Mr Xi and protesters are both unlikely to make concessions.
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Lastly, and most importantly, you force them to make concessions.
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North Korea continues to make concessions ahead of the talks.
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Critics fear he could make concessions that increase China's sway.
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The union has come under much pressure to make concessions.
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It might be economically unfeasible for primary insurers to make concessions.
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It's not gonna code-switch, we're not going to make concessions.
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Trump argues that the tariffs have pressured China to make concessions.
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The FIVB has pushed Iranian officials to make concessions for women.
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I don't have to make concessions, I don't have to settle.
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McConnell did make concessions to his proposal from Monday evening, however.
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So, you don't want to make concessions and then get tariffed anyway.
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If an agitator's critique is broadly correct, a CEO must make concessions.
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But each is demanding more willingness from the other to make concessions.
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Chinese officials often commit to make concessions on trade – and then don't.
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If he tries to make concessions, he will come under furious attack.
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Sanders absolutely refused to make concessions that would build a winning coalition.
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Finding this common ground, however, will require both sides to make concessions.
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But it went further, in effect calling on the government to make concessions.
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And he said the North was already showing a willingness to make concessions.
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Republicans, meanwhile, don't see the need to make concessions right of the bat.
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To be sure, Republicans must also be willing to make concessions and compromise.
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Britain's culture secretary, Karen Bradley, had given Fox until Friday to make concessions.
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May's scope to make concessions when she negotiates with the European Union. Mrs.
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"Nissan will have to make concessions for our governance reform," this person said.
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"Now there's little space for either side to climb down or make concessions."
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In exchange, Mexico has agreed to make concessions, including improvements in labor laws.
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China says the United States is making unreasonable demands and must also make concessions.
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Mr Ghani, or his successor, could dig in his heels, refusing to make concessions.
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Short of funds and friends, Hamas may have few options but to make concessions.
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"Nestle managers were willing to make concessions on key points," the source told FAZ.
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To make concessions beforehand might allow pro-Brexit members of Parliament to demand more.
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She doesn't make concessions and that is part of what makes her a legend.
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Washington believes that Moscow, closely allied to Assad, can nudge Damascus to make concessions.
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From that point, there would be a true pattern of how to manage relations with North Korea, in which all sides make concessions simultaneously so that no one feels as if they are losing face or being pressured to make concessions first.
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At the same time he has withstood international calls to make concessions to the Palestinians.
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Local unions have also been asked to make concessions, a source told Reuters on Wednesday.
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He would demand that Moscow provide assurances that Israel would make concessions on key issues.
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At this point, Adam says, if they make concessions they risk collapsing into disorganized chaos.
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Those Brexiteers urging the EU to make "concessions" on the Irish backstop misunderstand its purpose.
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In her application speech, von der Leyen indicated that she was prepared to make concessions.
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China has said the United States is making unreasonable demands and must also make concessions.
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Despite the EoT attempts, Toyota has been reluctant to make concessions to equalize lap times.
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It all gives Mr. Trump leverage with world leaders, potentially forcing them to make concessions.
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She was very willing to make concessions so that she could ultimately come to victory.
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Part of the skill in keeping a minority alive is knowing when to make concessions.
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They will either have to make peace with a shutdown or make concessions to Democrats.
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"I think China is willing to make concessions," said Wang Tao, chief China economist at UBS.
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President Trump should not make concessions and beg the murderous communist dictator to attend a summit.
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Comprehensive reform will require both parties to make concessions, but investment and growth must remain priorities.
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Results like that ensure that the pressure on Democrats to make concessions to Trump is negligible.
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Rauner has blocked any budget deal unless Democrats make concessions on his so-called Turnaround Agenda.
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Things may have to get a lot worse before it becomes politically palatable to make concessions.
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Now, they might look for California to make concessions before it enters the risky litigation process.
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"He is starting a new game where he could make concessions on denuclearization," Mr. Yang said.
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Republicans will eventually either have to make peace with a shutdown or make concessions to Democrats.
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Yet the UK will need to make concessions to break the deadlock on Brexit next week.
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North Korea has set a year-end deadline for Washington to make concessions like easing sanctions.
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It is true that politicians must make concessions to get the support of key interest groups.
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"Trump said [TPP] was a disaster, but I'm sure the other members would be willing to make concessions to get the U.S. back in, just like South Korea was willing to make concessions to Obama for his endorsement of the U.S.-Korea [free trade agreement], " King said.
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That means Republicans will either have to make peace with a shutdown or make concessions to Democrats.
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As with all bankruptcy negotiations, it remains possible either side will make concessions to end the disagreement.
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A lengthy transition period will create further scope for May – or another prime minister – to make concessions.
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Just as with the Reagan-Shultz policy, Iran must be allowed to make concessions without being humiliated.
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First, the United States has little leverage to force Syria to make concessions or keep its promises.
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Each side becomes more willing to make concessions, believing the other side will deliver on its end.
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Does Trump get credit for pushing the North Koreans to make concessions such as suspension of testing?
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The election could usher in a leftist political party that may be less willing to make concessions.
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"Cuba will not make concessions that harm its sovereignty," Mr. Rodríguez said, according to The Associated Press.
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Newsom's proposal could be successful if the state has enough leverage to force drugmakers to make concessions.
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If he accepted, he would have to make concessions, would have to revert to being an American.
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The early win for Democrats boosted members' confidence and showed the administration was willing to make concessions.
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Moreover, China would give Trump a symbolic win and ingratiate him to make concessions in other areas.
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It's reasonable that conservatives don't want to make concessions for the wall because the wall is bad.
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However, Trump and Senate Republicans have been unwilling to make concessions on funding for the border wall.
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But partisans on the left and right were mostly interested in having the other side make concessions.
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Having resisted pressure to compromise when he was losing, Mr Assad sees no reason to make concessions now.
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It is the first time I had to make concessions to another schedule, which is weird to me.
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"They're going to need to make concessions," Alex Howard, deputy director of the Sunlight Foundation, told BuzzFeed News.
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The Chinese side reportedly felt Trump may be willing to make concessions, according to The Wall Street Journal.
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He had been talking time and time again about we don&apost want to make concessions up front.
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It is more palatable for the EU to make concessions to a member than to a non-member.
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Or would he be willing to make concessions on those issues in order to pass other important bills?
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This may sway judges or other public officials to make concessions to the Republicans to preserve their legitimacy.
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China, North Korea's longtime ally, has called on both Pyongyang and Washington to make concessions to ease tensions.
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Rural farmers and city dwellers are important constituencies for different parties, and neither side wants to make concessions.
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We need to find a solution, it has to be a solution in which both sides make concessions.
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France's finance minister Bruno Le Maire said Italy had only days to make concessions and avoid such action.
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And May could find it hard to make concessions before her Conservative Party annual conference in early October.
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We did make concessions to the pandemic: We walked to the wine bar, avoiding public transportation or Uber.
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They say Trump created the crisis by rescinding DACA and it's not up to Democrats to make concessions.
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This means that even if their leaders might want to make concessions, their voters probably won't allow it.
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Many of those in attendance Sunday voiced frustration with the government and its perceived unwillingness to make concessions.
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Proposals like Newsom's may be successful if the state has enough leverage to force drugmakers to make concessions.
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But the Chinese government has yet to show a willingness to make concessions on core issues to US officials.
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China will have to make concessions on its past cheating, frankly, but what is your reaction as of tonight?
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Backers must make concessions for backing an idea and accept that, in some circumstances, there may be unforeseen issues.
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It dodges the question of whether the M5S will get its hands dirty, make concessions and trade ministerial portfolios.
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When Citigroup renewed its deal with Home Depot Inc last year, it had to make concessions to the retailer.
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He said Chinese currency devaluations are "going to hurt them badly" over time and force Beijing to make concessions.
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"We're prepared to make concessions," AT&T's CEO, Randall Stephenson, said at an Economic Club of New York luncheon.
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Washington and Pyongyang had been locked in a diplomatic standoff for weeks over which side would make concessions first.
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There was never a peep from any House Democrat that they should make concessions on the wall to Trump.
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Sources say Ottawa has made clear it is prepared to make concessions, which would anger the influential dairy lobby.
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In return, the Russian leader could make concessions over eastern Ukraine, where pro-Moscow separatists control swathes of territory.
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They will have their five votes; they won't make concessions to get that tally up to six or seven.
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Ben is willing to make concessions to the studio bosses that Marie isn't willing to, seemingly out of pride.
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But it will require the United States to make concessions that the Trump administration may be wary of offering.
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China will not make concessions on matters of principle, ministry spokesman Gao Feng told reporters at a regular briefing.
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"We absolutely cannot make concessions on such principle issues," Liu said, without giving details on what those issues were.
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That could put pressure on Ottawa to make concessions on Canada's protected C$21 billion ($16.3 billion) dairy market.
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Its weakness has already been exposed: David Davis, Britain's chief Brexit negotiator, has so far done little but make concessions.
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With some wind behind their backs for further negotiations, all sides would have a little more courage to make concessions.
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Given his deep unpopularity on the Palestinian street, he's in no position to make concessions without major ones from Israel.
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Trudeau's ability to make concessions is limited since all of Canada's major political parties have vowed to protect supply management.
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That had led to fear that Tillerson might be too willing to make concessions to North Korea, the sources said.
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I had to make concessions and be in clinic 5 days a week in order to keep my job though.
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Barack Obama, then America's president, opposed the takeover and leant on Mr Morsi to make concessions to save his skin.
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Liu's presence could signal that "China will make concessions," said Larry Hu, chief China economist at Macquarie in Hong Kong.
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But they may weaken the government, forcing it to make concessions to interest groups that would be hurt by change.
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The SPD leadership tried on Monday to appease critics by demanding that the conservatives make concessions on immigration and healthcare.
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Italy's government is looking to make concessions to its budget in order to avoid disciplinary action by the European Commission.
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Back then there was no Twitter or 24-hour news, leaving statesmen freer to make concessions over brandy and cigars.
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In it, Sorenson was asked if he thinks Airbnb has become more willing to make concessions or cooperate with regulators.
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May's hands have been tied, knowing that to make concessions to Labour would lead to fury in her divided party.
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Whether Ortega succeeds in quashing dissent, or is instead forced to make concessions, will likely depend on the armed forces.
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What to watch: May will have to make concessions to Brussels, then turn around and sell that deal to parliament.
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On the world stage, he has been forced to make concessions to the U.S. as President Trump's trade war intensifies.
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One company that has sought to make concessions in hopes of maintaining its access to the Chinese market is Apple.
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Administration officials are hopeful that Canada will be more willing to make concessions after provincial elections take place in October.
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Growing resistance against aggressive loan documentation on risky assets has forced private equity firms to make concessions after investors objected.
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Her slogan that "no deal is better than a bad deal" was supposed to persuade the Europeans to make concessions.
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Aging and unpopular, Mr. Abbas may not have the clout to deliver even if he were willing to make concessions.
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The United States slapped $215 billion in tariffs against Chinese goods last month and China still refused to make concessions.
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Administration officials said on Friday that Canada was welcome to stay in Nafta if it was willing to make concessions.
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The complicated internal debates taking place within China's government also make it difficult to predict its willingness to make concessions.
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Canada is willing to make concessions, Reuters reported on Tuesday, although it is unclear what proposals are on the table.
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It will make it less likely that Assad will make concessions that will bring the broader civil war to an end.
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The opposition Labour Party had called on its lawmakers to vote against the bill if the government failed to make concessions.
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And it calls into question what the new president hopes to gain from his seeming willingness to make concessions to Moscow.
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But like the Europeans, many Americans do not want to make concessions that would lower wages or threaten jobs at home.
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Other companies have controversially decided to make concessions to China in order to operate in the country, including Microsoft and Apple.
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Hong Kong students organized weeks of protests in late 2014 to push for full democracy, but Beijing declined to make concessions.
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On the world stage, he has been forced to make concessions to the United States as President Trump's trade war intensifies.
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The last time Congress made significant adjustments to close a shortfall, in 1983, both Democrats and Republicans had to make concessions.
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Riyadh, which is fighting several proxy wars with Iran, including in Syria and Yemen, is reluctant to make concessions to Tehran.
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Faced with automation and competition from foreign car companies, he was forced to make concessions in an effort to preserve jobs.
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To redo the trade deal, the U.S. may have to make concessions that the Trump administration will be wary of offering.
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Voices: Mr. Zelensky's critics say that without clear American diplomatic backing, he may be too willing to make concessions to Moscow.
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For his part, Zuckerberg appeared to go into the meetings willing to listen, but did his best not to make concessions.
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He has to make compromises — every creative person does, in one way or another — but he rarely has to make concessions.
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In the eyes of many Israelis, the bloc has unfairly pressured Israel more than the Palestinians to make concessions for peace.
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But delusions can be helpful if they make each side more willing to make concessions and pursue an arduous peace process.
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Leverage: Trump has threatened to leave NAFTA altogether, and that possibility could make Mexico and Canada more willing to make concessions.
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Both of which are areas where the government has said it will make concessions via the aforementioned amendments to the IP Act.
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Top Democrats, in response to the tweet, said they wouldn't make concessions on the spending bill if Trump chose to veto it.
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"The Trump administration's hard line on Iran could be very useful in getting Iran to make concessions," said a former Russian diplomat.
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"We all know in a trade negotiation, at some point, it [the UK] is going to need to make concessions," he said.
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Hitherto he has had to contend with Democratic presidents, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, who pushed him to make concessions to Palestinians.
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As strong-minded as ever, Ms. Abidar remains determined to continue living freely and not to make concessions to please other Moroccans.
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Zhong is seen by many officials in Washington as a hard-liner, a sign that China is less likely to make concessions.
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And it won't have to make concessions to get more cars on the road so it always has the shortest wait time.
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Hit much harder than America by the trade war between the two countries, President Xi Jinping may be prepared to make concessions.
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What could be better than going into a negotiation where the fellow on the other side knows he has to make concessions?
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He has hinted that China's second-quarter GDP growth, a 27-year low of 6.2%, puts pressure on Beijing to make concessions.
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Looking to get out of this mess, President Trump wants China to make concessions on market access, government subsidies and intellectual property.
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Rather than make concessions to the Palestinians, Mr. Kushner will be under pressure to tilt the plan ever further in Israel's favor.
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Mr. Trump boasts of being a consummate dealmaker, but dealmakers don't usually make concessions before negotiations begin, as the president has here.
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They force would-be populists to make concessions to other political groups, which injects pluralism into their coalitions and moderates personality cults.
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The NAFTA vote was close, and negotiators were forced to make concessions that they vowed from the beginning they would not make.
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Unlike his weaker successors, she added, Mr. Qian also "appeared to have the authority to make concessions, when necessary, to get agreements."
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It's a sign of progress in which he claims the Chinese government will make concessions on intellectual property protection and agriculture purchases.
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A real peace process, including an Israeli willingness to make concessions, is vital if Hamas's long-term appeal is to be reduced.
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He'll be highly motivated to make concessions to make sure that Britain still has access to Europe's common market when time runs out.
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If they held talks again, they could face more pressure to make concessions of their own just to get the process over with.
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Some speculated that Meng's arrest could derail the process, but China has continued to make concessions in an effort to help defuse tensions.
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It has four elements: know the enemy; prepare for them to attack; smother them with sincerity; and make concessions if you have to.
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But the pair understood when to make concessions, even tiny ones; how to creep closer to resolutions, how to work through the differences.
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"But it should not hope that to achieve this Cuba will make concessions inherent to its independence and sovereignty," the Cuban president added.
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On Sunday, Trump tweeted that he is prepared to ease the ban if China is willing to make concessions in ongoing trade talks.
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Businesses seeking regulatory approvals from the government need to make concessions not in the public interest but in the narrow interest of Trump.
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Regulators could reject the merger outright, or require the new company to make concessions such as expanding broadband access in low-income areas.
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There, Ms. Loesch didn't change the substance of her arguments or make concessions, but she resisted many of her common lines of attack.
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When it comes to the United States, these sources say Moscow is not willing to change course, make concessions or launch new initiatives.
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Teachers' unions in both Los Angeles and Seattle are considering mounting strikes if those districts do not make concessions on salaries and benefits.
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"Citizens of countries that make concessions such as ransom payments do not appear to be kidnapped at disproportionately high rates," the report found.
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Once this is done, as a next step, Seoul, Washington and Pyongyang should continue with trilateral meetings — at which all sides make concessions.
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U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer acknowledged on Sunday the White House had to make concessions in order to sign its USMCA trade agreement.
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The official said Merkel's recent political troubles over migration policy could mean she is less inclined to make concessions to the French leader.
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After nearly eight years with Mr. Obama, Mr. Netanyahu for the first time may feel little or no American pressure to make concessions.
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Incentives for future creditors to make concessions during periods of fiscal stringency are unlikely to be strengthened by preemptive assaults on their positions.
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The Chinese ambassador in Washington recently told an American interviewer that his country is ready to make concessions if the US shows sincerity.
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The threat of tariffs has prompted officials from Mexico, Canada, Japan and elsewhere to make concessions they might not otherwise have agreed to.
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The United States, they said, would reiterate its demands that North Korea make concessions and did not plan to offer any in return.
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During the presidential campaign, Trump pledged to reverse Obama's historic opening with Cuba if Havana didn't make concessions on human rights and religious freedom.
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Regrettably, President Trump seems to be following a different course: make concessions to China and declare victory while renewing his attacks on US allies.
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Trump's Leverage If Trump wants to pressure the Israelis or Palestinians to make concessions, he has different ways of doing so for each party.
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"I am reaffirming that the United States government will not make concessions, such as paying ransom, to terrorist groups holding American hostages," Obama said.
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In Tel Aviv and Ramallah, Kushner is encountering two leaders seemingly unable and unwilling to make concessions that are necessary for any real progress.
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In that time, the Kim regime will have to recognize that they are the ones who must make concessions in order to move forward.
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Washington and Pyongyang were locked in a diplomatic standoff for weeks over which side will make concessions first until US officials relaxed its demands.
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"There are concessions to make from both negotiating teams during phase one, but we aren't going to make concessions based on discourse," he said.
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As such, Trump may need to be prepared to make concessions to Moon, such as shortening the U.S.-South Korean military exercises, Baker said.
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We make concessions in autos that we saw as inevitable anyway, and in return become the first country to be exempt from steel tariffs.
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To satisfy his constituents, Mr. Moon may have to present a tough front, making it difficult for him to make concessions to Mr. Trump.
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In mid-December, after a long period of uncertainty, Mr. Macron did make concessions that were major and costly, in more ways than one.
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Trump, for his part, wants South Korea to make concessions to retain access to a market that isn't growing nearly as fast as China's.
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Mr. Trump has used the threat of car tariffs to compel Canada, Mexico, Japan and South Korea to make concessions at the negotiating table.
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It could recommend that 21st Century Fox make concessions, such as guaranteeing the independence of Sky News, the British news organization owned by Sky.
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Netanyahu could easily commit to Trump's peace plan knowing he wouldn't have to make concessions, because there is no peace process on the horizon.
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The left was more willing to engage in negotiations and make concessions in a peace process, while the right took a more hardline approach.
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Keeping Gaza out of the headlines would reduce the pressure to make concessions to the Palestinians, which he has spent his career trying to avoid.
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"We view the impasse as transitory as the UK government will likely be more conciliatory in negotiations and be willing to make concessions," he said.
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"If we make concessions now, what kind of signal would that send to Russia and Ukraine?" one Nordic ambassador said to the U.S. last week.
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They want to use reconstruction money as a bargaining chip to force Mr Assad to make concessions and set Syria on a less tyrannical path.
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Johnson is attempting a tough balancing act: he needs to make concessions to Europe over the land border with Ireland without alienating lawmakers back home.
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Dior is the latest Western company to make concessions in order to do business in China's coveted consumer market, particularly on the issue of Taiwan.
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In addition, he thinks that the company may be pushed to defaulting, which subsequently will force it to make concessions, but he doesn't foresee bankruptcy.
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He also said once again that Israel will have to make concessions to the Palestinians because the U.S. has already moved its embassy to Jerusalem.
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And so, create your own moral code to live by, but don't be fooled into trying to make concessions that you think will mollify them.
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The alliance may hope that a riled China will put pressure on Myanmar to make concessions to the ethnic groups (the Kokangs are ethnic Chinese).
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It all comes at a time when Germany is under pressure to lead in Europe, and to make concessions towards euro-zone integration (see Charlemagne).
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He added: The bottom line: Trump's trade negotiator, Robert Lighthizer, might consider these tariffs to be a tough way of forcing China to make concessions.
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One of North Korea's closest diplomatic partners, China has long attempted to avoid conflict between Washington and Pyongyang, calling for both sides to make concessions.
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Pyongyang is considered by many to be an untrustworthy partner, and there is already unease about whether Trump has proven too willing to make concessions.
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And it is clear that she is willing to make concessions when it comes to helping men who have hurt women build out their platforms.
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"That pause appears to be unraveling as Trump again is pushing auto tariffs in an attempt to force the Europeans to make concessions," Allen wrote.
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Lawmakers are throwing around an assortment of potential solutions, but it doesn't appear that either side feels enough pressure to make concessions at this point.
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The Trump administration believes the higher tariffs will hurt China more than the United States, forcing Beijing to make concessions before the four-week deadline.
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The Clinton campaign, for example, can make concessions on the party platform, which nobody talks about except on the day it's adopted at the convention.
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UBC and Simon Fraser University, both of which have vocal student divestment campaigns, have attempted to make concessions by adopting ESG goals for their investments.
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His legal troubles, analysts said, will make him even less inclined to make concessions to the Palestinians because that could alienate his right-wing base.
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When Beijing refused to make concessions, some young activists — including Mr. Chan — concluded that independence was the only way Hong Kong could become a democracy.
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Far from acknowledging the effect of his own words, he saw an opportunity to use the shootings to get Congress to make concessions on immigration.
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The Trump administration can, of course,reintroduce the threat of tariffs if it believes China is failing to make concessions in the proceeding trade talks.
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"We all know in a trade negotiation, at some point, [the UK] is going to need to make concessions," Nick von Westenholz told Business Insider.
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On the other side of the equation, Mr. Netanyahu came under continuing pressure from the right wing of his governing coalition not to make concessions.
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Macron is expected to push Trump to make concessions on urgent problems, including the Iran nuclear deal, the conflict in Syria and burgeoning trade disputes.
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CT: Well, in some tough markets like Singapore for instance, I mean Airbnb has said that it's looking to make concessions to appease the government.
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"I feel readiness by all sides and everyone has to make concessions," he told reporters as officials scheduled further talks to run to Sunday afternoon.
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The trade situation remains tense after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened China with another $100 billion of tariffs but also predicted Beijing will make concessions.
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Turnbull has been a handful of lawmakers to form a minority government if needed, and is likely to have to make concessions to win their support.
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One of the biggest rebel factions in the HNC, Jaysh al-Islam said in a separate statement the opposition was facing "many pressures" to make concessions.
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Pompeo has pressed for tangible steps toward North Korea's abandonment of its nuclear arsenal while Pyongyang is demanding that Washington first make concessions of its own.
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If Liu is part of the delegation, it could signal that "China will make concessions," said Larry Hu, chief China economist at Macquarie in Hong Kong.
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Mrs Merkel, goes the argument, will be freer to make concessions with the votes behind her—especially if she forms a government with the Anglophile FDP.
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Israel is still led by a far-right coalition loth to make concessions, and the divided Palestinians by a government that lost its legitimacy years ago.
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And it's about leverage: Lee said Trump needs to "win over" conservatives like him, which is to say, that he needs to make concessions to them.
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Israel has fiercely opposed such a move because it would dramatically increase the international pressure on Jerusalem to make concessions it's shown no willingness to consider.
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This shows Cairo is committed to promoting stability next door, even if a resolution forces Haftar to make concessions, the Eurasia Group said in a briefing.
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Yet it is market access for our most competitive industries that will ultimately restore balance to the relationship, and President Xi has started to make concessions.
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Abbas cannot make concessions, just as former President Yasser Arafat could not, because it would ruin his honor and legacy — and perhaps lead to his assassination.
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Praxair last week unexpectedly signaled it might be willing to make concessions, such as ensuring Linde's Munich headquarter has an influential role in the merged company.
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So, it is not unthinkable for him to make concessions to Putin in return for keeping quiet on whatever dirt the Russians may have on him.
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As a result, these biased job evaluators are less willing to make concessions to black negotiators, translating to lower starting salaries compared to white job seekers.
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Trump said the tightened sanctions were intended to push Iran to make concessions beyond the terms of the 2015 international deal to curb Iran's nuclear program.
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And Facebook has also been willing to make concessions to publishers on Instant Articles, showing that the company grasps how thin the media companies' margins are.
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To be sure, a final agreement will still require both sides of the aisle to come to the negotiating table, work together and to make concessions.
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Fourth, failure is the United States continuing to make concessions without seeing commensurate progress on the part of the North Koreans — or seeing, frankly, disproportionate progress.
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In each of those major legislative victories, the policy packages revealed the governing coalition's priorities: what it prized, and where it was prepared to make concessions.
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Now, the concern among some is that when it comes down to negotiations with Republicans, Biden would be willing to make concessions to get something done.
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A government official told Reuters GM appeared to be "using threats to ramp up pressure on the union to make concessions by the end of March".
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Domestic political opponents are concerned that Mr. Zelensky, having no clear American diplomatic backing, may be too willing to make concessions to Moscow in the talks.
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Now in its fifth month, the Hong Kong protest movement has steadily intensified as local and Beijing authorities harden their positions and refuse to make concessions.
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The protests have drawn comparisons with the Yellow Vest demonstrations of 2018 that ultimately forced Mr. Macron to make concessions over fuel prices and government subsidies.
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Now Trump has signaled he's willing to make concessions that can allow Xi to maintain face politically -- and will likely look for something similar in return.
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Pyongyang announced a self-imposed deadline of the end of the year for the U.S. to make concessions to kickstart talks over a possible nuclear deal.
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The pact is a precarious one, creating a minority government run by a coalition that had to make concessions to some of its more conservative opponents.
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Since then, both countries have increased tariffs on imports of each other's products, and China has said it would not make concessions because of U.S. pressure.
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But once pipeline construction is under way, the harder it will be to stop—and the less incentive Mr Putin will have to make concessions to Ukraine.
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Several finance ministers invited Italy to make concessions, confirming their view that a disciplinary action against Rome was justified by data available at this stage 1/8.
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The chairman of the Arlington County Board told the Post that the body could still push the company to make concessions — but not in the incentives agreement.
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Between the lines: Many of North Korea's steps over the last 6 months have seemed designed to ratchet up pressure on the Trump administration to make concessions.
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The problem is that the disproportion of power is such between the two sides that the strongest may conclude that they have no interest to make concessions.
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Member states, some of which have taken a tougher line than the Brussels negotiators, are also insisting Britain make concessions on family reunion rules and social benefits.
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But the head of Toshiba's chip unit also said the Japanese company was prepared to make concessions and hoped to resolve the dispute as soon as possible.
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Trump on Tuesday rattled financial markets by saying that Beijing may wait to see if he loses in the 85033 election before deciding whether to make concessions.
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In April, Kim stated that he would give the US till the end of the year to decrease sanctions pressure on North Korea or otherwise make concessions.
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North Korea is the bad actor in these discussions, and it is the Kim regime that must feel pressure to make concessions, not the other way around.
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Praxair last week unexpectedly signaled it might be willing to make concessions, such as ensuring that Linde's Munich headquarters has an influential role in the merged company.
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Trump took up the issue this month while also seeking to press Germany to spend more on defense and make concessions on trade with the United States.
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"A strong democracy requires access to high quality information and an ability for citizens to come together to debate, discuss, deliberate, empathise and make concessions," he said.
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After the Olympics, we may end up with a belligerent North that thinks they get to decide when they talk, rather than make concessions for the opportunity.
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For all the friendly talk, Trudeau is under pressure from domestic critics who charge he is too willing to make concessions in return for more trade with China.
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While museums may make concessions at the fringes, in temporary exhibitions or collaborations, the challenge still remains to make real and lasting changes to the institutional power structures.
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When negotiations get to the point where North Korea must make concessions on its nuclear program that are substantive, officials from the North cry foul – and walk away.
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Speaking after breaking the Ramadan fast at a hotel in Cairo, Sisi also appeared to dismiss suggestions that Egypt might make concessions as part of the U.S. plan.
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On the other hand, we believe China will be willing to make concessions on intellectual property right protection and opening up its market, especially in the services sector.
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The resumption of talks underscores the intensifying pressure on the unit's labor union to make concessions to prevent GM's exit from the country, where it employs 16,000 people.
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The agreement asks the YPG or SDF -- an American-backed fighting force made up largely of the YPG -- to make concessions outside of the current area of conflict.
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Mr Netanyahu has said that Israel has no greater friend than Mr Trump, and is pleased that America is not pressing Israel to make concessions to the Palestinians.
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Dr Rob Nicholls, a lecturer at the University of New South Wales Business School, said the bank executives had clearly come to the committee prepared to make concessions.
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Beijing's unfavorable portrayal of Trump makes it politically difficult for Xi to make concessions, though it's unlikely anyone in Trump's administration would believe more promises from Beijing, anyway.
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Guedes is taking an all-or-nothing approach to fiscal reforms, while Lorenzoni has signaled he would make concessions to lawmakers to shore up political support, said Barreto.
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Schroeder has called in recent months for both shareholders and creditors to make concessions, while the board has stuck to a restructuring proposal rejected by major bondholder groups.
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You have a divided, weak Palestinian movement, which is not clearly in a position to make concessions that would move this process further any more than Israel is.
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So May would have a dilemma: does she continue to maintain her red lines on Brexit, or does she start to recognize her political weakness and make concessions?
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During that review period, it's possible that T-Mobile and Sprint could make concessions or reach agreements with the FCC or DOJ to gain the stamp of approval.
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"To win the vote, which could happen around late May-early June, the government will have to make concessions which will lower projected savings," a UBS report said.
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And Mr. Trump will surely be pressured to make concessions, starting with North Korea's perpetual demand that the United States withdraw all American troops from the Korean Peninsula.
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Independent analysts see no sign of willingness by the government to make concessions given that its military is gaining ground, albeit with dependence on Russian and Iranian help.
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The U.S. is not bound by a North Korean deadline to make concessions in stalled nuclear negotiations, a senior U.S. diplomat said Monday, according to The Associated Press.
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The Globe and Mail reports that in the book, "What It Takes," Schwarzman takes credit for advising Trudeau to make concessions in order to save the new NAFTA.
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Responding to the North Korean warnings, Ms. Craft sought to portray the United States as willing to make concessions, although she did not specify what they might be.
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Those transcripts revealed that the president engaged in contentious conversations with two key U.S. allies and pressed them to make concessions in order to burnish his political image.
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Kim's trip to the sacred mountain comes as North Korea's end-of-the-year deadline for the United States to make concessions in a nuclear deal quickly approaches.
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Nor do rock heroes, even the megastars who currently sit atop the Rock Hero heap, make concessions to commercial fashion no matter how surreal commercial fashion has gotten.
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And even though Mr Leung patiently wore down the Umbrella protests by refusing to make concessions, his actions fostered a younger generation of political activists, many of them teenagers.
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With neither side willing to make concessions on the wall, Trump had increasingly floated the possibility of declaring a national emergency to bypass his negotiating deadlock with congressional Democrats.
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The new national parks law will make concessions for those who have lived in the area, while conserving forests better, said Songtam Suksawang, director of the national parks department.
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El Salvador's Vice President Felix Ulloa said Mexico had been forced to make concessions under threat of a trade war, and did not take into account his country's stance.
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But Assad is in no mood to make concessions, having beaten his enemies back to a corner of the northwest which is now in the sights of government forces.
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North Korea has rejected calls for unilateral disarmament, and has said it is now up to the United States and the international community to make concessions like easing sanctions.
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Alexander has said Democrats will need to make concessions in order for Republicans to fund the ACA's cost-sharing subsidies, but hasn't been explicit about what they would be.
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Wilder says he's sick of being the one who always has to make concessions -- and says it's Joshua who should be BEGGING him for the privilege of fighting him.
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If Netanyahu wanted to make concessions to the Palestinians as part of a peace process, he would need the support of center and left parties in the Israeli parliament.
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If this occurred at a time of rising threats to our national security, it would put great pressure on defense hawks to make concessions in negotiations for annual appropriations.
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With Beijing in no mood to make concessions, "victory" in this trade war will not come any time soon, and the economic impact will echo in our political debate.
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Instead, the Pyeongchang Olympics are left with this: half-measures like missing flags and unplayed anthems, and the full-throated boldness of Russia pushing the I.O.C. to make concessions.
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Stocks briefly clawed back into positive territory for the year on Wednesday, as Beijing and Washington both hinted that they could make concessions to strike a deal on trade.
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"There are some people in the West who think that China looks tough for the sake of a domestic audience, and would easily make concessions," the Global Times said.
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Ottawa is also ready to make concessions on Canada's protected dairy market in a bid to save a dispute-settlement system, The Globe and Mail reported late on Tuesday.
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Mr. Trump's advisers seem to believe that punishing the Palestinians ahead of their forthcoming peace plan will make them more willing to make concessions and therefore make negotiations easier.
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"America will never make concessions to terrorists — to do so would only invite more terrorism — nor will we ask nor pressure any other government to do so," Reagan said.
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Motegi told a news conference on Friday that he wanted to "take some ideas" to the talks, adding Japan would not make concessions that would hurt its national interests.
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The Trump administration has demanded that Beijing make concessions and threatened to punish it for allegedly stealing U.S. technology by imposing tariffs on $50 billion of imports from China.
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Other U.S. companies — such as Apple and Amazon — continue to operate in China, and have had to make concessions to the Chinese government in order to remain in business.
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Yet if foreign leaders decide not to make concessions, she says she will be forced to rip up that plan and do the very opposite: slash public services and regulation.
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To do that, he would need to make concessions to get the support of the Joint List, the majority-Palestinian coalition that won 13 Knesset seats in the last election.
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Less clear is whether the pressure is forcing the North's leader, Kim Jong-un, to make concessions, and whether it's enough to persuade him to give up his nuclear arsenal.
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"Anyone who has ever moved into a new house or apartment can sympathize with the idea that when you have a budget you sometimes have to make concessions," he admits.
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The Belgian brewer will make concessions beyond its publicly stated offer to sell it stake in MillerCoors, its U.S. joint venture with London-based SAB, as part of the deal.
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Trump called for unity throughout the speech, but there's a big difference between calling for unity by offering your own concessions and asking others to make concessions for your agenda.
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Li told a joint news conference he had discussed the issue at a dinner in Berlin on Wednesday and China had agreed to make concessions to automakers, without giving details.
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It is surely possible, however, that Tillerson has received signals that both sides are willing to compromise but will only make concessions to the US and not to one another.
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South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Monday that in order to diplomatically resolve the crisis over North Korea's nuclear weapons program, all sides must be ready to make concessions.
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After all, why make concessions in order to receive the same support that is already available from a Chinese leadership willing to do anything to prevent instability in North Korea?
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GM, which in February announced it would shut one of its South Korean factories, said it will file for bankruptcy should the union refuse to make concessions by April 20.
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Mr. Trump's strategy may be to wait until the economic pain of the American tariffs is felt by other countries, at which point they may be willing to make concessions.
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Some liberal commentators, for instance, urged Obama to use a legal loophole to mint a platinum coin rather than make concessions to Republicans in exchange for raising the debt ceiling.
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Senate Democrats still held out hope that Mr. Trump, scorched by the firestorm prompted by his vulgar, racially tinged comments on Africa last week, would be willing to make concessions.
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Beijing started playing hardball because officials "interpreted recent statements and actions by President Trump as a sign the U.S. was ready to make concessions," the WSJ reports, citing unidentified sources.
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At the start of this trip, Trump administration officials denied the president was willing to make concessions on trade in the hope of extracting what was needed on North Korea.
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Since then Mr. Abbas has lost much of the traditional support of many Arab states and has been facing increasingly right-wing Israeli governments that are unwilling to make concessions.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo indicated on Wednesday that he will make concessions to Republican President Donald Trump in a dispute over the state's pro-immigrant "sanctuary" policies.
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The foreign ministry in Ankara said Turkey would not make concessions on its judicial independence and struggle against terrorism "for financial matters such as loans, funds or the (European) Customs Union".
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Now, like unions in other major auto producing countries, Korean labor leaders are under pressure to make concessions as automakers look to shift jobs and investment to countries with lower costs.
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Both the union and the employers have left the door open to resuming talks after the planned strikes end on Friday but each said they demanded more willingness to make concessions.
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Both the union and employers have said they are open to resuming talks on Monday, but they have each insisted that the other side must show more willingness to make concessions.
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In an interview with Monday's edition of Die Welt daily, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, a pro-European, said it was pointless for the EU to make concessions to Britain.
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In doing so, South Korea risks moving more quickly to strike a deal, which should be uncomfortable for the Trump administration reluctant to make concessions at the very outset of negotiations.
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"New Delhi has also long pushed for freer movement of professionals; China and ASEAN have been more willing to make concessions on this in recent months," the Eurasia Group analysts added.
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China will make concessions to give the U.S. better market access in two areas — financial sector investments and beef exports — in efforts to avoid a trade war, the Financial Times reported.
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"The internal politics will make it difficult, if not impossible, for Rouhani to pursue detente with the West and make concessions in return for economic gains," said another Iranian government official.
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"She is a principled person and will not make concessions because of opposition," said Li Xiaobing, an associate professor of law at Nankai University in the northeastern Chinese city of Tianjin.
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Consequently, Trump's view is that a total breakdown in US-China trade would hurt China but not America, and thus that threatening such a breakdown should force China to make concessions.
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Mr. Netanyahu faces corruption investigations and pressure from the right in his narrow coalition not to make concessions, while Mr. Abbas is aging and endures strong opposition among his own constituents.
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In recent weeks, it has issued vague threats that it might resume testing nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles should the United States continue to refuse to make concessions like easing sanctions.
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Indeed, Mr. Trump appears more willing to make concessions to North Korea than he is to Iran, which has a small fraction of the North's nuclear infrastructure, and no nuclear weapons.
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However, he has tried to make concessions on immigration during the 2018 election year, at one point proposing a bill to end the Trump administration's policy of separating undocumented immigrant families.
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The North Korean announcement suggests that the country is preparing to do something to provoke the United States if Washington doesn&apost back down and make concessions in deadlocked nuclear negotiations.
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Today, it manifests itself as an insistence that Israel cannot ever make concessions, that it must hold the line at all cost, its existence as fragile as it was in 1948.
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But Republicans, who moved swiftly to brand the crisis as the "Schumer shutdown," did not seem eager to make concessions, and, in effect, reward Democrats for largely opposing the stopgap bill.
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Saudi Arabia has the staunch support of U.S. President Donald Trump following the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, and the oil-rich kingdom may make concessions to its American ally in return.
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China has declined to recognize the ruling while Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has repeatedly said he wants peace with China, but will not make concessions on any part of the tribunal's conclusion.
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By pledging to break one nuclear deal just as he enters negotiations for another, Mr. Trump risks sending the message that American promises are empty, giving adversaries little reason to make concessions.
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If approved by its member legislatures, that deal will require Vietnam to further open its economy to foreign competition and make concessions on labor rights, on intellectual property and in other areas.
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They will say Amazon is too powerful to take on, and that we should make concessions, but as we look back to our beloved NYC history those who conceded never make history.
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But with no guarantees as to the outcome, a future for the TMT in Hawaii is far from assured, even as those who support astronomy on Mauna Kea continue to make concessions.
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And, in a recent interview with The Wall Street Journal, President Trump said he would be willing to make concessions on trade with China in exchange for their help deterring North Korea.
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Both the union and employers have said they are open to resuming talks on Monday next week, but they have each insisted that the other side show more willingness to make concessions.
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In recent months Schroeder, replaced by legal officer Eurico Teles Neto, had urged shareholders and creditors to make concessions, while the board stuck to a restructuring proposal rejected by major bondholder groups.
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How to negotiate with a hostage taker The second big problem in Trump's strategy is that such open threats may leave his negotiating partners with less, not more, flexibility to make concessions.
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While the Chinese have shown a willingness to make concessions to maintain economic stability, Xi and the Chinese people are also nationalistic and historically sensitive to being pushed around by Western powers.
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But the Japanese staunchly oppose that idea, as it would strip away leverage and could force them to make concessions to the U.S. on access to the global agricultural and automobile markets.
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IG Metall said it saw no point in further talks during the planned walkouts, but said it was in principle willing to resume negotiations if employers showed a willingness to make concessions.
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So if you are a NK hawk, Trump's rhetoric last year made things worse, not better, by scaring up a dovish consensus for Moon to make concessions and keep Trump at bay.
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China has denied it had walked back on its promises but reiterated it would not make concessions to "matters of principles" to defend its core interests, although no full details were given.
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"Clearly it sets an example that a labor union cannot help but make concessions to overcome its company's crisis," Kim Soo-wook, a professor of operations management at Seoul National University, said.
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"Conditions could be much worse later, it may be too late," he said, urging both Greece and its lenders to make concessions and conclude the talks by the end of the month.
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Both the union and employers have left the door open to resuming talks after the planned strikes end on Friday, but each is demanding more willingness from the other to make concessions.
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They might assume that Trump's reelection worries will prevent him from responding forcefully to their provocation, or that he can be lured into a negotiation, and needing a win, will make concessions.
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Japan has two difficult options as it continues trade discussions with the United States: Get slapped with auto tariffs or make concessions that could hurt Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's support at home.
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North Korea: The U.S. envoy to North Korea arrived in South Korea as Pyongyang stepped up pressure on Washington to make concessions for a nuclear deal ahead of a year-end deadline.
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European leaders remained committed to continuing the dialogue with the United States if both sides were willing to make concessions, he said, although there was no sign of that at the moment.
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Chinese Vice Premier Liu He also lost his "special envoy" title for the negotiations this week, suggesting he may have diminished authority to make concessions that could be key to striking a deal.
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The sometimes violent protests over the cost of living have brought disruption and destruction to Paris and other major cities and forced Macron to make concessions, including scrapping a planned fuel tax rise.
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For a long time, Rajoy seemed to buy the so-called souffle theory, which held that the independence movement would grow but eventually deflate and therefore there was no need to make concessions.
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With China likely to opt for retaliation rather than make concessions, Beijing could cancel aeroplane orders, block U.S. farm product imports and put pressure on U.S. multinationals in China, Chinese trade experts said.
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Why this matters: If they cut this deal it shows that Republicans in both the House and Senate are willing to bend over backwards and make concessions so tax reform can get moving.
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Cuban President Raul Castro on Wednesday warned that U.S. should not expect Cuba to "make concessions inherent to its independence and sovereignty" as both nations pursue a fragile effort to normalize bilateral relations.
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Far from requiring Palestinian leaders to reject rejectionism as a condition of statehood, NSS does an end run around the issue by creating a state without requiring them to make concessions on anything.
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The results were a variety of opinions, but most of said McCarthy would need to make concessions to gain their support, including the need to push Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.
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The group has proven to be one of the biggest challenges to Macron's presidency and has already forced him to make concessions about taxation, pension reform, and the closures of schools and hospitals.
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Top Democratic aides said on Friday morning that they would not make concessions to Mr. Trump if he chose to reject the legislation, but lawmakers stayed silent until the president signed the bill.
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Mr. Trump, who has often accused Europe of taking advantage of the United States, could easily revive the threat of car tariffs if he believes that the Europeans are refusing to make concessions.
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But Sprint and T-Mobile are likely to point out that each has already passed a Cfius review in the past, and are willing to make concessions to win over the panel now.
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A counterpart to this myth, propounded by Israeli officials and regurgitated by American policy makers, is that Israel will not make concessions if pressured but will do so if it is warmly embraced.
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What to watch: If a few big names try to cut reliance on China — even if they don't move out entirely — President Xi Jinping could make concessions to avoid disrupting the interconnected supply chain.
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That would be shortsighted, though, as China seems unwilling to make concessions to address its intellectual property theft and other unfair economic practices, while doing little to assist with North Korea's stalled denuclearization process.
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MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's far-left Podemos party is willing to make concessions to rescue stalled power-sharing talks with acting prime minister Pedro Sanchez' Socialists and avoid a repeat election, leader Pablo Iglesias said.
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Kerry knows, as every student of history knows, that in a negotiation for peace under difficult circumstances, all parties to the negotiation make concessions to other parties, and must receive concessions from other parties.
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Misogynists feed each other this stuff online because it makes them feel like righteous victims of feminism instead of privileged people who have to make concessions if we are to make progress towards equality.
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By first raising the level of bellicosity between the United States and North Korea to dangerous heights and strengthening sanctions, Trump seemed to be pressuring Pyongyang to make concessions in exchange for better relations.
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FRANKFURT/BERLIN (Reuters) - A trade union representing Lufthansa's cabin-crew on Wednesday threatened strikes that could fall during the busy Christmas period if Germany's biggest airline does not make concessions in a wage dispute.
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But experts said Mr. Erdogan's mobilization of migrants and security forces at the borders with Europe could have backfired, being so provocative that it may have made European politicians less willing to make concessions.
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A meeting with President Moon Jae-in of South Korea on Monday also looms large, since Mr. Moon is likely to press him to make concessions to keep the talks with Mr. Kim going.
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"If the U.S. attempts to use protectionist trade policies to contain China's development and force China to make concessions even at the costs of companies' interests, it has taken a miscalculated step," Gao said.
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Washington would still have to find some way to coax the Palestinians back to the table, as there aren't many (if any) Israeli politicians they believe will readily make concessions in a peace process.
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But behind the hard-line rhetoric, the president is actually pursuing a strategy not unlike that of his predecessor: tightening the economic vise on Pyongyang in the hopes of forcing it to make concessions.
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SPD negotiator Manuela Schwesig urged all negotiating parties to all make concessions, saying it was difficult to explain to ordinary Germans why they were still waiting for a new government months after the Sept.
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FRANKFURT/BERLIN (Reuters) - A trade union representing Lufthansa's cabin-crew on Wednesday threatened strikes that could fall during the busy Christmas period if Germany's biggest airline does not make concessions in a wage dispute.
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GM, according to a source familiar with the negotiations, at one time pushed for the UAW to make concessions on health care that would increase union members' out-of-pocket costs to about 15%.
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This entails scaling up military activities against the Taliban to put the insurgents on the defensive and compel them to come back to the negotiating table willing to make concessions they have categorically rejected.
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Kim is dangling the carrot of denuclearization to convince Trump to make concessions against the South's interest, pitting the allies against each other and making an alliance fracture more likely in the long term.
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The talks would also need to make concessions, such as self-governance or autonomy, to groups such as the Sunnis and Kurds if there was to be any hope of lasting stability, he said.
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Hariri replaces hardliner Riyad Hijab, who led the Higher Negotiations Committee at previous negotiations but abruptly quit this week, hinting that the HNC under him had faced pressures to make concessions that favored Assad.
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Raising taxes on Chinese-made goods is, obviously, a way to hurt China that, potentially, could cause China to want to make concessions to the United States in order to get us to change course.
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"Even though President Trump said the incident will not derail the talks, the markets should not underestimate the nationalism hype which may create the hurdle for China to make concessions," wrote strategists at OCBC Bank.
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"While at some point a market "circuit breaker" may make concessions more likely on both sides, this path requires market stress and volatility precede de-escalation … and add to an already difficult earnings growth environment."
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During Amazon's search for a second headquarters last year, it became clear that local government officials were more than willing to make concessions to entice the company, which spent $14.2 million on lobbying last year.
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The survey, by law firm Baker & McKenzie, also found that three quarters of bosses wanted Brussels to make concessions to Britain to secure a better trading relationship after it leaves the EU in early 2019.
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Do you think because you're the challenger you're willing to make concessions or business arrangements that an Apple or a Google wouldn't make because they would say, particularly Apple, they seem very particular about distribution?
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LONDON (Reuters) - British finance minister Philip Hammond said on Wednesday that Britain would need to make concessions to the European Union in order to secure the best deal for the country to leave the bloc.
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The first case would be "good news", because the EU would still be able to take CETA as a template in the current trade negotiations with the U.S., and without being forced to make concessions.
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So far he has been a close ally of Netanyahu, but if he asks Israel to make concessions to the Palestinians, especially anything involving ceding land, some of Netanyahu's far-right allies will be furious.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany has persuaded China to make concessions on its proposed quotas to encourage the production of electric vehicles, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and Chancellor Angela Merkel said after talks in Berlin on Thursday.
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He feels under less pressure to make concessions to Palestinians in the twilight months of Barack Obama's administration and amid the turmoil in the European Union, not least the British referendum to leave the union.
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All of this, along with Trump's demonstrated capacity to surprise allies, appease autocrats and make concessions to wily interlocuters, is why the Trump-Putin summit worries US friends in Europe and Trump's critics at home.
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"Cooperation is based on principles, and negotiations do have a bottom-line, and the Chinese side will not make concessions on important matters of principle," ministry spokesman Gao Feng told reporters at a regular briefing.
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Stocks had briefly clawed back into positive territory for the year on Wednesday, as Beijing and Washington both sent signals indicating they could make concessions to strike a deal that resolves their differences over trade.
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Mr. Xi now faces questions at home over whether he miscalculated Mr. Trump's resolve, and domestic rumblings could grow if the United States forces Mr. Xi to make concessions or if the talks break down.
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Eswar Prasad, an economist at Cornell University, said Mr. Trump's tweets suggested that he was not in the mood to make concessions, meaning there is unlikely to be a clear path to a negotiated settlement.
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Mr. Trump, in an early morning tweet, initially questioned why Democrats and the previous administration did not "do something about Trade with China" before touting his administration's ability to get the Chinese to make concessions.
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"Part of this is a calculation that Boris Johnson doesn't want an extension, so they are pressuring him to make concessions," said Mujtaba Rahman, managing director for Europe at the Eurasia Group, a consulting firm.
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Trump should also reaffirm that peace will only be achieved through direct negotiations and use American influence to put pressure on the Palestinians to make concessions after eight years of one-sided pressure on Israel.
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The anxiety for Mr. Netanyahu is that he might find himself under pressure to make concessions — on settlements in the West Bank, for example — that his own Likud Party and its coalition partners would reject.
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The announcement suggests that the country is preparing to do something to provoke the United States if Washington doesn't back down and make concessions to ease sanctions and pressure on Pyongyang in deadlocked nuclear negotiations.
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"China is always willing to negotiate on technical issues such as trade, but it remains on high alert to some U.S. attempts to package strategic gaming into the negotiations and won't make concessions," he said.
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Beijing has rejected Trump's request to investigate his Democratic rival Joe Biden and Biden's son, but China may also view Trump's domestic political problems as less of a reason to make concessions on major issues.
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After all the screaming and yelling about Canadian dairy tariffs, we got Canada to make concessions on allowing imported American milk that are slightly bigger than the concessions they made in the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
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And that's all to say nothing of the pushback the US will face in talks with Canada and Mexico, who won't make concessions on fundamental issues of open trade to Trump without a massive fight.
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"Some of them (European signatories of the nuclear deal) think that if they make concessions to Trump on issues other than the nuclear deal, they can make him remain committed to the nuclear deal," he said.
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Any significant improvement in ties between the two Koreas could depend on progress between North Korea and the United States on the North's denuclearization and that looks doubtful, with neither side showing willingness to make concessions.
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MONTREAL/OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada did not make concessions to China to secure the return of a Canadian citizen who spent two years in jail and was convicted of spying, Foreign Minister Stephane Dion insisted on Friday.
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Sanalla has said repeatedly he will not negotiate with or make concessions to blockaders and has threatened to prosecute them, although the NOC also tries to support communities near oil facilities and develop relationships with them.
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BEIRUT/PARIS (Reuters) - Syrian rebels said they were under international pressure to make concessions that would prolong the war, adding to their doubts about a U.N.-led drive for peace talks due to begin this month.
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Similar to the push back Amazon received in New York City that ultimately led the company to decide to abandon its plans there, local leaders have questioned the company's intentions and pressured it to make concessions.
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While May is trying to convince Brussels to make concessions on Northern Ireland, she is also trying to shore up support in her Conservative Party after her white paper proposals sparked cabinet level resignations last week.
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But some White House advisers now worry that the US stock market downturn -- and Trump's anxiety over its impact on his re-election chances -- could embolden the Chinese and make them less willing to make concessions.
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Trump currently is seeking to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement with Canada and Mexico, and the tariffs have been seen as part of his strategy to put pressure on those countries to make concessions.
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Since these difficult conversations are just the beginning of long talks as a married couple, it's important to understand how to respect each other's personal identity and, when necessary, insist on your values or make concessions.
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"If the U.S. side wants to use extreme pressure, to escalate the trade friction, to force China to submit and make concessions, this is absolutely impossible," said Wang, who has been part of China's negotiating team.
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My thought bubble: During his visit to Washington at the beginning of March, Liu He, now a vice-premier, presented the U.S. with a list of areas in which the PRC was willing to make concessions.
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"A reversal of the ZTE decision could temporarily tamp down trade tensions by allowing the Chinese to make concessions to the U.S. without losing face," said Eswar Prasad, a professor of trade policy at Cornell University.
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US stocks were helped by a Wall Street Journal report that said the Trump administration was debating whether to lift tariffs on China in order to calm markets and encourage Beijing to make concessions on trade.
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"A lot of it came down to making choices: If we want to take really nice trips or have specific things as part of our wedding, we need to make concessions in other areas," Riley explained.
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Lawmakers have since been scrambling to make changes to the bill to win over the votes of reluctant deficit hawks and to make concessions to other members — handwriting some sections in the margins of the bill.
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European and Asian countries have given the US strategy much of its force by helping to isolate and sanction Iran; that is what compelled Iran to negotiate and agree to make concessions in the first place.
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Sinan Ulgen, visiting scholar at Carnegie Europe and a former Turkish diplomat, said Erdogan had to make concessions to Putin because the alternative - a return to military conflict - would be "a lose-lose scenario for Turkey".
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Due to Trump's ignorance and vanity, South Korea's dovish leader, Moon Jae-in, has been able to manipulate him into a position where he might make concessions to North Korea that no other president would dare.
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Sawers said that Huawei had become a "point of leverage" in the trade battle between the U.S. and China, and that President Donald Trump's administration would likely make concessions on its tough stance on the firm.
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Mnuchin told the reporters the Trump administration wants to avoid roiling global oil markets as it seeks to pressure Iran to make concessions on its nuclear program, ballistic missile tests and its role in regional conflicts.
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The latter has a direct, if temporary, impact on the economies of China and Western Europe, and Iran likely believes this will compel them to pressure the U.S. to make concessions to avoid future such attacks.
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So long as the West believes Russia could surge into Ukraine, escalate in Syria, or even roll into the Baltic states, it inevitably feels a greater pressure to make concessions and invite Vladimir Putin to the table.
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What the Kremlin does have is the will to take risks, ignore the rules, and hope that the other side is more sensible, more cautious, more willing to make concessions than it is to call Russia's bluff.
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He said he believed China would not make concessions on major issues in its trade dispute with Washington and predicted a further escalation, including a reduction of Chinese exports of rare earth metals to the United States.
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"If Assad and his allies think that a military advance in certain quarters of Aleppo will signify that we make concessions, then (I say) that will not happen," he told reporters after meeting French President Francois Hollande.
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Rhetoric between Tehran and Washington has escalated in recent weeks as the United States tightened sanctions with what it said was the goal of pushing Iran to make concessions beyond the terms of its 2015 nuclear deal.
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The bill's sponsor, the Left Bloc party, agreed to change the part of the draft legislation dealing with cultivation at home, saying it was prepared to make concessions to have "a workable legislation that would benefit patients".
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"If the U.S. side wants to use extreme pressure, to escalate the trade friction, to force China to submit and make concessions, this is absolutely impossible," said Wang, who has been part of China's trade negotiating team.
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"We have to show that we won't make concessions, even symbolic ones," Macron told a French newspaper, before comparing Trump's leadership style to that of two autocrats, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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That gives McConnell room to make concessions to wavering moderates in the form of extra spending for constituents who could be hardest hit, such as low-income seniors in rural areas or families struggling with opioid addiction.
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But both sides may now be even less willing to make concessions because a political defeat on the issue could be costly, especially with the control of Congress up for grabs at midterm elections later this year.
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Kim's latest move could be aimed at testing Trump's willingness to make concessions ahead of the summit, which is due to be preceded by a visit to Washington next week by South Korean President Moon Jae-in.
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The administration is seeking to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) with Canada and Mexico, and the tariffs have been seen as part of Trump's strategy to put pressure on those countries to make concessions.
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He said the Chinese could make concessions by ending tariffs on key agricultural products, like soy beans and pork, and end the requirement for technology companies to form joint ventures if they want to operate in China.
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He also must realize that as much as Israelis dream of peace, they cannot, and will not, make concessions so long as the Palestinians remain unwilling to coexist with a Jewish state and continue to incite violence.
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He reiterated his willingness to make concessions — some would even argue at the expense of his base — that would include limited amnesty, in exchange for changes to the legal immigration system, enhanced border enforcement, and a wall.
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But by the same token, if your political allies don't want to make concessions to get something because the thing in question is bad, the smart approach is to just let it slide, not throw a tantrum.
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Although talks with unions have come much earlier than expected with union leaders under pressure to make concessions to prevent more factory closures, a union official told Reuters that initial discussions on Wednesday had not made any progress.
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But that may require the new government to make concessions that the army does not like, and the army's control over the border-affairs and defence ministries—as well as its operational independence—give it an effective veto.
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Washington and Pyongyang have been locked in a diplomatic standoff for weeks over which side will make concessions first, but by relaxing its demands ahead of a second Trump-Kim summit, the US may have just blinked first.
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In 2003, the United States encouraged the European Union to launch nuclear negotiations with Iran that went nowhere for two years, as the wily Iranian negotiator— Hassan Rouhani, now president of Iran's Islamic state— refused to make concessions.
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By agreeing to a summit from the start—a propaganda coup for Kim Jong Un—Trump removed the incentive for North Korea to make concessions, all but guaranteeing that nothing of substance would come out of the summit.
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Jucá told Reuters in an interview that no new taxes will be created and President Michel Temer's government is preparing to make concessions to win approval of its key fiscal measure, reform of Brazil's costly social security system.
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If she wants Britain to leave the EU by March 29, 2019 she needs to start negotiating with MPs and peers and make concessions on the most contentious points, including membership of a customs union, to soften Brexit.
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"When people walk into a room with $22 million, in a political system where you have to raise this kind of money to win, you're going to have to make concessions," said Jesse Coleman, a researcher for Greenpeace.
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And inside Germany, a hard-fought Bavarian election would mean Ms. Merkel's conservative sister party, which has been losing votes to the euroskeptic Alternative for Germany, may be in no mood to make concessions on overhauls in Europe.
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The WorkLife Law Legal Hotline offers experts who can help navigate murky-feeling situations that may constitute discrimination and suggest initial steps, like reviewing HR policies or writing a letter (which often pushes an employer to make concessions).
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The EU could use China's need to compensate for falling trade with the United States in other markets to get Beijing to make concessions that allow European manufacturers to boost their competitiveness in the Chinese market, it said.
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In sharp exchanges underlining discord in a transatlantic bloc hailed by backers as the most successful military pact in history, Trump demanded that Europe pay more for its collective defense and make concessions to US interests on trade.
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"Whilst reducing (the) trade gap could be the easier part to begin with, China is less likely to make concessions on its industrial policies such as 'Made in China 2025,' which might hinder discussion surrounding technology transfer," added Zhu.
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This could lead to even higher hog prices, which are already putting pressure on the Chinese consumer and could force China to make concessions in its negotiations with the U.S., analyst Ross Gilardi wrote in a note to clients.
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PARIS (Reuters) - China must make concessions in negotiating reform of the World Trade Organization or risk seeing the United States turning its back on the current system, European Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom told a conference in Paris on Friday.
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But China and North Korea would not make concessions in the face of U.S. "hegemony" and would not accept terms signed under duress, the commentary added, in another reference to expressions used today by China on the trade war.
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A successful World Cup will certainly give the NHL leverage with the International Olympic Committee (IOC), which has indicated it is no longer willing to make concessions to the league in order to have the best players in Pyeongchang.
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They did, however, understand "the art of the deal," in today's parlance, that if they were to in fact unite the states and form a more perfect union for their constituents, everyone was going to have to make concessions.
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The tribal credit profile is still factored into the TED bond ratings, since significant distress on the tribal side may potentially force the TED bondholders or lenders to make concessions to allow the tribe to maintain critical governmental services.
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Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) has adopted an attitude of placation and appeasement in his dealings with Trump and has tried to either ignore provocations from the White House or make concessions to avoid an unwanted spat.
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That could put pressure on the Europeans to make concessions to complete the deal, but it could also strengthen the influence of other big member states like France, which generally takes a more protectionist approach to trade than Britain.
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As an official document put forward by the administration during talks with China in May makes clear, the administration wants China to make concessions related to the trade deficit, IP protection, investment restrictions and regulatory barriers, among other things.
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The administration wants Russia to play a role in the political negotiations because it wields influence over Mr. Assad's government, and analysts predicted the withdrawal would force Mr. Assad to make concessions he was not otherwise willing to make.
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Republican leaders' argument for taking a partisan approach to immigration negotiations in the House is that a bill with enough of a Republican consensus and Trump's support will force the Senate to act and push Democrats to make concessions.
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Despite hostile rhetoric from Pyongyang, North Korea has not conducted a weapons test nor shut the door to more talks even after Washington ignored its year-end deadline to make concessions, Moon told an annual New Year news conference.
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Cronin said that Pompeo's hawkish views on how to deal with North Korea will help push the isolated regime and its leader to make concessions, and says that Pompeo's shift to the State Department will keep the pressure up.
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The articles of impeachment were formally transmitted to the Senate on Wednesday, after being withheld for weeks by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who was trying to pressure Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to make concessions about the trial rules.
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North Korea: The country said it had conducted a "very important test" at its missile-engine test and satellite-launch site, another sign of its escalating pressure on the U.S. to make concessions by the end of the year.
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"Without strong European answers, there is a danger that only we will make concessions and in response face new unreasonable demands from the USA," he said, calling for a comprehensive agreement that followed the guidelines of the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
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But between Trump's success campaigning through rallies and free media coverage, and the polarization that may lead enough Republicans to vote for him in the fall, it's not clear that Trump would want to make concessions to Ryan right now1.
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Liu will meet with Trump's trade team without the title "special envoy" for President Xi Jinping, a role he has held in previous talks, suggesting he may have diminished authority to make concessions that could be key to striking a deal.
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The "Mad Money" host, who has generally been in favor of a tough trade policy with the economic powerhouse, says he is "more sanguine" that the ongoing tensions may force the Chinese government to make concessions on the trade front.
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Michael Chege, a political scientist at the University of Nairobi, says that Mr Odinga may use allegations that the vote was rigged to incite his supporters to take to the streets as a way of forcing the government to make concessions.
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She had hoped to speak directly to EU leaders and reassure them that Britain was not picking unnecessary fights, going so far as to make concessions on the future role of the European Court of Justice and on the Brexit bill.
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Wednesday's speech was closely watched for signs of whether Sanchez would make concessions to Catalan separatists to secure their backing for the budget and help him stay in office for the rest of a parliamentary term due to run until 2020.
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Drug companies want patients to pay as little out of pocket as possible (exposure to bigger portions of drugs' costs leads to outcries like last year's around the EpiPen), so they make concessions to PBMs to get more favorable formulary placement.
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Under a Medicare for All system, the threat to cut off healthcare couldn't be dangled over striking workers heads, and their leaders could instead fight for gains in areas like wages without having to make concessions to keep health costs low.
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Faced with a weakening domestic political position, erstwhile "climate chancellor" Angela Merkel has been forced to make concessions to the might of the German car industry and the country's powerful coal mining interests by watering down Germany's 2020 carbon targets.
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The Greens called on Merkel's conservatives and the FDP to make concessions after the party itself gave ground on Tuesday by dropping its demand for fixed dates to ban cars with internal combustion engines and shut down coal-fired power stations.
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The talks didn't get off to a good start as the United States "kept asking us to make concessions unilaterally," South Korean Trade Minister Kim Hyun-chong said in an interview broadcast live to the Blue House's Facebook account on Thursday.
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HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong will make concessions to a controversial extradition bill, Security Secretary John Lee said on Thursday, but opposition lawmakers called for the legislation, which they fear will extend Beijing's reach into the city, to be scrapped.
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While the militants' tactics and demands are becoming more extreme, India is growing more unwilling to make concessions to any Kashmiris — whether political moderates, political separatists or militants, says the Stimson Center's Sameer Lalwani, who recently spent time in Kashmir.
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Many Republicans in Congress are insisting they will only agree to granting citizenship to DACA recipients if Democrats make concessions on border security, Trump's proposed border wall, the diversity visa lottery program, and limiting family members sponsoring each other for citizenship.
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Considering that so much media messaging has been confused, it is no wonder that many feel they don't need to make concessions to the coronavirus -- either because they have already paid their dues, or because it is simply an overblown fuss.
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Tehran and Washington have escalated rhetoric against each other in recent weeks as the United States has tightened sanctions with what it says is the goal of pushing Iran to make concessions beyond the terms of its 2015 nuclear deal.
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And if they don't trust Trump, they're going to be more reluctant to make concessions to US demands, which could include things like forcing Japan to import more US cars or agreements on patent laws that benefit US pharmaceutical companies.
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But when in the negotiating room, her main aim is to strike an accord — she is willing, and able, to make concessions, those who know her say, and she sometimes proffers a pot of ginger tea to smooth the atmosphere.
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With dialogue that doesn't make concessions to clear exposition, the movie hints at several possible futures for Dayveon: a stable life with his family; afternoons skipping rocks with a friend (Kordell Johnson), who is also a new gang member; more robberies.
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U.S. taxi firm Uber is prepared to make concessions as it seeks to reverse a decision by London authorities not to renew its license in the city, which represents a potentially big blow for the fast-growing company, a newspaper reported.
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Some protesters said the marches were necessary to pressure city leader Carrie Lam to make concessions, as she has only accepted one of their five demands thus far — the withdrawal of the extradition bill that set off the months-long crisis.
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The United States, by pressuring China on trade at the same time it is relying on Beijing to apply tough sanctions against North Korea, has created an opening for Mr. Xi to force the Americans to make concessions on economic issues.
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"It may be harder to make concessions until after that gathering," Shashank Joshi, an analyst at the Lowy Institute, wrote in an essay posted on Friday, "while it may even suit Beijing to keep the crisis simmering through this period."
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The protesters who interrupted the conference were calling for a "clean" DREAM Act — one that didn't make concessions to Republicans on border security — and protections for a larger group of immigrants in the U.S. illegally than that bill would confer.
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You can make a great deal," he continued, adding that Kurdish General Mazloum Kobani of the Syrian Democratic Forces "is willing to negotiate with you, and he is willing to make concessions that they would never have made in the past.
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Trump had pressed hard to get Canada to make concessions to American dairy farmers as part of the renegotiation of the agreement known as NAFTA, even threatening to leave Canada out of a tentative deal the U.S. had already struck with Mexico.
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Rhetoric between Tehran and Washington has escalated in recent weeks as the United States tightened sanctions with what it said was the goal of pushing Iran to make concessions beyond the terms of a 2015 multinational deal to curb Iran's nuclear program.
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Liu, however, is meeting with Trump's trade team without the title of "special envoy" for Chinese President Xi Jinping, a role he held in previous talks, suggesting he may have diminished authority to make concessions that could be crucial to striking a deal.
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The Hong Kong conglomerate, whose last two acquisitions in Austria and Ireland brought a similar reduction in the number of operators and were cleared only after it agreed to make concessions, said it was confident of getting approval for the Italian deal.
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan and the United States will seek to narrow gaps on trade when their top negotiators meet this week, but hopes for a deal in September are fading as both sides fail to make concessions on agriculture and automobiles, sources say.
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Fears over a "hard Brexit" have prompted the pound to slump dramatically in the last week but pro-Brexit politicians are confident that the U.K. does not need to make concessions during talks with the EU that could begin next April or May.
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The most significant factor in the loose deal was that de facto OPEC leader Saudi Arabia had flinched and shown itself willing to make concessions, most notably with arch-rival Iran, by letting the country increase production as it emerged from sanctions.
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The views expressed are his own) LONDON, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Brinkmanship has been one of the defining characteristics of the Trump administration, as the White House ramps up pressure to create a sense of crisis and force negotiating partners to make concessions.
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PARIS (Reuters) - It would be wrong for Britain to think the European Union will blink on Brexit and make concessions that undermine its core principles, such as the integrity of the single market, an official at the French presidency said on Wednesday.
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ULAANBAATAR/LONDON (Reuters) - Mongolia will vote in August to rip up parts of an investment agreement with Rio Tinto for the Oyu Tolgoi copper mine, which may force the miner to make concessions in a project beset by delays and political squabbles.
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China's refusal to make concessions to the Umbrella protesters has fuelled the growth of such groups, despite efforts by the government in Hong Kong to undermine support for them (recently, for example, by banning teachers from expressing support for independence in schools).
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Afghan officials would love to believe in U.S. assurances that Washington will keep counter-terrorism forces in the country for years to come, partly to help assist Afghan security forces and partly to press the Taliban to make concessions in inter-Afghan talks.
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LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. taxi firm Uber is prepared to make concessions as it seeks to reverse a decision by London authorities not to renew its license in the city, which represents a potentially big blow for the fast-growing company, a newspaper reported.
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"This is a major win for Xi Jinping — it seems like President Trump is willing to make concessions on almost all fronts," said Bo Zhiyue, the deputy dean of the New Era Development Research Institute at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University in Suzhou, China.
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Yet the intense political pressure Xi is now facing makes it even less likely that he has the political running room to make concessions that Trump is demanding in a trade war that may have existential implications for his own grip on power.
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For its part, Iran has warned it would refuse to renegotiate the deal, or even talk about extending its length or conditions, unless the United States was also ready to make concessions on parts of the deal that have left it unhappy.
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SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea has opened a high-profile political conference to discuss how to overcome "harsh trials and difficulties," state media reported Sunday, days before a year-end deadline set by Pyongyang for Washington to make concessions in nuclear negotiations.
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BERLIN, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Lufthansa said on Wednesday it would use the next seven days to try to reach a solution in a wage dispute with employees after trade union UFO said it would announce strikes if the airline does not make concessions.
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"The Chinese did not want to create the impression that Xi went to the U.S. to make concessions to Trump, that would come across as weakness," said Yun Sun, a senior associate in the East Asia Program at the Stimson Center in Washington.
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DUBLIN, July 5 (Reuters) - Unions representing Ryanair cabin crew in Portugal, Spain and Belgium on Thursday announced two days of strike action for late July, and said further action may follow if the Irish airline does not make concessions on employment terms.
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Were the Trump administration to try to restart peace talks with the Palestinian Authority, Hamas could force another crisis in Gaza and derail negotiations, as it would be politically impossible for any Palestinian leader to make concessions while ordinary Palestinians are dying.
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SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea will keep improving its nuclear and long-range ballistic missile capabilities next year to gain leverage to force Washington to make concessions, like the easing of sanctions, government and private analysts in South Korea said on Tuesday.
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Between his inner circle's ever-growing web of connections to Moscow, his persistent disinterest in holding Russia accountable for meddling in the 2016 election, and his willingness to make concessions to the Kremlin, Trump's own party doesn't trust him to handle Russia responsibly.
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The other possibility is that Mr Xi is less powerful than he appears—that he wants reform (at least of the economy), but feels he must make concessions to his party's hardliners, or that he tries to initiate reform but is stymied by conservative subordinates.
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Economists at UBS, meanwhile, note that a "Tory minority may have to make concessions in the direction of a softer exit...for example via a more generous transitional period than otherwise"—an argument pretty much diametrically opposed to the conventional wisdom before the vote.
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As we reported earlier this week, the fact that LinkedIn essentially has a dominant position in this area meant that Microsoft had to make concessions to the EC about how it would work to allow other social networking sites to integrate on its platforms.
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union is interested in improving its trade ties with the United States but it will not make concessions to secure an exemption from U.S. metals tariffs and would need to consult its 28 members, a senior EU official said on Tuesday.
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It's unclear if they got everything they asked for, but the company did make concessions to improve scheduling and strengthen its sexual harassment Unite Here Local 26, which represents Boston's Marriott workers, says employees were also concerned about how technology will disrupt their careers.
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PARIS, Jan 16 (Reuters) - It would be wrong for Britain to think the Europeans would eventually blink on Brexit and make concessions that would damage core principles such as the integrity of the single market, an official at the French presidency said on Wednesday.
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ULAANBAATAR/LONDON, July 19 (Reuters) - Mongolia will vote in August to rip up parts of an investment agreement with Rio Tinto for the Oyu Tolgoi copper mine, which may force the miner to make concessions in a project beset by delays and political squabbles.
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"Peace may be breaking out in the battle between Uber and London, as the ride-sharing giant signalled last night that it was prepared to make concessions on passenger safety and benefits for its drivers," per a Sunday Times of London front-pager (subscription).
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told French President Emanuel Macron on Sunday that he will be ready to make concessions in the context of a Trump peace plan, according to two European diplomats who were briefed on their meeting at Élysée Palace in Paris.
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These lite apps are known to be easier and cheaper to build than a native app, although developers have to make concessions, like giving their hosts a certain level of access to user data and obeying rules as they would with Apple's App Store.
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But the European Commission responded to a pre-briefing of this statement before May even had the opportunity to address her own Parliament, insisting that the ball, in fact, remained firmly in the UK's court and that it was their turn to make concessions.
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Democratic strategist Joe Trippi, who managed Howard Dean's 2004 presidential campaign, suggested Clinton could make concessions on the party platform to mollify Sanders and his supporters — partly because it has been some time since the official statement of policy mattered to either major party nominee.
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The government can also make concessions on Sunni political demands—more jurisdictional autonomy, equal application of de-Baathification laws, release of prisoners—and devote more money to salaries, weapons, and supplies for those local fighters fighting IS who have been demoralized by Baghdad's distrust.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Theresa May put the onus on the European Union to make concessions over the thorny issue of the Irish backstop in Brexit talks, or risk Britain leaving the EU without a deal, which she said would be against EU interests.
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BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary's government said it would not make concessions to the Central European University, the legal status of which has been in limbo for more than a year due to changes in the law from a government hostile to its founder, financier George Soros.
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The statement mentioned the possibility of a meeting in Washington between Abbas and Trump -- which would only ratchet up the pressure on Netanyahu to make concessions if Abbas presents himself as a partner for peace, willing to compromise for the sake of an agreement.
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Given that uncertainty and stress, it's common practice for prosecutors looking to induce cooperation to make concessions, such as dismissing charges or agreeing to recommend a lighter sentence, especially for someone they think can help them build a case against a higher-value target.
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Jeffrey Wilson, a research fellow at the Perth USAsia Center at the University of Western Australia, said the T.P.P. countries were likely to be deeply concerned if the United States were given access to Japan without having to make concessions or join the multilateral deal.
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Mr. Trump has argued that tariffs would encourage companies to move production back to American soil after years of offshoring and he has seized on levies as a way to force trading partners to make concessions, such as limiting exports to the United States.
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Having insisted that the threat of inflicting economic chaos on Europe by leaving without a deal remains vital to persuade the other 27 states to make concessions on the Irish border, May now says a short extension of a few weeks might be acceptable.
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" Lam said that although it is unlikely that Washington would send Guo back given his intelligence value, he added that President Donald Trump "could potentially play the 'fugitive card' to put pressure on Beijing to make concessions on issues ranging from trade to North Korea.
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"We expect slowing export growth to put downward pressure on the current account and RMB (yuan), and believe China is likely to be willing to make concessions in future rounds of trade negotiations with the U.S.," Nomura analysts said in a note to clients.
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A failure for 'reality show' diplomacy North Korea's refusal to make concessions at the summit was especially disappointing for Trump since he had done so much to build it up, and with deepening political and legal crises back home he badly needed a win.
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Trump played down the potential for military conflict in the region, saying he believed Iran did not want a confrontation with the United States - even as Washington tightens sanctions with a goal of pushing Iran to make concessions beyond the terms of its 2015 nuclear deal.
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He said that while Qatar would likely not meet every demand, it could conceivably make concessions that partially satisfied the points — for example, agreeing that Al Jazeera would adopt certain editorial lines, or expelling leaders of Islamist groups that Saudi Arabia and its allies took issue with.
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The idea was, make concessions to reasonable Republicans on policy — "Barack Obama rolls into office with Mitt Romney's health care policy, with John McCain's climate policy, with Bill Clinton's tax policy, and George H.W. Bush's foreign policy," DeLong says — and build a coalition from the center out.
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The current Israeli government under Binyamin Netanyahu will welcome a State Department led by a Trump stalwart such as Newt Gingrich, which might abandon the decades-old policy of pressing Israel to make concessions to the Palestinians and desist from settlement-building in the West Bank.
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But if this is in fact her strategy — to reassure right-wing Israeli leaders that she understands them, and thus persuade them to more willingly hear American demands or even make concessions for peace — it is still an open question as to whether that strategy works.
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Mr. Chen's remarks came amid reports that the Vatican was prepared to make concessions to Beijing in the appointment of the church's bishops — including by asking two "underground" bishops to step aside — in exchange for retaining some influence over those who are chosen in the future.
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Factory managers want to continue talks with labor in a constructive way but realize it will not be easy to resolve the row, plant chief Frank Deiss said, calling on workers to be willing to make concessions as the plant shifts focus to battery-powered engines.
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As in Singapore, when negotiations with Kim Jong-Un led to Trump's surprise announcement of the end of U.S. military exercises in South Korea, Trump could make concessions to Putin that might include anything from sanctions relief to the recognition of the Russian illegal annexation of Crimea.
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The fact that Friedman is close to the president and is a solid friend of Israel will ensure that he has an important voice in ensuring that the Democratic state of Israel is not forced to make concessions to non-democratic terror entities bent on Israel's destruction.
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Dennis Ross, an adviser on Middle Eastern affairs during Obama's first term, frequently told the President and members of the national-security team that there were two Netanyahus—the "strategic Bibi," who was willing to make concessions, and the "political Bibi," who pursued his immediate electoral interest.
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Mr. Tshisekedi would be likely to make concessions, analysts said, such as leaving to Mr. Kabila's party plum ministries like the security forces, mining and finance, areas that Mr. Kabila and his entourage are said to have capitalized on to amass extraordinary wealth over the years.
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Protesters frustrated by the city government's refusal to make concessions on demands for full democracy have in recent months formed about 40 unions as a way to press their campaign and at least a dozen of them have come out in support of the HAEA's proposed strike.
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They consider the current deal generous to Britain—the backstop would grant Britain many of the benefits of belonging to the EU without some of the usual conditions—and are loth to reopen it to make concessions that might further undermine the marginal value of membership.
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Protesters frustrated by the city government's refusal to make concessions on demands for full democracy have in recent months formed about 40 unions as a way to press their campaign and at least a dozen of them have come out in support of the HAEA's proposed strike.
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If we're going to withdraw at a fixed date, no matter what, we will leave the Afghan government in a very weak position since the Taliban will know that the government's position will steadily weaken over time and the Taliban will have little reason to make concessions.
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SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-un, called for "offensive measures" to strengthen security at a meeting of senior officials, the state-run media reported on Monday, a day before a North Korean-imposed deadline for Washington to make concessions in stalled nuclear talks.
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NEW YORK, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Canada is failing to make concessions needed to reach a deal with the United States for a trilateral NAFTA pact, and is running out of time before Washington proceeds with a Mexico-only agreement, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said on Tuesday.
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From that point, if China President Xi Jinping chooses to not make concessions to the US, it will be difficult to overturn his decision, and a stalemate may ensue with traders waiting for the 25% tariffs on the final tranche (USD 325bn) of US imports to be imposed.
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This response largely serves to bolster the similar points that feminists and transgender rights activists have made in response to the ad — namely that its progressives were also asked to make concessions, in this case by considering opposing political viewpoints that dehumanize them and threaten their basic safety.
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This could signal the U.S. may be somewhat amenable to some of the conversations that are happening, or willing to make concessions to make a Korean war less likely, although Mattis said the decision was a "practical" matter more than a political one, per Aaron Mehta of Defense News.
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He won't give in and approve a wall-free spending bill, he apparently won't make concessions to the Democrats, and he's said he won't even declare a state of emergency to build the wall without Congress's OK, a questionable legal strategy that would at least probably end this standoff.
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To the extent there is any United States strategy, it seems to lie in the hope that peace negotiations will begin with the Taliban, that the Taliban is exhausted enough to make concessions, and the United States will then be able to leave with something close to victory.
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"Read more: The Lib Dems are set to punish the Conservatives in Britain's next election — but it could be a 'blessing in disguise' for Boris JohnsonSummers added: "Britain has much less to give than Europe as a whole did, therefore less reason for the United States to make concessions.
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One of the most important skills for a negotiator to have — maybe even the most important — is the willingness to actually make concessions: to realize when you're losing more by fighting for a particular provision than you would by losing the thing itself, and let those things go accordingly.
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But Ottawa is ready to make concessions on Canada's sheltered C$21 billion ($16.3 billion) dairy market to save a dispute-settlement system, a provision that was dropped from an agreement that the United States and Mexico reached earlier this week, the Globe and Mail reported on Tuesday.
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The Unionists backed Brexit but they will not want a hard border with the rest of Ireland; something that may require Britain to make concessions to the EU. Azad Zangana of Schroders, a fund management group, said As for Brexit, serious damage has been done to the UK's negotiating position.
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What exactly inspired Beijing's broadside is unclear -- a constant peril of dealing with such an opaque political system -- but it appears to be based on a misreading of statements and actions by Trump that he was concerned about the state of the US economy and would be willing to make concessions.
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The tit-for-tat tariff war started when the Trump administration demanded a reworking of the trade relationship between the world's two biggest economies, aiming to lower the U.S. deficit with China and also force Beijing to make concessions on areas such as intellectual property and state support of industries.
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European shares closed higher, in part from a boost in auto shares, and Wall Street opened on a strong note after a report that China is moving to cut import tariffs on American-made cars, which market participants viewed as a sign China is ready to make concessions on trade.
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Washington has tightened sanctions on Tehran with the aim of pushing it to make concessions beyond the terms of that deal and this month deployed a carrier strike group, bombers and Patriot missiles to the Middle East after what it called indications of possible preparations for an attack by Iran.
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As polls indicated immigration concerns were swaying the public toward supporting Brexit, the BBC said Cameron, who quit after the EU result, telephoned Merkel to ask if she was willing to issue a statement with other EU leaders agreeing to make concessions on free movement if Britain voted to stay.
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Immigration policy, another area where signs of compromise had emerged, could also be a victim of the Alabama primary if Republicans worried about losing power next year decide it is too risky to cross their base on an issue where many Republican voters do not want lawmakers to make concessions.
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At financial market front, the dollar fell nearly 100 basis points, or nearly 0.8 percent, to c $1.3043 shortly after news of Canada's intention to make concessions; we can see that overnight gains in the Canadian dollar allowed the dollar to trade off almost all of its gains since September.
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WASHINGTON — President Trump engaged in contentious telephone calls with the leaders of Mexico and Australia in his early days in office, pressing them to make concessions to satisfy his own domestic political needs in exchanges so sharp that he said talking to President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia was more pleasant.
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No new weapons test has taken place, despite the U.S. not meeting the December deadline to make concessions to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Kim first met with Trump in a 2018 summit in Singapore, where he committed to a deal in which the entire Korean Peninsula would be denuclearized.
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For one, Kim's "soft stance" will give wind to the oft-floated message by Seoul, Beijing and Moscow that the United States should deescalate and make concessions to Pyongyang; namely, relax sanctions, suspend the decades-old annual combined military exercises with South Korea, and negotiate a peace treaty with the North.
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The United States does not need to risk a war in which there will be no winners by conducting a preventive strike against North Korea (the so-called "bloody nose" strike option), nor should it make concessions that will only serve to extend the Kim family's regime and its military capabilities.
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In a bid to distance himself from the Philippines' previous administration, and avoid retaliation from Beijing for the ruling, the country's new president, Rodrigo Duterte, has indicated that he might be willing to make concessions on the South China Sea issue, explained Malcolm Cook, a senior fellow at the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute.
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Sentiment was also dampened after Hu Xijin, editor-in-chief of the Global Times in China, tweeted that China is "putting so much emphasis on trade talks," adding that "it's more and more difficult for the US to press China to make concessions" as China's economy becomes increasingly driven by its domestic growth.
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China's top trade negotiator, Liu He, will meet with President Donald Trump's trade team on Thursday without the title "special envoy" for President Xi Jinping, a role he has held in previous talks, suggesting the vice premier may have diminished authority to make concessions that could be key to striking a deal.
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While Kim is giving up the last of his American detainees, whom North Korea has often used as bargaining chips, their return could also be aimed at pressuring Trump to make concessions as he tries to get Pyongyang to abandon its nuclear arsenal, something it has not signaled a willingness to do.
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And we have to know that because of the close trade tariff between US and Mexico, the revenge tariff measures caused US government make concessions previously, for example, in 2011, US cancelled a cross-border transportation plan that prohibited Mexican truck drivers from driving to the four states of the U.S.-Mexico border.
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By tilting the map of a future Palestinian state so precipitously in Israel's direction, Mr. Trump has embraced a plan that essentially dismantles 60 years of bipartisan support for a negotiated process between Israelis and Palestinians, in which both make concessions and land swaps that would define the lines of a new map.
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"There is a chance that Washington could demand Japan to make concessions to what have been agreed at the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the two nations could move on to negotiations on an individual sector such as autos to reduce the U.S. trade deficit," said Harumi Taguchi, principal economist at IHS Economics.
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That public fear is powerful material for the health industry to work with, but it also exists on its own terms: Americans don't much trust the government, they don't like to pay taxes, and many reformers believe that for a plan to pass, it has to make concessions to those fears, not dismiss them.
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We've seen areas of this policy debate where Democrats have been willing to make concessions; once adamantly opposed to approving any funding for Trump's southern border wall, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer put the border wall on the table in January, in an attempt to strike a deal with Trump before the government shutdown.
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This has made it hard for the US to reach some kind of peace deal with the Taliban despite nine years of trying (the Trump administration tried again in earnest as recently as last August.) Basically, the Taliban doesn't seem to want to make concessions because it currently has the upper hand in the war.
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While a senior White House official insisted earlier this week that Trump would make no trade-offs on his trade agenda in order to elicit more support from China in pressuring North Korea, Trump himself has signaled a willingness to make concessions on trade in exchange for stepped up pressure on Pyongyang from Beijing.
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The study found that the Shariah councils vary in their interpretation of the religious code, often steer women toward remaining married, charge significant fees for their work, have no formal authority over division of assets and often press wives to make concessions — including payments of money — to get their husbands to agree to divorce.
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The balanced American legal framework is what has enabled the internet economy to flourish and grow in the U.S. In order to empower American companies that use digital platforms to export their goods and services, we can't afford to export a one-sided copyright regime, let alone make concessions on current aspects of U.S. law.
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Trump, who sources say has been watching the showdown unfold hour-by-hour on cable TV may also have to make a leap of faith if he wants to end the shutdown, and to steel himself to go against hardline advisers and his own political base to make concessions on immigration that Democrats want.
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Hardliners in Israel and Iran, meanwhile, are cheering Mr Trump's win: the former because his administration is unlikely to press it to make concessions to the Palestinians or stop building settlements; the latter because he has cast doubt on the nuclear deal, which they have long considered an American plot to gain control of their country.
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To have a chance, Pelosi will have to make concessions: perhaps term limits for committee chairs or other steps to allow younger, talented members to advance in the House; a new leadership team that includes members who are not yet Medicare-eligible to whom she would delegate most of her TV chores; and an explicit promise of transition.
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Cuccinelli also argued Thursday that Democrats aren't willing to make concessions on immigration because they don't want President TrumpDonald John TrumpOur justice system must reward success Former Biden economic adviser: 'I really like a lot of' Warren's tax proposals Roy Moore calls for Omar to go back from 'whence she came' MORE to claim success on the issue.
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While he is skeptical of information that the Chinese government releases, Cramer said the numbers will help decipher who has the upper hand in the trade war with the U.S. "If they're not-too-hot, not-too-cold, well that might mean they'll be less willing to make concessions [and] this thing's going to drag on," he said.
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Rather than working out any policy disagreements behind closed doors in private, members of Obama's cabinet leaked insults about the Israeli Prime Minister to the press and attempted to use pressure to force Israel to make concessions to a Palestinian Authority which refused to recognize Israel's legitimacy and repeatedly denied the Jewish people's undeniable connection to the land.
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While Kim would be giving up the last of his American prisoners, whom North Korea has often used as bargaining chips with the United States, a release could also be aimed at pressuring Trump to make concessions of his own in his bid to get Pyongyang to abandon its nuclear arsenal, something it has not signaled a willingness to do.
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"Donald Trump got punked," Harris joked when asked whether she would make concessions to North Korean leader Kim Jong UnKim Jong UnAs Buttigieg rises, Biden is still the target Harris accuses Trump of being 'punked' by North Korea Kamala Harris: 'Donald Trump got punked' by North Korea MORE in order to keep the talks started under the Trump administration going with the country.
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Now professionals are braced for a second purge, targeting pro-business conservatives who side with the government 80% or 90% of the time, but who—notably as the current protests began in opposition to a proposed extradition law that would have exposed Hong Kongers to the mainland's criminal justice system—have voiced qualms or urged the authorities to make concessions.
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However, the other three purposes of signaling a readiness to use force are critical, particularly since Kim Jong Un may use his newest weapons for blackmail and intimidation to force the United States to make concessions (specifically, to end international sanctions, provide economic payments, remove U.S. protection of Japan and Korea and legitimize the regime, all demands made by Pyongyang in the past).
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A spokesman for the EU Commission said it is committed to implementing CORSIA but said it also "preserved its policy space to pursue a higher climate ambition in the EU." Andrew Murphy, aviation manager at NGO Transport & Environment said ICAO's council, which does not require unanimous consent like the UN climate talks, may be inclined to make concessions to countries like Brazil.
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"We're considering this bill because the Obama administration believed it needed to make concessions in order to share law enforcement information with the EU," Majority Whip John CornynJohn CornynThe Hill's Campaign Report: Battle for Senate begins to take shape The Hill's Morning Report — Trump and the new Israel-'squad' controversy O'Rourke says he will not 'in any scenario' run for Senate MORE (R-Texas) said Thursday.
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Progress on North Korea's denuclearization has stalled in the five months since President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump pushes back on recent polling data, says internal numbers are 'strongest we've had so far' Illinois state lawmaker apologizes for photos depicting mock assassination of Trump Scaramucci assembling team of former Cabinet members to speak out against Trump MORE and Kim Jong Un's meeting in June in Singapore as both sides are unwilling to make concessions.
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There was no reason why Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellNew Parnas evidence escalates impeachment witnesses fight On The Money — Presented by Wells Fargo — Trump signs first phase of US-China trade deal | Senate to vote Thursday on Canada, Mexico deal | IRS provides relief for those with discharged student loans GOP senator: 2020 candidates must recuse themselves from impeachment trial MORE would make concessions to get an impeachment that he loathed.
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Pete KingPeter (Pete) Thomas KingThe 85033 House Republicans who support background checks Progressive gun control activist on NRA: 'Don't count them out' McConnell faces pressure to bring Senate back for gun legislation MORE (R) said his party should make concessions to House Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiWhy President Trump needs to speak out on Hong Kong Anti-Trump vets join Steyer group in pressing Democrats to impeach Trump Pelosi warns Mnuchin to stop 'illegal' .
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In his first days in office, President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump pushes back on recent polling data, says internal numbers are 'strongest we've had so far' Illinois state lawmaker apologizes for photos depicting mock assassination of Trump Scaramucci assembling team of former Cabinet members to speak out against Trump MORE engaged in a pair of heated phone calls with Mexico's and Australia's leaders, berating them for what he deemed to be one-sided deals and urging them to make concessions to burnish his own political image.
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