Brussels on Friday without agreeing on any extension, and some diplomats said Mr. Macron was unlikely to press his demands against the wishes of all the other members.
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The two exes agreed to share joint legal and physical custody of their 6-year-old son Jack with the duo agreeing on a "flexible timeshare" that is dependent on their availability and work schedules.
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The state-owned utility and its three main unions reached the outline deal on Thursday, agreeing on salary increases of 7.5 percent this year and 7 percent next year and in 2020, plus other benefits.
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However, agreeing on what is necessary to achieve this will be tricky, particularly if, as still looks plausible, the FDP takes the finance ministry, and its leadership keeps the new government committed to balanced budgets.
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The conference of foreign ministers was aimed at agreeing on a joint statement that would reaffirm the two-state solution on the basis of pre-1967 borders and according to Security Council resolutions, diplomats said.
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Since Nunes' limited recusal, investigators have worked hard to reset the House investigation -- with Schiff and Conaway agreeing on a pair of hearings and Democrats curtailing some of their public criticism of the House probe.
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His company reportedly offering the Japanese company 600 billion yen (about $5.1 billion) earlier this year, and upping its bid to 659 billion yen (about $5.44 billion) soon afterwards, before agreeing on the final price.
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In Tuesday's call, the two leaders also discussed NATO, agreeing on its importance and on the need for more members of the alliance to meet the target of spending 2 percent of GDP on defense.
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Agreeing on a cut-off date, after which new people migrating across the new UK-EU frontier will no longer have EU rights, is among a range of tricky issues that need to be settled.
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VIENNA (Reuters) - OPEC experts ended their meeting on Monday without agreeing on concrete details of a planned reduction in oil output by individual countries that will be presented to an OPEC ministerial gathering on Nov.
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ECONOMY Finance ministers from eurozone countries are scheduled to meet on Tuesday with the aim of agreeing on the next disbursement to Greece from an 86 billion euro ($96.5 billion) bailout hammered out last year.
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The two teams, though agreeing on the general date for the opening of the corridor, have each found reason to suppose the other is wrong on the issue of its use by the Clovis people.
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The two exes agreed to share joint legal and physical custody of their 6-year-old son Jack with the duo agreeing on a "flexible timeshare" that is dependent on their availability and work schedules.
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Senate Republicans are close to agreeing on a $1 trillion plan that would offer loans to small businesses and send checks of $1,200 per adult to many families, and $500 per child in those families.
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Don't let the fact that Trump is leading the charge distract from the vital importance of the U.S., Europe and China all agreeing on the same rules for 2025 — before it really is too late.
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The Knicks are set to sign Jarrett Jack, a 33-year-old veteran, after agreeing on a one-year deal that is not fully guaranteed, according to a league source with knowledge of the contract.
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Investors are also looking ahead at the challenges Britain and the European Union face in agreeing on a new trading relationship, after the UK parliament votes on Thursday on Prime Minister Boris Johnson's withdrawal deal.
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While Ms. Ravel will be leaving only two months shy of the end of her term, commissioners have routinely remained well past the end of their terms because of the difficulty in agreeing on replacements.
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Source: Strategas Research Partners Even with the tough task of agreeing on a budget and raising the debt ceiling next month, Republicans in Congress are more likely to push to find agreement on tax reform.
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A plethora of different committees, many different factions of the party, powerful interest groups, activists, and many other players all have to end up agreeing on one specific plan and advance it through a political gauntlet.
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The conference of foreign ministers was aimed at agreeing on a joint statement that would reaffirm the two-state solution on the basis of pre-1967 borders and according to Security Council resolutions, diplomats have said.
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However, a source with knowledge of the negotiations who has asked to remain anonymous because of the sensitivity of the situation has told CNBC that Deutsche Bank is not yet close to agreeing on the settlement.
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Pew's survey points at a disheartening roadblock in addressing the issue of online harassment: that people often have trouble agreeing on what qualifies as harassment in the first place, especially when women or minorities are involved.
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Democrats aren't agreeing on who should appoint the special prosecutor — Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein would normally be responsible for appointing one, but role he played James Comey's firing has raised red flags for some Dems.
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American banks have settled with the DoJ for amounts between $23 billion (Morgan Stanley) and $24 billion (Bank of America), as well as agreeing on smaller sums with the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), another regulator.
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Immigration was the biggest issue — as it was during September's federal election — in the 28-page preliminary coalition document, with the parties agreeing on a plan to cap asylum seekers entering Germany at 200,000 per year.
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OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada and the European Union are close to agreeing on a possible temporary solution to a U.S. block on appeals in disputes at the World Trade Organization, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday.
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Heikensten said the Academy had taken its first positive step by agreeing on a reinterpretation of its bylaws to allow it to deal with issues including the need to hire several new members and remove others.
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"They opted to report, publicly, information that this court had ordered to be redacted despite agreeing, on the record, that this information was protected by both Florida and federal law," attorneys for the school board wrote.
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After all, they were the ones who contacted me — and if they are willing to go through the effort of messaging me and agreeing on an arrangement, they'd be willing to do it for someone else.
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Rachel Derby, the vice president of government affairs at the Portland Cement Association, said the meeting could give a needed push on the issue but that agreeing on funding for any package would be a challenge.
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Nonetheless, Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh told reporters Tuesday that OPEC members are likely to leave the Austrian capital this week without agreeing on a path forward for their 18-month policy of limiting oil output.
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Securing a final agreement could take months of talks over the valuation of Freeport's stake, which will partly be determined by agreeing on the trajectory of the mine's future profits and its commercial reserves, said Marpaung.
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That's a difficult enough task on its own, since conservatives and mainstream Republicans have been having trouble agreeing on spending levels; the House of Representatives has started the process, but they haven't passed a budget yet.
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Yet none of the cases brought convictions; in Cincinnati, the trial of the Ohio police officer ended in a mistrial on Friday, the second time the case had been tried without jurors' agreeing on a verdict.
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"While metadata is a valuable source of information, it does not replace the definitive value of content, such as when we can intercept two terrorists agreeing on a time, place and method of attack," she writes.
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A Bloomberg report that the two sides were close to agreeing on the amount of tariffs that would be rolled back in a phase-one trade deal boosted the offshore-Chinese yuan by 0.2% to 7.05.
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The pound has enjoyed a good week, with Britain and the European Union agreeing on a transition period after Brexit and the Bank of England paving the way for a rise in interest rates in May.
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BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China and the United States are "moving closer to agreeing" on a "phase one" trade deal, the Global Times, a tabloid run by the ruling Communist Party's official People's Daily, reported on Sunday.
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The U.S. and Russia's likelihood of agreeing on which of the many groups fighting the Assad regime count as "terrorists" is fairly low, and it's been a major stumbling block to keeping the cease-fire intact.
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MADRID, April 3 (Reuters) - The euro zone countries must make progress towards agreeing on a common European deposit scheme as part of its plans to strengthen its banking sector, Spain's Economy Minister Roman Escolano, said on Tuesday.
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As Britain's divorce from the European Union slogs into its second phase, politicians and the public are beginning to realize that voting for change is much easier than agreeing on what that change will actually look like.
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Western diplomats and officials in Kabul say contacts involving intermediaries have been underway with the aim of agreeing on ground rules and potential areas of discussion for possible talks with at least some elements in the Taliban.
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Despite agreeing on fixes and compensation deals in America, and pledging to rectify vehicles in Europe, VW still has to satisfy American authorities that it will do the same for larger diesel engines that were also affected.
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Yet it has two consequences that are likely to make it harder for the prime minister to achieve her goal of agreeing on a Brexit deal in time for Britain to leave the EU on March 29th.
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OPEC members meeting in Vienna this week are likely to leave the Austrian capital without agreeing on a path forward for their 18-month-old policy of limiting oil output, Iran's energy minister told reporters on Tuesday.
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However, 80 percent of economists said the most likely outcome will be the two sides agreeing on an EU-UK free trade deal, as has been predicted since Reuters first began polling on this in late 2016.
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Wang agreed last week on the need for a significant new U.N. Security Council resolution against the North, but there were few signs of progress on agreeing on the details.
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Chinese and U.S. officials, lawmakers and trade experts also said the delay in agreeing on a phase one deal and the upcoming 85033 presidential election could push the second phase of the agreement until after the election.
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"These are the high value-added sectors where there are synergies to be had by agreeing [on] a common set of standards and legal structures," Simon French, chief economist at Panmure Research, told CNBC via email Thursday.
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Hong Kong (CNN Business)China is planning to exempt some US soybeans and pork products from tariffs, a move that could take some heat out of talks aimed at agreeing on a truce in the trade war.
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ANALYSIS-WHAT'S NEXT FOR DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES If there's one thing Tuesday's New Hampshire primary made clear, it's that Democrats are no closer to agreeing on the right candidate to beat Republican President Donald Trump in November.
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Risk demand globally was also soothed by the European Union and Britain agreeing on Friday to hold intense talks over the next few days to secure a deal for Britain's departure from the bloc as the Oct.
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In June the euro zone would address the risks in banks with the implementation of guidelines on bad loans from the Single Supervisory Mechanism, agreeing on tools to measure risk and the European Commission's risk reduction package.
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Krista Mikkonen, Finland's environment minister, speaking on behalf of the EU, told the talks it would be "impossible to leave" without agreeing on a "strong message" on the need to redouble pledges to cut emissions next year.
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The Bloomberg report, which cited people familiar with the talks, said the two countries were moving closer to agreeing on the amount of tariffs that would be rolled back in a so-called phase-one trade deal.
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It is true that communication technology like email, instant messaging and Skype can make up for a lack of physical connectedness, Professor Rockmann said, and agreeing on a consistent form of communication across a team is especially important.
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Those regional powers, along with the United States, Russia Iran and others, comprise the "International Syria Support Group" (ISSG), which has thrown its weight behind De Mistura's initiative, without always agreeing on how he should go about it.
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It also puts Rakuten into a better bargaining position with other content rightsholders, who will not eye it as a rival for eyeballs who might also use their own might as a bargaining chip when agreeing on licensing.
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It is not clear how close the IMF and some European creditors are to agreeing on the timing and nature of potential debt relief that could enable the IMF to join the third bailout programme as a lender.
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The EU's Brexit negotiator urged the British government on Saturday to stop playing "hide and seek" over its aims for trade ties and warned that delays in agreeing on judicial oversight risk wrecking any Brexit deal.
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The Vatican backs a two-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, with both sides agreeing on the status of Jerusalem - home to sites holy to the Muslim, Jewish and Christian religions - as part of the peace process.
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He added that Mexico would make a counterproposal to the U.S. auto content demand once it had understood it Negotiators said advances were made in agreeing on of the technical detail that forms the bedrock of the accord.
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Ramon Contreras, 19, who founded Youth Over Guns after a friend was killed, recalled that at a tour stop in Texas, he and a counterprotester came "this close" to agreeing on the need for safe storage of firearms.
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ERBIL, Iraq — In a region where few people concur on anything, adversaries and enemies in the Middle East find themselves agreeing on one goal: to stop Iraq's Kurds from forging ahead with a vote for independence on Monday.
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U.S. Senate leaders hoped to vote later on a $23.8 trillion emergency package that still faces criticism despite top White House aides and senior senators from both the Republican and Democratic parties agreeing on the bill on Wednesday.
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But he said on Tuesday that since then the district and the community had made progress, including agreeing on a more collaborative process for hiring staff at the school, he anticipated that the district would renew the contract.
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"October will mark 70 years since our countries established diplomatic relations and now our colleagues are agreeing on a program of measures to celebrate this jubilee," Lavrov said, adding that Russia would continue "humanitarian assistance" to North Korea.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain criticized the European Union on Sunday over the process of agreeing on its negotiating mandate for post-Brexit trade talks, saying the bloc was "hamstrung by indecision and delay" because different members wanted different things.
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Bloomberg reported that the United States and China were moving closer to agreeing on the amount of tariffs to be rolled back in a "phase one" trade deal and U.S. President Donald Trump said talks were going well.
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The bloc would make such talks conditional on the UK honouring its EU financial obligations, guaranteeing citizens' rights and agreeing on how to run the sensitive Irish border — a key reason for UK lawmakers' rejection of May's deal.
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Talks aimed at bringing peace to Syria made some limited progress in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, with participants agreeing on mechanisms to help protect a ceasefire (in some areas) that has now been in place for a month.
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During that period, he and his two counterparts also aimed to meet to narrow differences on the most complex issues in the talks, which include agreeing on new auto content rules, a dispute-resolution mechanism and agricultural market access.
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And the notion that we can't agree on some things while not agreeing on others, and the reason for that is because, "Well, the president secretly wants to do X," would mean that we'd be paralyzed about doing everything.
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Le Maire also said that the G7 meeting would be "decisive" for agreeing on how to tax big tech companies by setting the tone for wider negotiations among 129 countries at the OECD due to wrap up next year.
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He is taking a position agreeing on a fundamental level with the left (that immigrants should be seen as humans and potential American citizens) but still making a few jabs at progressives, maintaining status as a card-carrying conservative.
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With indications growing that the United States, Mexico and Canada are close to agreeing on a framework for altering the North American Free Trade Agreement, the Mexican auto industry is exporting vehicles to the U.S. at a record pace.
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In a seeming show of strength, EU regulators were swift to replace Hill and assure the market that they remain committed to pushing forward the CMU framework and agreeing on the STS rules by the end of the year.
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"McClendon instructed his subordinates to execute the conspiratorial agreement, which included, among other things, withdrawing bids for certain leases and agreeing on the allocation of interests in the leases between the conspiring companies," the department said in a statement.
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HAVANA (Reuters) - Colombia's government and leftist FARC rebels took another step toward ending more than a half century of conflict on Friday, agreeing on a U.N.-supervised security protocol, timetable and other details for disarming the estimated 9,000 guerillas.
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I don't even remember what the bill was about anymore, to be honest with you, but by modern standards, it is remarkable that you would see a chairman and ranking member agreeing on anything as far-reaching as that.
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But in agreeing on Thursday to sign with the Phillies for 13 years — without an opt-out clause, which is usually standard in contracts for Scott Boras clients — Harper has bound himself to a sports culture all its own.
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In one surprising twist, lawyers who represented opposing sides in past major ACA challenges — people who might have trouble agreeing on where to go to lunch — came together to strongly oppose this new legal assault on the health law.
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While agreeing on the desire shown by Breton to favour European providers such as Nokia and Ericsson , Richard said he hoped the call for more stringent rules would not lead to a de facto veto of Huawei in Europe.
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However, since Republicans control Congress and the White House, agreeing on a tax reform package is clearly doable, except for one major stumbling block — the Freedom Caucus, a group of 85033 conservative and narrowly focused GOP members of Congress.
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Bloomberg reported on Wednesday that Washington and Beijing are "moving closer" to agreeing on how much tariffs would be rolled back in an initial trade deal despite the Hong Kong and Xinjiang issues, citing people familiar with the talks.
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The story since has been mixed, with some welcome steps such as a reduction in urban fighting, and the warring sides finally agreeing on how to split up the posts in a new Transitional Government of National Unity (GNU).
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Jonathan Kurland, an attorney advisor for AEquitas who was a prosecutor in Pennsylvania until August, told VICE News that it could take anywhere from three to six months, but it ultimately depends on all the parties agreeing on timing.
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Council President Donald Tusk warned on Tuesday that completing a Brexit treaty and agreeing on future relations with Britain would be a "furious race against time" where EU states would have to stick together to avoid economic disruption.
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Prosecutors say the three defendants helped each other with plans to travel to Syria, such as getting passports and money, advising each other on how to contact the Islamic State and agreeing on ways to keep plans secret from law enforcement.
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The vote, held at the Democratic National Committee's annual summer meeting here in Chicago, brings a laborious two-year process to its conclusion, with party members agreeing on a set of sweeping changes to superdelegates, caucuses, primaries, and other rules.
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SINGAPORE/KHOBAR, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - Top global oil exporter Saudi Arabia broke from the pack in the race to lock up Asian market share after agreeing on Tuesday to pump $2016 billion into a refinery-petrochemical complex in Malaysia, analysts said.
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Officials from a new Japanese defense procurement agency and Pentagon personnel met several times in Tokyo between August and December before agreeing on the lower price, said one of the sources, who were not authorized to speak publicly about the deal.
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Shutdowns bring that dynamic to the fore: They force people to reckon with the fact that while concepts like "cutting the fat" and "waste, fraud, and abuse" are broadly appealing, agreeing on what counts as fat or waste is much harder.
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The two leaders also discussed "a next step," agreeing on investment among Mexico, Canada and the United States to aid development in Central America and Mexico to tackle "the migration phenomenon," said Lopez Obrador, who takes office on Dec. 1.
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And while pivoting to tax reform suggests that Republicans will have a fresh start, the baggage they bring with them makes the chance of rewriting the tax code just as hard — or even harder — than agreeing on a health care plan.
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Finance leaders of the Group of 20 major economies agreed in March to open the door to regulating the booming industry, though they have only just started adopting individual rules due to the difficulty of agreeing on a multilateral approach.
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Earlier this month, a group of prominent Afghans —including some Afghan government officials acting in a personal capacity — held two days of joint talks with the Taliban, unofficially agreeing on a roadmap on how they might reach a peace deal.
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"Having seen an initial short-covering rally, we now need OPEC and non-OPEC producers agreeing on the nine-month extension for the market to begin build up new long positions," said Ole Hansen, head of commodity strategy at Saxo Bank.
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Other Christian bigwigs have held meetings with the aim of agreeing on a single candidate, to make best use of a primary calendar which sees early contests in a string of rural and southern states with lots of religious voters.
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The U.S. Supreme Court will resolve a split in the federal circuits over how to interpret a statutory cap on attorneys' fee awards in Social Security disability cases, agreeing on Monday to hear a petition brought by a Florida lawyer.
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Sprint and T-Mobile are reportedly on the verge of finally agreeing on a merger, according to a report from CNBC, which claims that the two carriers are closing in on a $26 billion dollar deal as early as this Sunday.
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Google and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV are close to agreeing on a partnership that could break boundaries between Silicon Valley and the auto industry in the race to develop self-driving cars, people familiar with the discussions said on Friday.
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"I would like to see a congressional band spring up of both sides of the aisle and see if they would have a little more success in making music than they do agreeing on the direction of the country," he added.
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The NAO said that the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) — which has since become part of the new Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) — began the second CCS competition without agreeing on costs with Britain's finance ministry.
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"October will mark 70 years since our countries established diplomatic relations and now our colleagues are agreeing on a program of measures to celebrate this jubilee," he said, according to TASS, adding that Russia would continue "humanitarian assistance" to North Korea.
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With nearly all of the GOP senators known to buck their party agreeing on the resolution, Paul seems unlikely to be able to push his demand to cut $43 billion worth of "off-book" defense spending, or block the resolution's passage.
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Washington and Beijing are getting close to agreeing on the amount of tariffs to be rolled back, Bloomberg reported, a day after President Donald Trump said the deal might have to wait until after the U.S. presidential election in November 133.
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Sri Lanka's 2017 budget plan will seek to boost revenue through a capital gain tax on properties, simplify tax collection and offer incentives to spur exports, though progress will depend on the coalition government agreeing on economic priorities, analysts say.
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Representative Jim Jordan, Freedom Caucus co-founder, said tax reform could have trouble moving forward because House Republicans are having trouble agreeing on a budget with reconciliation instructions needed to allow Republicans to bypass Democrats in passing a tax overhaul.
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Agreeing on a budget might also give hope that Lebanon's rival political factions are capable of co-operation, laying the groundwork for even more important legislation—such as a new electoral law—as well as for functioning roads, water pipes and power lines.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether a federal agency's procedures have made it too easy to successfully cancel patents after agreeing on Friday to decide a case involving a vehicle speedometer that alerts drivers if they are speeding.
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A key risk to OPEC only agreeing on a six-month extension is that it would expire shortly ahead of the seasonally weak first quarter in 2018, bringing idle capacity back online at a time of poor market demand, said the Barclays' note.
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It is not yet clear how the negotiations will unfold but whereas the EU wants to discuss how the U.K. is leaving before agreeing on a new trade deal, the U.K. government wants to discuss every single issue within the two-year deadline.
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Trump and Kim announced after their landmark summit in Singapore in June that they had agreed to work toward the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula, although the two sides have since made little progress agreeing on a timeline or other concrete steps.
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LONDON — With the iconic Palace of Westminster, Britain's seat of Parliament, crumbling dangerously after decades of neglect, legislators moved a step closer on Thursday to agreeing on a plan for renovation, which includes vacating the entire building for at least six years.
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South Korea's Foreign Ministry said in a statement that the two ministers exchanged views on the court rulings and the radar incident, with the two agreeing on the need to "resolve differences in the two sides' views" through consultations between defense authorities.
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A month after the start of nationwide protests, Lebanon is in serious political and economic crisis with no indication of its leaders agreeing on a new government to replace the outgoing cabinet of Saad al-Hariri, who quit as premier on Oct. 29.
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"Most of the deal is stuff we were already on the verge of agreeing on in the T.T.I.P. negotiations, before that deal got deep-sixed after Trump's election," said Rufus Yerxa, the president of the National Foreign Trade Council, which represents exporters.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court will decide the fate of a fiercely contested plan by President Donald Trump's administration to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census, agreeing on Friday to an expedited review of a judge's ruling blocking the plan.
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Start with agreeing on a more coherent schedule that does not include three men's team events within less than four months: the Laver Cup in September 2019, the revamped Davis Cup in November 2019 and the revived ATP Cup in January 2020.
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"We have basically found where our consensus lies on these major issues, which we think are sort of the key cornerstones of tax reform," Ryan told reporters in Massachusetts, barely a week before a deadline for agreeing on a tax reform framework.
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"Finding a health-care bill that was not dead on arrival gave them the feeling not so much about health care but that maybe tax reform might have some life if these guys can get close to agreeing on health care," Cashin said.
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Markets jumped in a flurry after Bloomberg reported that Washington and Beijing were close to agreeing on the amount of tariffs that would be rolled back in a phase-one trade deal, despite tensions over U.S. stance on Hong Kong and Xinjiang.
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According to the 8-page document, a designated USAID Contracting/Agreement Officer would designate the "Apparently Successful Partner" to work on management, control and design needs of a project before agreeing on its "shared resourcing," which might include no U.S. government money at all.
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GENEVA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry played down expectations of a new Syrian ceasefire deal with Russia after talks in Geneva aimed at agreeing on how to separate al Qaeda-linked militants from opposition fighters in the besieged city of Aleppo.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration and top Republicans in U.S. Congress are within a few weeks of agreeing on central aspects of a tax overhaul plan that will determine the contours of legislation now expected in September, an administration official told Reuters this week.
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The World Bank Group two years ago had set a goal of agreeing on a capital increase for its International Bank for Reconstruction and Development arm by the time of the 2017 World Bank and International Monetary Fund annual meetings, which start this week.
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" On the environmental groups agreeing on the carbon tax policy: "The environmental community is now engaged in looking at an initiative for next fall if the legislature is unable to move forward in the next session in January and February to further climate action.
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As a result, Congress could end up passing a pure funding bill, or at least agreeing on top-line spending numbers and a short-term funding measure to buy time to work out the actual bills, but kick every other can down the road again.
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At a news conference in Kiev, Mr. Poroshenko said he had called Mr. Putin to discuss the matter, and that "it seemed to me that we succeeded in agreeing" on the swap, which would repatriate two Russian soldiers that Ukraine recently convicted on terrorism charges.
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More theater than reality Klingner, a former CIA deputy division chief for Korea, pointed out that even as Trump and Kim Jong Un have agreed to meet, the two sides may not be any closer to agreeing on a common interpretation of the term denuclearization.
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"Markets ... look to be taking their lead from the likelihood of Congress agreeing on tax cuts and, last night, another positive U.S. economy data print," David de Garis, director of economics and markets at the National Australia Bank, wrote in an early morning note.
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The healthcare sector was flat, with investors digesting news of U.S. drug maker Pfizer agreeing on Tuesday to terminate its $160 billion agreement to acquire Botox maker Allergan, in a major victory to U.S. President Barack Obama's drive to stop tax-dodging corporate mergers.
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"Whatever slate wins at the AGM, a settlement between the two groups would be the most desirable outcome, agreeing on the key levers to create value for shareholders with a stable board of directors supportive of (CEO Amos) Genish," Morgan Stanley said in a note.
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"As families of people that have been failed by a number of different issues, we all came together agreeing on three basic principles that we thought needed to change so that other families would not have to endure what we had to endure," Hixon said.
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HAVANA, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Global consumer products company Unilever Plc will return to Cuba after a several-year absence, agreeing on Monday to build a $35 million soap and toothpaste factory in Cuba's special development zone at the port of Mariel west of Havana.
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Some German business groups have begun calling for Europe to use the dispute with the United States to reopen negotiations about a broad trade agreement that would largely eliminate tariffs and reduce regulatory impediments, for example by agreeing on common safety standards for cars.
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In years past, Mr. Trump peppered officials in Bedminster with requests to use the club grounds for his final resting place — first seeking a combined mausoleum-wedding chapel with obelisks and then a 260-acre graveyard, and finally agreeing on a 2000-plot family cemetery.
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China's Vice Premier Liu He, U.S. Trade representative Robert Lighthizer and U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin held a phone call on issues related to a phase one agreement, two days after a report that Beijing and Washington are "moving closer to agreeing" on the deal.
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Republicans, who control the White House, the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate, have long vowed to repeal the Affordable Care Act but have had difficulty agreeing on a detailed plan for replacing the signature domestic policy of former Democratic President Barack Obama.
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A new report from The New York Times says that the Federal Trade Commission is having trouble agreeing on a suitable punishment for Facebook's privacy lapses, and that its members are specifically trying to determine whether or not CEO Mark Zuckerberg should be held personally responsible.
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WASHINGTON, May 2 (Reuters) - Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives said on Tuesday they were closer to agreeing on a reworked bill to overhaul the nation's healthcare system but still lacked the votes to pass it, as President Donald Trump pressed lawmakers for a vote.
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It may speak to some of the struggles that Republicans currently face in agreeing on what will come next, after the Affordable Care Act, and whether they will be able to commit to maintaining coverage for the 20 million Americans who use the insurance expansion right now.
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"The Geneva forum should be a 'workshop' for agreeing on the outlines of Syria's future secular statehood and for determining the ways of reaching that, but not an 'eastern bazaar' with elements of crude blackmail in respect of the international community," the ministry said in a statement.
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In agreeing on Wednesday to pay at least $0003 billion to Brazilian, U.S. and Swiss prosecutors, the largest penalty ever in a foreign bribery case, Odebrecht admitted to paying officials to help secure lucrative construction contracts in 12 countries, potentially opening itself up to new prosecution.
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After agreeing on a carbon tax, rest assured that climate advocates and oil companies would resume their battle against each other, with oil companies defending their business models and climate advocates pushing for additional ways to address near-term emissions from the country's largest emissions source.
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"It's basically removing what we were given on Monday: that the enthusiasm that the Sino-American relationship was healing by the way of the U.S. and China agreeing on some format to solve the trade dispute," said Mark Luschini, chief investment strategist at Janney Montgomery Scott.
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In neighboring New Jersey, for example, lawmakers have been struggling over the past year to iron out the finer points of their marijuana plan, though this week saw Governor Phil Murphy and Democratic leaders finally—yet tentatively—agreeing on a regulatory committee and a tax rate.
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American and Taliban negotiators restarted the talks in December and are once more close to agreeing on a deal, American officials say, although the negotiations have been bogged down as the two sides wrestle over how to reduce violence in order to move the peace process forward.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil prices and a gauge of global stock markets edged higher on Tuesday, lifted by fresh record highs on Wall Street after U.S. President Donald Trump said the United States and China were close to agreeing on the first phase of a trade deal.
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Healthcare stocks were the top sectoral gainer, up 06003 percent, with investors scrutinising news of U.S. drug maker Pfizer agreeing on Tuesday to terminate its $160 billion agreement to acquire Allergan, in a victory to U.S. President Barack Obama's drive to stop tax-dodging corporate mergers.
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The U.K. Prime Minister is also hoping the summit culminates in leaders signing the first-ever global declaration against corruption, agreeing on a package of "practical steps" to expose and punish perpetrators, support victims, and "drive out the culture of corruption wherever it exists," according to the government's website.
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Monday marks Day 3 of the current shutdown, and it's unclear how long Democrats and Republicans will take to settle on a deal, which hinges largely on the two parties agreeing on legislation deciding the fate of unauthorized immigrants under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
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"The rollover at least would be at the same level because it has not been very effective, it has been effective to a certain level to minimise the glut in the market, but there are now ideas or calls for agreeing (on) even more," Oil Minister Thamer Ghadhban said.
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While congressional leadership and the Trump administration are locked in negotiations about border funding — the major snag for the spending talks — there are no signs the White House and congressional Democrats are close to agreeing on a number that could pass both chambers and garner the president's signature.
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During a year of surging violence across Afghanistan, the government and its foreign allies have failed to coax the Taliban into participating in peace talks, or even into agreeing on a cease-fire that would have lasted during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which will end next week.
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Greece needs a new tranche of financial aid under its 86 billion euro bailout by the third quarter of the year to meet debt repayments, but agreeing on a fresh aid could prove difficult as not only France but also Germany and possibly Italy face elections later this year.
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On Wednesday, the European Union acknowledged for the first time that a humanitarian crisis was brewing inside its borders, agreeing on an emergency aid package of 700 million euros, or $760 million, over three years to help Greece and other countries on the migrant trail deal with the backlog.
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Canada's ambassador to the United States, David MacNaughton, was quoted on Wednesday by the Canadian Press as saying that the United States and Canada were close to agreeing on a split that would give roughly 70 percent of the market to U.S. producers and 30 percent to Canadian producers.
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"The rollover at least would be at the same level because it has not been very effective, it has been effective to a certain level to minimize the glut in the market, but there are now ideas or calls for agreeing (on) even more," Oil Minister Thamer Ghadhban said.
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While some such as Kuwait and Qatar appeared to lean towards the Saudi Arabian way of thinking - agreeing on the need for an output ceiling - others such as Venezuela and Algeria seemed to agree with Iran, which said an output ceiling must be accompanied by a country-specific quota system.
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The Republican tax bill, which would overhaul the tax system to vastly reduce the tax rates paid by corporations permanently and temporarily cut taxes for many normal taxpayers, has reached its final form, with the House and Senate agreeing on a bill that they plan to vote on next week.
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Still, conservative lawmakers (who currently hold 52 Senate seats) are having a hard time agreeing on what exactly the healthcare bill should look like, especially after the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office's analysis of the House version found that 23 million Americans will lose insurance by 2026 under the proposed law.
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I was astonished 18 months ago to witness at the Le Bourget conference center outside Paris the extraordinary spectacle of nearly 200 countries actually agreeing on one central aspect of life on our planet -- the need to control the pollutants that are wreaking havoc on our decaying atmosphere and our climate.
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We're making commitments and agreeing on the rules as communication planet Mercury connects with taskmaster Saturn at 8:37 AM. The moon in fiery Sagittarius clashes with Mars at 8:49 PM and with the sun at 11:10 PM, urging us to confront an issue that needs to change.
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President Donald Trump and the GOP Congress return from vacation to a September gauntlet: assisting victims of Hurricane Harvey with emergency funding, keeping government open by agreeing on a 2018 budget, averting a credit crisis by raising the federal debt limit, protecting Americans' health care by shoring up Obamacare exchanges.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In agreeing on Monday to end a three-day U.S. government shutdown, Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer had to make a tough decision to bridge a divide within his own party over immigration, an issue on which Americans are deeply conflicted, according to new Reuters/Ipsos polling data.
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The commission's negotiating mandate will include agreeing on the rights of 3m EU citizens to stay in Britain and 1m Britons to stay in EU countries; finding some way to avert a hard border between Northern Ireland and the Irish republic; and settling the exit bill that it claims Britain must pay.
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The alternative to heavenly intervention may be equally fanciful: that governments will curb the world's addiction to fossil fuels by agreeing on the global application of the ultimate sin tax—a price on carbon-dioxide emissions that will rise from, say, $50 a tonne in 2025 to $200 a tonne in 2050.
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After a temperate start, in which the two seemed close to agreeing on the public responsibilities of Trump's daughter Ivanka, Carlson zeroed in on an infelicitous phrase from Duca's essay: she had claimed that Trump was "threatening the sovereignty of an entire religion," and Carlson demanded that she explain what that meant.
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"I think that the real shame in all of this is that Democrats are perfectly capable in coming together and agreeing on the fact that they're comfortable ripping babies straight from a mother's womb or killing a baby after birth," Sanders said, hitting another issue -- abortion -- that resonates with Trump's conservative base.
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But agreeing on the length of the stopgap bill — essentially, a matter of circling a date on the calendar — is complicated by a number of contentious issues that lawmakers have yet to resolve, particularly the fate of hundreds of thousands of young immigrants, known as Dreamers, brought to the country illegally as children.
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When 2G (or GSM, as it was called back then) was introduced in the late 1980s, many European countries and operators signed up to a memorandum of understanding, agreeing on such things as the radio spectrum used, the services to be offered and when to launch them—a co-operation which is lacking today.
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This is something Trump himself seems increasingly aware of: Republicans must be careful in that the Dems own the failed ObamaCare disaster, with its poor coverage and massive premium increases...... It's also worth noting that there's no reason to believe the Republican Party is particularly close to agreeing on the boundaries of a replacement.
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Charter Communications (and its Spectrum internet service) has officially reached a deal to stay in New York State, with the Public Service Commission agreeing on a settlement that will see Charter fulfill its original commitments for broadband expansion that the company had agreed to when it first merged with Time Warner Cable in 2016, via Ars Technica.
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With British lawmakers still not agreeing on how the U.K. will leave the European Union, the chief executive of Barclays predicted there will not be much clarity on the outcome until right before the March deadline for leaving the EU. U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May's initial Brexit deal was rejected by a majority of the British parliament last week.
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After agreeing on a common supervision plan for euro zone lenders and a joint privately funded scheme to wind down ailing banks, the 19 countries of the single-currency bloc have lost momentum and have been stuck in talks on how to set up the insurance scheme to better protect savers, the third and last pillar of the plan.
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The negotiations in Washington over security at our southern border should focus on three of the real emergencies that are causing widespread human suffering and exacting high costs in both the U.S. and Mexico: Agreeing on a reasonable approach to identifying what type of physical barriers may be needed, and where, is one element of addressing current problems.
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But two separate notes, sent to the judge from the jury room in Federal District Court here, also suggested that the panel was having trouble reaching consensus on all of the defendants — apparently agreeing on three of the seven — and that one juror, a former government employee, may have expressed bias to at least one other juror.
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One of the CUP lawmakers, Vidal Aragonés, on Saturday portrayed his party's decision not as an attack on Mr. Sanchez himself, but as a way of criticizing other separatist parties for focusing on who should lead the pro-independence movement instead of agreeing on policies and a plan "to materialize the republic" of Catalonia, independent from Spain.
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Late on Tuesday, lead lawyers representing more than 2,000 cities, counties and other plaintiffs suing Purdue, along with more than two dozen states and U.S. territories, were close to agreeing on an offer from the company and its controlling Sackler family to settle lawsuits in a deal valued at up to $103 billion, the people said.
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More from Mr. Johnson: What Nakamoto ushered into the world was a way of agreeing on the contents of a database without anyone being "in charge" of the database, and a way of compensating people for helping make that database more valuable, without those people being on an official payroll or owning shares in a corporate entity.
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The architects created a hundred models before agreeing on the current design: three nine-foot-high, 20013-square-foot rooms stacked atop one another, along with two interior bricked-in patios on the first floor furnished with clay pots of cacti and other regional plants, which offer the only visual disruption of the house's earthen hues and exacting lines.
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In a retrospective moment, the two defectors said they did not regret taking enormous risks to spirit the photos out of Syria — even though they had discovered that the international community was better at expressing outrage than agreeing on measures to quell the fighting and to press for a more inclusive government that did not include Mr. Assad.
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After agreeing on the text of the code of conduct in the disputed waters, senior Chinese and ASEAN diplomats will meet in Cambodia this month or in September, to be followed by another meeting in the Philippines, to start actual negotiations, a senior Southeast Asian diplomat said on condition of anonymity because of a lack of authority to discuss the issue publicly.
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Good to see these two agreeing on something, kind of... Stephen Colbert busts out his best Bon Jovi impression to roast the Democratic candidates Hasan Minhaj's dad once hilariously destroyed him over a high school cheating scandal 'The Farewell' offers a different kind of fish-out-of-water story Seth Meyers brutally outlines the best and worst case scenarios for the Democratic candidates
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"Within decentralized networks you must have a way of the network agreeing on a state — such as can somebody access a file or confirming a coin transaction, for example — and the reason you need this is because you don't have a central server to confirm all this to you," explains MaidSafe's COO Nick Lambert, discussing what the protocol is intended to achieve.
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Unlike more recent outbreaks tied to bad lettuce or the influenza bug, the experts are starting from square one, said Mitch Zeller of the FDA's Center for Tobacco Products, at that same briefing, with state and federal health officials only last week agreeing on criteria to screen confirmed cases from possible ones, while analyzing liquids and devices handed in by patients.
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After agreeing on a common supervision plan for euro zone lenders and a joint privately funded scheme to wind down ailing banks, the 19 countries of the single-currency bloc have lost momentum and have been stuck for six months in talks on how to set up a European deposit insurance scheme (EDIS) to better protect savers, the third and last pillar of the plan.
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It is in the EU's interest to ensure good trading relations with the U.K., but according to an international official, who didn't want to be named due to the sensitive topic, in Brussels there is one clear mandate for the negotiations: "Brexit has to be worse economically than staying in the EU." Such an approach could have an impact on agreeing on an interim deal.
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But she noted that it could be difficult to find a broadly acceptable solution, agreeing on clothes that are comfortable but still dressy enough to give a sense of occasion; pleasing longtime patrons, who tend to be conservative in their tastes and have indicated in research surveys that they like things as they are; and finding new outfits that can stand the test of time.
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Sometimes conflict resolution 22007 tells you that when you have these really contentious negotiations, the two sides are really far apart, they are not agreeing on anything, this battle sort of reaching the tipping point where it becomes a war, the best thing to do is to just to agree to agree later on and to a certain extent, that was what they achieved coming out of this.
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It is not often you find a Democrat from the Green Mountain State and a Republican from the Lone Star State in Washington agreeing on energy issues, but when it comes to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) we have found common ground in the fight to reform the ethanol mandate—a well-intentioned policy that has turned out to be an overwhelming flop for consumers, businesses and the environment.
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Tianqi's announcement comes days after executives from SQM top shareholder Pampa Group, which in 2018 fiercely contested Tianqi's purchase of a stake in the Chilean miner, flew to China to meet with Tianqi Chief Executive Officer Vivian Wu. Pampa and Tianqi, now SQM's top two shareholders, struck an agreement following that trip widely seen as a "truce," praising one another and agreeing on a code of conduct for board appointees.
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The dinner was a prelude to the formal approval of the deal Friday by the remaining 27 EU countries -- agreeing on Britain's proposed financial settlement with the bloc, a tentative arrangement on the future of the border between Ireland and Northern Ireland, and the rights of European citizens living in the UK. As May must know by now, however, a success one day can be overturned the next.
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By agreeing on policy positions that protected members' manufacturing processes (think labor laws), and policies that did not disrupt the agricultural supply chain (think high-fructose corn syrup, and the sugar cartel), the GMA successfully fought off changes in consumer food labeling, prolonged the debate on the USDA food pyramid, and successfully suppressed innovative product development efforts beyond their big brand membership (think the 2006 Food Products Association merger).
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Think of four recent examples: Greece being socially and economically "humiliated" by some European leaders and international institutions; far-right activists gaining votes across the continent and waving banners against the EU, immigrants and Islam; the impossibility in agreeing on reasonable quotas to relocate refugees across the continent; and the almost illiberal drift in nations such Hungary and Poland, where the far-right turn is led by (apparently) moderate center-right forces.
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"I would like us to take a moment to recognize that our governor, Kate Brown, and our president, Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpFacebook releases audit on conservative bias claims Harry Reid: 'Decriminalizing border crossings is not something that should be at the top of the list' Recessions happen when presidents overlook key problems MORE, agree on something," she said in reference to the governor and president not agreeing on most policy positions, according to The Oregonian.
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The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note, which moves inversely to price, rose more than 6 basis points to around 1.774%, while the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond was also higher at 2.222% The Bloomberg report, which cited people familiar with the talks, said the two countries were edging closer to agreeing on the amount of tariffs that would be rolled back in a so-called phase-one trade deal.
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Ben CardinBenjamin (Ben) Louis CardinDemocrats press Pompeo to help Americans stranded abroad amid coronavirus Teetering economy sparks talk of second stimulus package Democratic senators ask IRS to extend tax filing deadline amid coronavirus outbreak MORE (Md.), the top Democrat on the Senate Small Business Committee, said late last week that he and his Republican colleagues are almost 90 percent of the way toward agreeing on a small-business relief package that will be broken up into two parts.
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" The airstrike came hours after President TrumpDonald John TrumpAs Biden surges, GOP Ukraine probe moves to the forefront Republicans, rooting for Sanders, see Biden wins as setback Trump says Biden Ukraine dealings will be a 'major' campaign issue MORE spoke by phone with the Taliban's lead negotiator — the first known conversation between a U.S. president and the Taliban since the start of the war — a call that Trump described as the two agreeing on the need for "no violence.
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"I think that the real shame in all of this is that Democrats are perfectly capable of coming together and agreeing on the fact that they are comfortable ripping babies straight from a mother's womb, or killing a baby after birth, but they have a hard time condemning the type of comments from congresswoman Omar," she said, intentionally blurring the line between late-term abortions, a procedure undergone by a very small minority of women, often under dire circumstances, and killing a baby, which is infanticide.
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In our bitterly divided times, it is hard to imagine Senator Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellPelosi, Schumer press for gun screenings as Trump inches away The malware election: Returning to paper ballots only way to prevent hacking First House Republican backs bill banning assault weapons MORE (R-Ky.) and Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiJohnson eyes Irish border in Brexit negotiations Mueller report fades from political conversation Five key players in Trump's trade battles MORE (D-Calif.) agreeing on workable standards, especially when both sides seem to benefit from sowing distrust as a means of turning out their respective bases.
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