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"multilateral" Definitions
  1. in which three or more groups, nations, etc. take part
  2. having many sides or parts compare bilateral, trilateral, unilateral

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It is this administration seeking to pull away from multilateral agreements, multilateral institutions.
That's the main goal for us that we can create regular-based work with multilateral agreements and multilateral institutions.
It was a multilateral and is a multilateral framework to resolve exactly the kind of disputes that are being fought right now.
Ms. Freeland's powerful speech was, in effect, the proclamation of a new Trudeau Doctrine of actively pursuing multilateral trade, strengthening multilateral institutions and building a stronger military.
In a phone conversation in March, Merkel and Xi underscored the importance of multilateral cooperation on global trade, following a shift away from multilateral action by the United States.
The language on multilateral trade had been a sticking point for the United States, which insisted the communique say the multilateral trading system was not working, the official added.
They agreed to work to improve international economic governance, maintain the global multilateral system, combat trade protectionism and support the rule-based multilateral trading system with the World Trade Organization.
They agreed to work to improve international economic governance, maintain the global multilateral system, fight trade protectionism and support a rule-based multilateral trading system through the World Trade Organization.
They also underscored the importance of multilateral cooperation on global trade, a pointed response to an accelerating shift away from multilateral action and institutions by the United States under President Donald Trump.
France's action, critics say, could now undermine that multilateral process.
He has proposed multilateral talks on the South China Sea.
Those will be a legitimate issue for multilateral Brexit negotiations.
Policymakers around the world negotiated multilateral treaties on the environment.
International organizations also utilize aid conditionality when disbursing multilateral assistance.
There are real drawbacks to the current multilateral trading system.
However, the Trump administration is not pursuing a multilateral approach.
Trump regards multilateral cooperation as an unacceptable affront to sovereignty.
A reference to strengthening the multilateral trading system was dropped.
Ms. Lagarde has deep experience managing a major multilateral lender.
Foreign trading venues, including stock exchanges and multilateral trading facilities.
The increasingly multilateral character of sanctions makes them more effective.
The U.S. opted out of multilateral trade agreements in 22020.
But this should be a multilateral approach to this question.
So: What is our responsible "multilateral" order likely to do?
Obama ended his statement with a defense of multilateral diplomacy.
Japan wants Trump to reconsider his decision to pull the United States out of the multilateral Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) deal, though it was mindful the president did not prefer such multilateral deals, Aso said.
I dream of the day when these bilateral arrangements become multilateral.
However, Abe's administration insists multilateral pacts are still the best bet.
America's multilateral trade agreements are also more fragile than they appear.
Multilateral and bilateral assistance and substantial bond issuance have boosted reserves.
It's not a bilateral, but a multilateral relationship from China's perspective.
They&aposve done every agreement known to man -- bilateral, multilateral agreements.
Increasingly, donors also earmark the funds they provide to multilateral outfits.
They support globalisation and multilateral institutions and disdain parochialism and nationalism.
Effective international engagement must be multilateral, preferably working through existing institutions.
But bilateral deals are simply not as beneficial as multilateral ones.
For years, we've heard repeated calls for multilateral action on Venezuela.
It requires the engagement of a multilateral effort on American initiative.
They don't need to reject multilateral trade deals and international organizations.
He called for a multilateral approach rather than multiple bilateral actions.
"We think trade should be dealt with in a multilateral framework."
Trump has repeatedly criticized the EU and dismissed multilateral trade deals.
In 1990, a multilateral treaty criminalized killing the protected sea turtles.
It's not even a multilateral treaty; it's a Security Council resolution.
But the problems run far deeper than dislike of multilateral institutions.
Each member has a veto over any further multilateral trade liberalisation.
Here is another area where multilateral agencies like WHO are essential.
Multilateral trade deals exploit American naïvete and reduce U.S. bargaining leverage.
But it also happens in the WTO and in the multilateral setting.
Many projects enjoy backing from the World Bank and other multilateral lenders.
China's economic management should also be a central part of multilateral diplomacy.
The tariffs are going to be set, this involves a multilateral negotiation.
And for the multilateral rules-based system to become still more toothless.
Instead many rely on cheap loans from multilateral institutions and rich countries.
Big countries pursue their national interests with restraint, in a multilateral framework.
Unlike most multilateral development banks (MDB), ICD has not issued callable capital.
The WTO, which codifies the multilateral rules-based trading system, needs help.
The partners would also work towards creating a permanent multilateral investment court.
In several other countries, multilateral lending was the main source of debt.
Eighty-eight percent said they expected further erosion of multilateral trading rules.
In 2015, SwapClear completed 45 multilateral compression cycles in conjunction with triReduce.
Why further antagonize them with swipes at free trade and multilateral agreements?
Multilateral assistance would be disbursed in predictable tranches, provided conditions are met.
Additional funding from multilateral and bilateral creditors is tied to the programme.
We want to preserve the multilateral cooperation that we achieve that WTO.
"We need just and fair multilateral rules," he said, according to Reuters.
Still, Claver-Carone said Maduro could face trial before the multilateral body.
The multilateral trading system can stall at times, necessitating supplemental trade projects.
"We'll pursue multilateral, we'll pursue plurilateral, we'll pursue bilateral [deals]," he said.
"Multilateral fora are useful, but they're means, not ends," the official said.
But the two countries are still engaged in talks through multilateral efforts.
Instead, it should support multilateral diplomacy, where regional leaders take the vanguard.
A world where the United States led multilateral trade agreements is ending.
Brazils OECD bid ran into broad U.S. opposition to expanding multilateral bodies.
Brazil's OECD bid ran into broad U.S. opposition to expanding multilateral bodies.
Mr. Bolton disdains multilateral institutions like the United Nations and international treaties.
Go back to the multilateral system of trade agreements in the WTO.
She said the foundation of the United Nations (UN) was a multilateral and cooperative solution that was borne out of World War II, adding that a multilateral response helped to resolve the global financial crisis of 2008-2009.
But according to Anne Krueger of Johns Hopkins University, writing in the Journal of Economic Perspectives, by 1982 gridlock in multilateral talks meant it switched to a twin-track approach, simultaneously pushing for multilateral deals and negotiating preferential ones.
Sadly, this is exactly the multilateral approach to trade that America has rejected.
Others said it may simply be the Trump administration's dislike of multilateral agreements.
And he is continuing to fly the multilateral flag with another regional initiative.
France said it would co-host a multilateral meeting with Iraq on Oct.
Almost the same percentage said they expected further weakening of multilateral trading rules.
Governments and multilateral agencies have had some success attracting investors to infrastructure financing.
To internationalists, America enjoys precious privileges as the designer of many multilateral organisations.
He has also expressed his preference for bilateral trade pacts over multilateral agreements.
It will also borrow $6bn from other multilateral lenders, including the World Bank.
Some even speculated that the Americans might be happy if multilateral talks foundered.
And no more multilateral trade deals that weaken American sovereignty or our economy.
The adviser said the administration was not going to pursue multilateral trade deals.
Multilateral compression is another tool for swaps end-users to reduce notional exposures.
The Taliban will also join multilateral peace talks hosted by Russia this week.
If he thinks multilateral relationships are expensive, he should try not having them.
Other sources include bond issuances and credit lines from global and multilateral banks.
He did achieve, however, his goal of levying multilateral sanctions on North Korea.
What if they decide to enforce a multilateral, 191-against-1 carbon tax?
A multilateral institution specifically for internet entities would require substantial industry buy-in.
Multilateral drafting sessions offer no respite for those in need of instant gratification.
Maybe "real men" should forget about going to Tehran and try multilateral diplomacy.
What matters is the nation resurgent against imagined immigrant hordes and multilateral bureaucrats.
Did actions taken by China in other multilateral fora give some countries pause?
Moreover, in 2017, the United States acted without a multilateral alliance like NATO.
Left-wing hostility toward European Union-type multilateral organizations is at record highs.
But the problem today runs deeper than Trump's contempt for any multilateral order.
The Truman Doctrine, set within an American-led multilateral framework, succeeded for decades.
On its face, FATCA reads like a basic, multilateral approach to financial transparency.
Business favors a strategic and multilateral approach; not just a narrow sectoral approach.
The post appears amid skepticism about multilateral institutions within President Donald Trump's administration.
"A multilateral, international solution is one that will be really meaningful," she said.
The United States needs to engage more strategically in the global multilateral system.
More importantly, the notion that bilateral deals will be superior to the multilateral arrangements both countries have been striving for since World War II is a disturbing development, and another move away from the system of post-war multilateral institutions.
We recognize the contribution that the multilateral trading system has made to that end.
Additional unilateral rather than multilateral sanctions may further strain already frayed trans-Atlantic relations.
Other multilateral organizations have also in the past sold bonds to fund health initiatives.
"We recognize the contribution that the multilateral trading system has made," the statement read.
A further 40% has come from other foreign sources, including multilateral bodies and companies.
Amid the erosion of multilateral agreements and diplomatic channels, we came close to calamity.
Other demagogues who denounce elites and the liberal, multilateral, rules-based order are elated.
Japan instead want to persuade the U.S. to rejoin the multilateral Trans-Pacific Partnership.
"Excessive current account imbalances should be resolved through multilateral, not bilateral, framework," Aso added.
Overall global FDI fell by 20% in 2018, according to UNCTAD, a multilateral body.
And he has courted multilateral financial institutions such as the IMF and World Bank.
Yet there is a caveat: China must be the leader in any multilateral initiative.
He wants the threat of unilateral action to fill in the multilateral system's blanks.
Multilateral compression services operated by triReduce previously included only direct members of the CCP.
That would be the beginning of upholding the true system of multilateral free trade.
"These sanctions have to be multilateral and … the fact is, they're necessary," she added.
He also said that in many multilateral organizations, people had substituted conversation for action.
Bernie Sanders on the left has helped popularize skepticism of multilateral free trade deals.
The multilateral treaty bans countries from placing weapons of mass destruction in Earth orbit.
More established multilateral lenders can take a year or two to do the same.
This is a moment to be developing better ways to manage urgent multilateral risks.
"It's a unilateralism in a multilateral world that is very, very dangerous," Hagel said.
A president truly concerned about the nuclear threat would have begun such multilateral negotiations.
The White House has made its distaste for multilateral institutions and processes well known.
Multilateral enforcement is often spoiled by international horse-trading over sanctions behind closed doors.
We should promote trade and investment liberalization and facilitation, support the multilateral trading system.
Multilateral and Moroccan banks are also expected to contribute to the project, Benjelloun added.
Diplomacy, multilateral engagement, and Track II efforts will be crucial in determining potential incentives.
She made a parallel to the multilateral talks with Iran over its nuclear program.
Multilateral development banks dispense tens of billions of dollars and dispense much-heeded advice.
The Reagan-era dictum "Personnel is Policy" absolutely is valid in these multilateral organizations.
Belt and Road has been viewed with increasing skepticism by multilateral institutions as well.
Bilateral and multilateral trade agreements and negotiations have come to a kind of standstill.
Given a hopelessly unbalanced world economy, that multilateral system is just a pious wish.
"Excessive current account imbalances should be resolved through multilateral, not bilateral, framework," Aso added.
Bush, who advocates free trade, promoted multilateral and bilateral trade deals during his presidency.
He's more interested in direct relations with countries than multilateral agreements, and that's that.
First, with Obama&aposs action, there was a humanitarian crisis and broad multilateral support.
The term DFI generally refers to development finance institutions such as multilateral development banks.
And what are the unilateral, bilateral and multilateral actions required to start this journey?
Do you think that multilateral trade agreements are now a thing of the past?
He has also preached the benefits of bilateral trade deals rather than multilateral agreements.
The United States is party to thousands of treaties, including several hundred multilateral conventions.
You know, we don't brag about the fact that we are a multilateral institution.
First, we must recognize multilateral organizations as a force multiplier of our influence abroad.
"The reappearance of these impulses today is progressively weakening the multilateral system," he said.
Multilateral agreements in which groups of like-minded countries forge ahead should lead the way.
That's why congressional oversight, intelligence collection, intrusive inspections and continued multilateral diplomacy are so important.
However misdirected the current ire, the multilateral system for restraining currency manipulation is indeed toothless.
The rest will be met from internal as well as external borrowings from multilateral agencies.
A breakthrough may come at a United Nations-brokered multilateral summit in Geneva this week.
He said a multilateral format would be needed to include different perspectives in the conversation.
International climate funding comes from a mix of governments, multilateral agencies, banks and development groups.
This was followed by a statement on Monday that he would commit to multilateral negotiations.
International Criminal Court (ICC): While not a U.N. agency, the ICC is a multilateral favorite.
BAIER: But Governor Kasich, you know that the most powerful sanctions are the multilateral ones.
They've been engaged in a lot of bilateral and multilateral conversations about the security threats.
Trump has also raised doubts about the future of a multilateral nuclear pact with Iran.
Sir Ivan pointedly notes that serious multilateral negotiating experience is in short supply in Whitehall.
But a preference for bilateral trade deals over multilateral ones is a change of tack.
Chinese President Xi Jinping called for world powers to protect the global multilateral trade system.
Regarding China, they say that earlier efforts failed and multilateral approaches are timid or naive.
The three leaders say they will work on bilateral, trilateral and multilateral free-trade agreements.
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The latter is legally binding, specific, multilateral — and conspicuously absent from the U.S. economic playbook.
Unfortunately, if bilateral arms control is in bad shape, so too is its multilateral equivalent.
Tech companies like Amazon disputed France's tax on Thursday arguing for a multilateral approach instead.
For now, it seems Mr Lighthizer is planning to influence the multilateral system from within.
The government cannot borrow heavily abroad due to arrears it built up with multilateral lenders.
Beijing said Sunday that high standards in multilateral trade deals discourages participation from developing economies.
Multilateral donors are still tripping over one another to give it cheap loans and grants.
That's much less of a US bilateral trade policy than about US multilateral trade policy.
Britain is subject to some 700 international treaties involving multi-lateral submissions to multilateral compromises.
Foreign trading venues, including stock exchanges and so-called multilateral trading facilities will be affected.
"The global economy needs bold multilateral actions to boost growth and contain risk," it added.
"It benefits no one and it would undermine the multilateral free trade process," he said.
The United States has favored multilateral responses, including action by the Organization of American States.
The leaks helped propel multilateral efforts to overhaul international corporate taxation, led by the OECD.
Second, there is the particularly Trumpian problem of favoring bilateral policies in a multilateral world.
But the Trump-Macron attachment clearly extends beyond a shared interest in multilateral military action.
Perhaps most importantly, such agreements typically offer lower economic benefits compared to their multilateral counterparts.
There are already rumbles spreading across other Geneva-based UN agencies and allied multilateral organizations.
So the WTO multilateral route seems less fruitful than it has been in the past.
Exhibit A: The Protocol Amending the Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters.
Marines rotating through Australia participate in multilateral and bilateral military exercises with other Pacific partners.
Doing so on a multilateral basis prevents further distortionary national unilateral actions in trade policy.
She was previously a director at the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency of the World Bank.
"In this regard, they emphasized the importance of close multilateral cooperation on trade," he said.
Our diplomatic and developmental efforts will achieve better outcomes in bilateral, multilateral and informational realms.
However, multilateral banks like the AIIB cannot be a substitute for government, Von Amsberg said.
Ecuador under Moreno has also sought financing from multilateral lenders, investment banks and other countries.
At heart, Mr. Trump's instincts are contrary to the multilateral spirit of the European Union.
Now more than ever, we need a strategy that aims at diplomatic and multilateral solutions.
Ecuador is still waiting for a disbursement of about $348 million from the multilateral lender.
If Congress complies, such unilateral action to change a multilateral agreement will effectively kill it.
This policy must look beyond an exceptional period of U.S. skepticism toward any multilateral commitment.
This global initiative should be built on the strategic application of multilateral pressure and incentives.
The OECD wants to create a multilateral framework to override the patchwork of unilateral laws.
In contrast, a multilateral non-aggression pact was evident in Des Moines on Tuesday night.
One of those successes is the dramatic expansion of trade promoted by multilateral trade negotiations.
Rather, several bilateral or limited multilateral agreements with allies and partners should be the focus.
"In this regard, they emphasised the importance of close multilateral cooperation on trade," he said.
Multilateral cooperation was essential to achieving the deal and is essential to ensuring strict implementation.
Views differ on whether Washington should negotiate with Pyongyang bilaterally or in a multilateral format.
CIC plans to actively engage in cross-border investment such as multilateral funds, Peng said.
"Going on one's own," Merkel suggested, makes no sense in a world demanding multilateral solutions.
America's aversion to border changes conforms with the policies of the world's major multilateral institutions.
Trump, by contrast, blasted the World Trade Organization and multilateral trade deals during his tour.
He could also champion bilateral trade deals as a superior alternative to big multilateral ones.
Germany's greatest constraint is that more than most other powers, it depends on the multilateral order.
Washington, which has expressed its desire for a multilateral solution, will be closely watching these talks.
One more reason for caution is the potential for further harming an already-fragile multilateral system.
That includes targeting multilateral institutions such as the World Trade Organization and the Group of Seven.
Multilateral institutions such as the Asian Development Bank and World Bank have also upped their aid.
The larger threat involves Mr Trump's "America First" mistrust of multilateral alliances and pacts, including TPP.
And, as a new report from UNCTAD, a multilateral body, underlines, that rut deepened last year.
Cuba is not a member of any multilateral lending institution such as the International Monetary Fund.
Second, they use quantitative data from multilateral organisations such as the World Bank and the IMF.
Mr Trump may decide to blow up the multilateral system and impose tariffs on America's allies.
He has criticized multilateral institutions like the World Bank as being "intrusive" and "entrenched," CNBC reported.
There is no comprehensive, multilateral governance of technology to temporarily cool the planet via solar engineering.
The Trump administration is breaking from former President Obama's leadership and multilateral approach to climate change.
Finucan's areas of expertise include international trade regulations, data protection laws, Internet governance, and multilateral processes.
Most Western countries and some multilateral organizations, including the IADB, recognize him as Venezuela's rightful leader.
To finance emergency efforts, some $600 million in credit from multilateral lenders was activated, Ecuador said.
The sanctions should continue to be multilateral if that pressure is to be realized, not eroded.
The president has frequently ripped multilateral trade agreements, arguing instead for a series of bilateral deals.
The Montreal Protocol is one of the most successful multilateral agreements in history for a reason.
We have an emerging global system, with relatively open trade, immigration, multilateral institutions and ethnic diversity.
The United States should do more to support the Indo-Japanese partnership and expand multilateral cooperation.
" Crucially, according to the multilateral institution, governance weaknesses hinder national oil companies' ability to "create value.
You needed to have multilateral pressure in order to have an effective pressure campaign in Iran.
A multilateral sanctions approach targeting a broad swath of the dictatorship's leaders could be more effective.
France and Italy strongly support the force, but the United States is opposed to multilateral initiatives.
Congress cannot unilaterally renegotiate a multilateral accord, the Geneva daily Le Temps quoted him as saying.
"We have a proposal that's been going back and forth," Kerry said of the multilateral talks.
Attempts to create alternative multilateral institutions, like the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, remain in their infancy.
If talks with China or multilateral agencies fail, Nigeria would struggle to find willing commercial lenders.
He also is known for his considerable disdain for multilateral organizations and for international economic cooperation.
This strategy is rending the fabric that has for decades knit together the multilateral economic system.
This approach could involve incorporating tax harmonization schemes into bilateral or multilateral trade agreements, for example.
Does the European Union, arguably the best example of multilateral governance in the world, have flaws?
However, his opinion on multilateral agreements like the Paris accord is consistent: They're bad for America.
He also saw new opportunities to work with China, Japan and others to develop "multilateral" rules.
The rapid spread of the Wuhan coronavirus has put the multilateral heath system to the test.
They still believe in a global community regulated by rules agreed to on a multilateral basis.
Instead, they have hidden behind vague platitudes like calling for "fair trade" or criticizing "multilateral" deals.
Days after Trump's victory, Xi vowed to fight protectionism and push forward with multilateral trade deals.
For decades Beijing has waged a highly successful campaign to push Taiwan out of multilateral organizations.
It also means a break with the Obama-era focus on multilateral agreements and international accords.
This is why what we have to do is reinforce the rules-based multilateral trading system.
It's time to step back from the brink and institute an urgent campaign of multilateral diplomacy.
Feltman said leaders are questioning whether the multilateral system is the right way to move forward.
Trump's strategy respects the importance of alliances and cooperation, such as multilateral institutions and trade agreements.
Pursuing our narrow national interests and let others pay the costs of maintaining the multilateral system.
Abe said he was "fully aware" of Trump's decision to withdraw from the multilateral trade accord.
The EIB describes itself on its website as "the largest multilateral borrower and lender by volume".
I suspect that this is why Trump is inclined to prefer bilateral to multilateral trade agreements.
So, "America First" came to Davos, and to all the multilateral globalists and multi-nationalist elites.
The multilateral trading system that the WTO has overseen since 58 is about to freeze up.
"The U.S. opposes multilateral trade agreements and the other economies are not happy," another official said.
Global trade will be a testing ground if the multilateral world order is to ever prevail.
Obama believed in a cautious pursuit of national interest through diplomacy and multilateral agreements, whenever possible.
The stated rationale is the same: protecting American "sovereignty" from the alleged depredations of multilateral agreements.
Closing this gap will require a reorientation of ongoing development initiatives, especially in the multilateral system.
Mr. Malpass's nomination could prompt debate given his past comments about the role of multilateral institutions.
It is a multilateral arms control deal, unanimously endorsed by a United Nations Security Council Resolution.
From the United Nations to Interpol to various multilateral development actors, including United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the World Bank, countering terrorism and violent extremism has been mainstreamed into the work of established multilateral bodies perhaps better suited to sustaining such efforts over the long term.
Nominating someone like US Ambassador to the North Atlantic Trade Organization Kay Bailey Hutchison, who has worked in multilateral organizations before, could send a message to UN members that the United States is here to stay in multilateral institutions, even if we don't always get our way.
Macri said he will insist on an "intelligent deal" with the multilateral lender that guarantees economic growth.
But such rules are multilateral, and there is little appetite for change in America or continental Europe.
Before launch, Britain's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) needs to authorize NFEx as a multilateral trading facility (MTF).
The government is drawing on $600 million in emergency funding from multilateral banks to rebuild, Correa said.
"In a multilateral [deal], smaller nations can create a bloc to negotiate," countering "powerful leverage," noted Takashi.
We do this because multilateral efforts send a stronger symbol of resolve, and benefit from greater resources.
America has been building and leading an increasingly free multilateral trading world for the past 70 years.
He is also expected to back continued multilateral sanctions on Russia related to their annexation of Crimea.
"Japan will continue to take a multilateral approach in promoting free trade," he told a news conference.
Go deeper: Venezuela will allow U.S. diplomats to stay A multilateral approach could smooth transition in Venezuela
Overshadowed by its bilateral boondoggles and multilateral innovations, China's relationship with the incumbent IFIs has been warming.
Big U.S. tech companies have strongly opposed France's digital tax, saying they would prefer a multilateral agreement.
The EBRD is the multilateral organization that covers the most countries along China's Belt and Road network.
Co-operation ceased in 2009, after multilateral negotiations broke down and North Korea started producing plutonium again.
Can one love the Iran sanctions regime but disdain the multilateral engagement and compromise that produced them?
Some $600 million in credit from multilateral lenders was immediately activated for the emergency, the government said.
A bilateral deal, cut over NATO's head, might compound growing unease over America's commitment to multilateral alliances.
And so Mr Trump's officials have, directly and by neglect, taken aim at the multilateral trading system.
One is to prevent Mr Trump's hostility to multilateral trade deals from poisoning the region's trading relationships.
"Multilateral efforts against slavery are siloed and fragmented, with little effort made at strategic coordination," he said.
And what will be the impact on the multilateral system overseen by the World Trade Organisation (WTO)?
He has sneered at the multilateral trading system, which he sees as a bad deal for America.
In his previous role at America's Treasury he expressed worries about China's "inroads" into the multilateral lenders.
And that crisis will likely boost multilateral cooperation between the U.S. and its major Pacific Rim allies.
"We oppose any unilateral change in the multilateral nuclear deal," Putin told Khamenei, Iranian state TV reported.
Days after Trump's victory, Xi vowed to fight protectionism and to push forward with multilateral trade deals.
So the U.S., European, Japanese and Canadian aluminium associations are all calling for multilateral talks with China.
" He added, "It would hurt America's interests in other multilateral negotiations and work in the United Nations.
Numerous efforts to restart multilateral talks have failed since negotiations collapsed following the last round in 2008.
It's a multilateral agreement that also involved the UK, France, Russia, Germany China, and the European Union.
The State Department's budget request shows a literal blank line under "Montreal Protocol Multilateral Fund" for 2018.
A loan agreement was signed under the guarantee of Azerbaijan's government with the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency.
What's more, APCAC see value in the pursuit of both bilateral and regional/multilateral engagement on trade.
He also said the Treasury would work with the G20 and other multilateral forums on currency issues.
"But I think doing it in a multilateral way would have been a better approach," she said.
"This is an international, multilateral deal that has been ratified by the UN Security Council," Rouhani said.
His preference for bilateral bullying over multilateral coalition-building has destroyed any pretense of U.S. global leadership.
"Justifying tariffs on the basis of national security considerations risks undermining the multilateral trading system," Malmstrom said.
By isolating allies, enabling adversaries and peeling apart multilateral institutions, Trump is making global conflict more likely.
But a revised NAFTA is no guarantee that the United States will stay in the multilateral agreement.
An interstate compact that functions a lot like a multilateral disarmament treaty would help eliminate corporate handouts.
Close to 200 treaties, including 80 multilateral agreements, have been modified before they were approved by Congress.
"  The European Union's (EU) lending arm, the EIB describes itself as the world's "biggest multilateral financial institution.
DELAYED INTRODUCTION The EIB, the biggest multilateral lender in the world, has ambitious goals on sustainable finance.
"We have not achieved any multilateral outcomes," European Union Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom told a news conference.
Abe also said Tokyo will continue to urge Washington to join the multilateral Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).
Through multilateral institutions, the U.S. often faces similar questions about how to treat countries in economic crisis.
"It's not what our preference is," Bolton said on "Fox News Sunday" when asked about multilateral discussions.
There are now major questions about whether the Japanese multilateral approach will be good enough for Trump.
Cities, especially in the developing world, can also tap into multilateral development banks and international climate funds.
Those measures follow multilateral sanctions unanimously applied by the United Nations Security Council, including China and Russia.
His purely transactional, nakedly cynical diplomacy rejects longstanding U.S. support for collective security, multilateral trade, and democracy.
However, sanctions are most effective when they are multilateral and enforced by the world's premier economic powers.
Trump is pressing Tokyo for a bilateral free trade agreement while Japan insists multilateral deals work best.
They are expected to interact during the multilateral discussions, but one-on-one negotiations are currently stalled.
The following day Rouhani gave European powers two more months to try to save the multilateral pact.
It is less prominent than Western aid agencies, multilateral outfits like UNICEF or other big international charities.
It also bucks the president's oft-stated disdain for the trade organization and multilateral institutions in general.
The United Nations and other multilateral organizations also have enormous military commitments in Africa, Mr. Tillerson said.
We need to be strengthening multilateral institutions, not dismantling them, a stance which dovetails with autocrats' agendas.
The multilateral institutions of that order — from the United Nations to NATO — are mistrusted by the president.
Meanwhile, monthslong multilateral talks aimed at calming the more immediate issue have had some short-term success.
The government also announced credit lines in state banks and loans from multilateral organizations for $150 million.
He made no progress toward the bilateral trade agreements he says he wants to replace multilateral deals.
However, the existing multilateral institutions do not have the capacity or infrastructure to bring about such leverage.
Bravo to French President Emmanuel Macron for remaining a supporter of multilateral aid, but he's the exception.
The Davos forum, marking its 50th year, has always sought to foster a sense of multilateral unity.
But even before America unleashed its campaign against the W.T.O., the multilateral trading system was in trouble.
But he said he'd "consider" a multilateral agreement if it is the best arrangement for the U.S.
Obama's national security philosophy, on the other hand, took a decidedly internationalist, multilateral approach for eight years.
Mr. Trump's unapologetically nationalistic approach has put into question the value of many alliances and multilateral institutions.
The United States and Russia launched the multilateral talks after the ceasefire they negotiated collapsed in September.
The two countries have since focused on multilateral talks that include other countries affected by the conflict.
Third, we should punish the nation states such as Russia that harbor cyber criminals with multilateral sanctions.
Pyongyang seems unable to understand the benefits of a multilateral process to deal with the United States.
Guaido said there is $1.5 billion available from multilateral organizations to take care of services in Venezuela.
These three were also advocates of free trade, multilateral organizations and the U.S. focusing on strengthening alliances.
Trump's talks on the sidelines are the main focus for the White House during the multilateral conference.
The multilateral system, for all its faults, is an effective vehicle for collective action and burden-sharing.
Instead, he called it a "multilateral problem" that's due in a large part to Americans not saving.
Mattis on Monday and Tuesday will meet with Northern Group, a multilateral forum of 12 European countries.
Profitability is low, as for other multilateral development banks (MDBs), but profits are retained entirely in reserves.
He has long pushed for a new multilateral world order where other powers counter-balance U.S. influence.
That strategic response, in both its national or multilateral forms, must confront the aggressor openly and politically.
In other words, the outcome of the negotiation process must precede the actual bilateral or multilateral talks.
As our fellow foreign ministers know, multilateral meetings are often pro-forma exercises in giving prepared statements.
In rejecting multilateral negotiations, the Trump administration has once again demonstrated its backward looking, "America first" mindset.
Compacts, then, are multilateral disarmament agreements that would help suffocate poor fiscal policy choices among competing states.
One of Trump's first acts as president was to ditch the multilateral Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal.
Some reports have said that a multilateral deal to remove car tariffs was one idea put forward.
It's considerably weaker, in fact, than what previous presidents had gotten during multilateral negotiations with the North.
Black says that one problem with the Trump administration's insistence on pulling back from multilateral deals, such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership, or multilateral institutions, such as the World Trade Organization (WTO), is that it ends up missing out on broader strategic trade goals, such as harmonizing regional markets.
Her Republican opponent, Donald Trump, has said that he will not pursue multilateral trade deals, only bilateral deals.
He also stressed that efforts must be multilateral, saying the U.S. and China can't solve territorial issues themselves.
Most major nations and multilateral organizations, like the WHO which falls under the United Nations, formally recognise China.
They discussed "ongoing multilateral efforts" to end the fighting in the city, State Department spokesman John Kirby said.
Any multilateral talks take time, especially on such a complex issue as the South China Sea, Yi added.
But the biggest impediment to multilateral cooperation, most think-tank experts agree, is President Trump's "America First" agenda.
Almost all its loans have been its own projects; just 2% are co-financed with other multilateral lenders.
The United States enacted a law late last year making it harder for Nicaragua to access multilateral loans.
Multilateral development banks are increasingly shifting investments toward climate-friendly project, with commitments surpassing $27.4 billion in 2016.
As for multilateral efforts, China's most eye-catching initiatives have worked around the existing system, not through it.
The post-war network of bilateral and multilateral agreements has benefited both the United States and our partners.
The latter, which meets in Saudi Arabia on December 9th, was the Middle East's most effective multilateral body.
These include offenses for which proceedings are required under "multilateral international agreements" -- which refers to anti-terrorism conventions.
Enforcing the rules of trade adjustment through existing multilateral and bilateral forums does not mean a trade war.
He shuns multilateral organisations, treats alliances as unwanted baggage and openly admires the authoritarian leaders of America's adversaries.
They accuse it and other multilateral development banks (MDBs) of not being upfront about their true carbon footprint.
Covering 23 countries responsible for 70% of world trade, it came to embody the rules-based multilateral system.
The NPT itself remains, 50 years after it was first signed, the bedrock multilateral nuclear-arms control agreement.
They quibble with references to the "centrality of the multilateral trading system" and to "development" as an objective.
That is why the role of multilateral institutions and especially the IMF will be more relevant than ever.
The IMF and the World Bank will not offer support unless Zimbabwe repays its arrears to multilateral creditors.
In response to Mr Trump's latest order, China's foreign ministry warned his administration to respect multilateral trade rules.
Bolsonaro, a conservative nationalist, has said he will favor bilateral relations over engagement in multilateral groups like Mercosur.
HK: No, because as you know, trade relationship is so multilateral and complicated, so called global supply chain.
All these issues have been explained in bilateral and multilateral forums and constantly amplified by the European media.
The Moldova conundrum is multilateral and complex, as it involves strategic, financial, and criminal challenges across numerous jurisdictions.
That is why the role of multilateral institutions — and especially the IMF — will be more relevant than ever.
The multilateral system of institutions, rules and alliances, led by America, has underpinned global prosperity for seven decades.
Instead, both sides just solved a stingy bilateral trade issue, but not the larger multilateral one with Canada.
As many as a dozen other CRS countries have declined to sign the convention or equivalent multilateral agreements.
He set up social programmes financed at first with Venezuelan money and now with loans from multilateral banks.
As China talks up its multilateral trade credentials, the risk of another WTO trade case is politically problematic.
She worked on multilateral affairs, women's economic empowerment and entrepreneurship as well as strategic communications at the council.
Although the bilateral numbers were hardly incriminating for China, the more significant multilateral numbers were even less so.
"Multilateral assistance and capacity-building activities always require a significant amount of negotiation and advance consultation," he said.
Should it go ahead, the sukuk would be the multilateral development bank's first euro-denominated public debt sale.
The desire to show that the United States is willing to increase its multilateral engagement is quite palpable.
Lew also expressed support for multilateral initiatives to discuss steel excess capacity and structural adjustment, the statement said.
Japan has repeatedly said it prefers multilateral trade negotiations, which puts it at loggerheads with the United States.
The multilateral diplomatic effort should be spearheaded by regional leaders with the full support of the United States.
U.S. President Donald Trump has distanced Washington from multilaterialism and prefers bilateral trade negotiations over a multilateral approach.
Xi, for his part, seems to be hoping Beijing can collaborate with Paris, Berlin, and Brussels on multilateral
The U.S. and the EU often used multilateral or plurilateral negotiations to foster engagement, but none are active.
There won't be one big final treaty, there will be an evolving skein of bilateral and multilateral agreements.
He may have underestimated EU unity and the importance that export-dependent European nations place on multilateral trade.
The glorification of NFU pledge has yielded immense support for India's accommodation in multilateral nuclear export control regime.
Trump's initial budget plan in March floated a $650 million funding cut multilateral development banks over three years.
For any truly constructive result, the United States must lead, regardless of Mr. Trump's disdain for multilateral negotiations.
I will seek international assistance — including from bilateral and multilateral agencies — to replenish stocks of food and medicines.
Many Americans are questioning the value of the United Nations, of the transatlantic alliance, and other multilateral organizations.
"Bolton has a long record of hostility and disdain toward multilateral security and arms control agreements," he said.
China's Xi struck a more conciliatory tone, calling for world powers to protect the global multilateral trade system.
In fact, it isn't even a multilateral deal that requires ratification in either Congress or the Iranian Parliament.
Paul Krugman Opinion Columnist For all their pomp, most multilateral summit meetings are boring and of little consequence.
Donald Trump is skeptical of any and all of the United States' commitments to multilateral institutions and norms.
The professed multilateral nature of its initiatives allows Beijing to pull other countries more tightly into its fold.
Additionally, Iran said it will ignore uranium enrichment limits as spelled out in the multilateral 2015 nuclear deal.
China's enforcement of multilateral sanctions against North Korea, meanwhile, remains virtually non-existent, something U.S. officials have acknowledged.
"For Canada that course must be the renewal, indeed the strengthening, of the postwar multilateral order," she added.
The EU has been working on alternatives to preserve the idea of a rule-based multilateral trading system.
We know diseases don't stop at a country's border, and global problems like measles need global, multilateral solutions.
This was a dramatic departure from U.S. practice of using the multilateral World Trade Organization dispute settlement process.
" Later, Neal said, Ross privately assured him that the Trump administration "would not give up on multilateral deals.
Countries also use wide-ranging "opt-outs" in multilateral trade agreements to protect important sectors of their economies.
Beijing has in the past expressed concern about multilateral and complex exercises, calling them destabilizing to the region.
"Consultants have often found it difficult to ... appreciate decision-making processes at a multilateral international agency," one said.
Japan has repeatedly said it prefers multilateral trade negotiations, which puts it at loggerheads with the United States.
The plan services the roughly 200 full-time employees of the multilateral organization, three of whom are American.
There is considerable alarm that the multilateral pressure campaign on North Korea will loosen now that diplomacy is ongoing.
On Friday, Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Twitter on that Trump's decision undermined the multilateral agreement.
Arrogant and unaccountable corporate stooges who run globalist multilateral institutions like the International Monetary Fund and the European Union. ?
Whether Trump can coerce those regimes without the help of international institutions and multilateral agreements remains to be seen.
External debt repayments to multilateral and bilateral creditors are manageable, and external market debt amortisations resume only in 7503.
"The United States delegation to the convention has become quieter and quieter, contributing less and less to multilateral discussions."
It thereby hopes to address its own concerns over China's rise, while tempting America back into the multilateral system.
In 2018 North Korea managed to import refined petroleum far in excess of the level allowed by multilateral sanctions.
To Mr Trump, who prefers one-on-one deals to multilateral rules, bilateral figures may mean more than averages.
He did not know that this was to be the last such comprehensive, multilateral trade deal of his lifetime.
A multilateral initiative last year to curb excess capacity yielded some recommendations, such as limiting subsidies and sharing information.
The International Finance Corporation, the World Bank's private-sector arm, and the multilateral Clean Technology Fund gave early backing.
Trump has made clear his dislike of multilateral trade agreements, pulling out of the TPP agreement with Asian states.
The twin pillars of Europe's place in the world are the multilateral rules-based order and the transatlantic alliance.
It seems self-defeating to try to defend the multilateral order using the same divisive tactics as Mr Trump.
Illegal wildlife trafficking is a major global problem and CITES is the premier multilateral arrangement to address the problem.
Kagame's announcement has brought widespread criticism and could represent an issue between Rwanda and its multilateral and bilateral donors.
Disagreement over the future of multilateral trade was a sticking point, PNG Foreign Minister Rimbink Pato told Reuters earlier.
And his America First reservations about multilateral arrangements, from the G7 to the WTO, NAFTA and NATO, run deep.
There are, of course, wonky answers: Unilateral and multilateral sanctions haven't been forceful enough, negotiators haven't been tough enough.
Kildee said he would prefer a more deliberative approach and a multilateral approach that doesn&apost fray longstanding alliances.
He has said he favors reaching trade agreements with individual countries as opposed to multilateral accords like the TPP.
Japan currently takes part in a multilateral mission off the coast of Somalia and in the Gulf of Aden.
Japan has long upheld a multilateral framework as its export-reliant economy has benefited greatly from global free trade.
This approach to currency — multilateral, and incremental — will mitigate some of the adverse consequences of more immediate, unilateral policies.
More than two-fifths flows through multilateral outfits such as the World Bank, the UN and the Global Fund.
Working with multilateral organizations like the UN isn't optional, it's necessary for the safety and security of all Americans.
But why not make the treaty multilateral, and have it signed by "all the principal powers of the world"?
The GOP platform strangely resuscitates a call for a "worldwide multilateral agreement" among nations called the "Reagan Economic Zone".
The International Criminal Court (ICC) was established in July 2002 under a multilateral treaty known as the Rome Statute.
"China has made substantial inroads into the [multilateral development banks] that are worrisome," he told America's Congress in December.
Expanding America's multilateral outreach with India and Japan to include Australia and other nations will take patience and sensitivity.
It should build a coalition to develop new multilateral tools designed to grapple with global grievances about Chinese practices.
But Ecuador's Deputy Minister of Human Mobility, Santiago Chavez, said aid from regional multilateral organizations was also being sought.
China is searching for ways to exercise more power around the world and has increasingly emphasized the multilateral approach.
Chinese participants in multilateral nuclear dialogues have said that China will ratify the CTBT when the United States does.
The multilateral trade agreement will regulate and track, but not halt or prohibit, trade in giraffes and hunting trophies.
China has created new multilateral organizationsfor security discussions and one for infrastructure loans, which the U.S. declined to join.
There should be multilateral religious exchanges that stress tolerance and work together to root out extremism, the document said.
Since 2011, Tunisia has been backed by foreign partners and multilateral lenders keen to see the new democracy succeed.
They require multilateral efforts and international consensus, and there is little patience for that inside the "America First" crowd.
Second, bilateral and multilateral stakeholders must better align their strategies with those of regulatory policymakers and the private sector.
In most other nations, traditional donors, multilateral agencies and private creditors held significantly higher portions of debt, it added.
Britain believed in multilateral cooperation, he said, while the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation was the "cornerstone of our defence".
This leaked WTO bill is part of a much larger story, Trump's war on multilateral, global institutions and agreements.
Renegotiation "is really not a scenario that in a multilateral process you can see as something feasible," she added.
He could start by fully supporting France's proposal for a multilateral framework for resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Open Skies, meanwhile, is a multilateral treaty that allows signatories to fly unarmed observation flights over other signatories' territory.
The delegation met with Afghan officials ahead of a multilateral peace conference in Kabul scheduled to start on Tuesday.
He has also maligned the United Nations and other multilateral conventions, as Mr. Trump has done, favoring unilateral solutions.
We need to build a multilateral, law-based system—not as a naive idea but as a practical idea.
A prerequisite for a stable international environment is for America to be engaged in world affairs and multilateral institutions.
Rather he proposed the creation of a "multilateral international mechanism" and the inclusion of other partners in the process.
European Commission Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis said at the same conference that multilateral trade systems needed to be preserved.
But in the months since the border clashes, multilateral talks aimed at resolving the standoff have eased the tension.
These numbers, however, belie the rhetoric that the highest levels of the American government have deployed in multilateral fora.
Elsewhere, the two nations are forging bilateral and multilateral trade pacts in parallel that limit options for the other.
The remaining $4.9 billion would be made up of loans from multilateral institutions such as the African Development Bank.
Obama generally preferred multilateral, negotiated solutions to foreign policy problems, but he made an exception when dealing with terrorists.
Gallagher pointed to a multilateral intelligence alliance comprising Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States.
The ambivalence of some American conservatives toward the EU is influenced by their disdain for its multilateral government structure.
We share a common concern over the failure of the multilateral system to address the existential threats we face.
And Bloomberg points out that the bank, which adopted the policy Thursday, is the world's largest multilateral financial institution.
China hopes the two sides' efforts will conform to multilateral rules, including the principle of non-discrimination, he added.
Moreover Cuba does not belong to multilateral institutions like the Inter-American Development Bank that could provide external guarantees.
US Marines are in Thailand for Cobra Gold 2020, a massive multilateral exercise that kicked off in late February.
For the chancellor, however, the most important single message of the gathering is ensuring multilateral cooperation through international institutions.
"Things are happening at a faster pace than perhaps people think, but the multilateral process is difficult," he said.
Abe said he was "fully aware" of Trump's decision to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership multilateral trade accord.
He was also struck by the White House's abhorrence of multilateral pacts, which seemed to him to be naïve.
He has expressed heavy skepticism of multilateral agreements such as the Paris climate agreement and of the United Nations.
Tokyo is opposed to an exclusively American deal and has voiced its preference for a more diverse multilateral agreement.
Georgieva can at least point to more direct experience than anyone in dealing with cranky shareholders in multilateral institutions.
" In an obvious reference to Mr. Trump, Ms. Merkel said: "Multilateral action is currently under pressure, indeed in crisis.
Mr. Malpass's stance that multilateral institutions are growing increasingly "intrusive" squares with the president's own skepticism of global structures.
And multilateral collaboration can solve problems that military action by definition cannot, like fighting Ebola, HIV/AIDS, and malaria.
A decade ago total issuance from municipalities and multilateral development banks was worth just a few hundred million dollars annually.
Multilateral bodies such as the NATO-Russia Council that were formed to encourage regular cooperation have become stagnant and unproductive.
Asked about his meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel about Ukraine, Putin said he agreed that multilateral consultations should continue.
A US Marine is fed snake blood during the Cobra Gold multilateral military exercise in Chanthaburi, Thailand, on Feb. 14.
Tactically, Mr Trump has little time for the multilateral bodies that govern everything from security to trade to the environment.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel suggests that negotiations be multilateral, like the talks that led to the nuclear agreement with Iran.
Over 90% of the money is being funnelled through the usual suspects, such as multilateral development banks and UN agencies.
Captain America (Chris Evans) and Falcon (Anthony Mackie), on the other hand, are not willing to serve as multilateral wusses.
Ostensibly, Carstens is leaving to pursue his ambition of directing a multilateral agency, the International Bank of Settlements in Basel.
Another set of multilateral negotiations is under way to liberalise trade in Asia: the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, or RCEP.
Trump was scheduled to leave for France on Friday night to participate in the multilateral G-7 summit this weekend.
But Mr Li said China did not want any country, let alone America, excluded from a reformed multilateral trading system.
And on July 16th the EU launched a working group with the Chinese to discuss reform of the multilateral system.
The Islamic Development Bank and the Malaysia-based International Islamic Liquidity Management Corp are the main multilateral issuers of sukuk.
Mr Trump has also quietly undermined the World Trade Organisation, and the multilateral principles it represents, by working around it.
A controversial choice, he has voiced concerns about the spreading power of multilateral and global institutions and of Chinese influence.
The Washington-based IADB was the first multilateral lender to replace a Maduro-selected representative with one backed by Guaido.
The slow, multilateral OECD process is a tough sell for Trump, a showman who likes to make blunt political points.
Leaders of Southeast Asian nations also voiced their support for multilateral pacts at a World Economic Forum event in Hanoi.
We can arrange it such that we strengthen multilateral instruments ... or such that we seal ourselves off and become protectionist.
Block Chinese companies that have been debarred by multilateral development banks for fraud and corruption from receiving BRI–related contracts.
"However, all the large-scale international conferences and multilateral activities have routine practices and corresponding procedures to follow," Hua noted.
The first of Mr Trump's three measures lies squarely within the multilateral system created in 22015 to resolve trade disputes.
In the new episodes, the conversation has become multilateral; the lessons extend in both directions and to all gender identities.
It might be different if there was a broader international consensus -- and the strikes were in support of multilateral operations.
That means modernizing the standard framework of free trade agreements while tailor-fitting them based on bilateral and multilateral interests.
Extending multilateral compression to non-dealer firms required operational changes by TriOptima and LCH and adjustments to the legal framework.
Nevertheless, negotiators in Vienna agreed to use the Montreal Protocol's Multilateral Fund to support developing countries in making the transition.
An IMF delegation last visited Congo in June 2016 as the government petitioned bilateral and multilateral donors for financial assistance.
Many governments have sought to sign bi- or multilateral free trade agreements constituting an agreement to mutually lower these barriers.
And beyond the economic argument, some politicians — including the Obama administration — highlight the geopolitical benefits of multilateral international trade agreements.
Hammond said the anti-terrorism topic can help demonstrate to the Trump administration the value of cooperating through multilateral organizations.
The multilateral development bank has been viewed as a rival to the Western-dominated World Bank and Asian Development Bank.
Trudeau and Obama should discuss opportunities to work together to advocate for greater multilateral attention and resources for these endeavors.
In fact, the USMCA lists seven multilateral environmental agreements that U.S. lawmakers have established as necessary parts of trade deals.
The United States scaled back attendance at Cobra Gold, Asia's largest multilateral military exercise, after a 2014 coup in Thailand.
The bank is the largest multilateral development bank (MDB) globally, with a total banking portfolio of EUR470 billion in 103.
But as far as I know, from the Japanese side, I think Japan will continue to advocate the multilateral solution.
"The AIIB needs to establish its comparative advantage relative to existing multilateral development banks like the World Bank," Lou said.
Unlike most observers, he seems to worry that China might learn too much, not too little, from the multilateral lenders.
Theirs is a top-down nuclear ecology, focused on influence and dominance, not strictly economic development or multilateral cooperation alone.
In his speech, Xi said the multilateral trading system must be improved and emphasized shared growth through consultation and collaboration.
Menendez, who strongly supports Guaidó's claim to power, said a more multilateral approach to sanctions could have achieved better results.
Foreign capital and substantial support from multilateral financial institutions will be needed to sustain BRI projects in the coming years.
Many of the successes of the multilateral working groups on shared regional issues evolved in spite of this American indifference.
Zhong said economic globalization is an irreversible trend and that China will continue to defend the global multilateral trading system.
His crime is working for President Trump, chastised as an "instinctive ideological enemy" of multilateral institutions by the Financial Times.
AF: The intention is not isolation but as Bernie pointed out we have seen several multilateral trade deals going forward.
If either one voted against the sanctions proposal, it would've made it harder to impose sweeping multilateral sanctions on Pyongyang.
Project financing is available to anyone anywhere in the world, provided by multilateral lenders and a syndication of investors worldwide.
"I don't think you're going to go back and reconstitute the multilateral sanctions that were put in place," Ryan said.
The president has questioned the value of the alliance and other multilateral organizations of which the U.S. is a member.
" Mr. Macron's strategy is to stay the multilateral course, with or without the United States, while strengthening "European strategic thinking.
Low-interest loans from multilateral development banks are also enabling cities to make the large upfront payments for electric buses.
At 238%, the proportion of debt owed to private lenders is almost on a par with multilateral institutions at 244%.
At 238%, the proportion of debt owed to private lenders is almost on a par with multilateral institutions at 244%.
Yes, but: It comes as global multilateral organizations find themselves treading water amid a recent rise in complacency and nationalism.
The meeting is expected to produce a modest communique affirming the commitment of both sides to the multilateral trading system.
Puerto Rico, due to its political status, cannot devalue its currency to boost exports nor seek financing from multilateral institutions.
He also has threatened new tariffs, quit the Paris climate accord and, in their view, expressed disdain for multilateral diplomacy.
Multilateral cooperation is an effective way to expand our economies, ensure security and promote the exchange of knowledge and talent.
But the Trump team, which is generally skeptical of multilateral institutions, aims to inject some steel into the Arctic conversation.
And some American officials remain reluctant to share some of their most important and sensitive intelligence in a multilateral setting.
The senator described Trump as an impulsive decision-maker who erred in pulling out of the multilateral Iran nuclear deal.
The multilateral OECD process offers the greatest potential for long-term success in resolving complex tax issues created by digitalization.
"In general, a multilateral framework is more efficient for the global economy," said Furusawa, a former top Japanese currency diplomat.
It is time for multilateral institutions to no longer consider China a recipient of aid but, rather, as a donor.
Existing financial resources for education, especially for girls, both within countries and by multilateral and bilateral donors, are woefully inadequate.
A second term would see the administration go after the globe's multilateral trade institutions, multiple Wall Street policy analysts said.
During the transition in 2018, the trade team persuaded President Trump that bilateral deals should take precedence over multilateral initiatives.
You are capitalizing on the pressure down hold by having more multilateral rather than -- BRIAN SULLIVAN: Rather than polluting technology.
The international community — in particular multilateral development banks (MDBs) — must now take concrete steps to operationalize principles of quality infrastructure.
But the president's trigger finger for trashing multilateral agreements is itchy, which could have detrimental consequences for any new strategy.
The U.S. created the World Bank, regional development banks, the UN, and other multilateral organizations to advance broad U.S. interests.
Though the Trump administration reflexively scorns multilateral efforts, North Korea is yet another case where going it alone won't suffice.
In addition to its large equity base (183% of total assets, well above the 10% required for banks by Tunisian regulation), CPSCL is dependent on multilateral long-term funding guaranteed by the Tunisian State, through multilateral financing agencies, mainly Agence Francaise de Developpement (AA/Stable/F1+) and the European Investment Bank (AAA/Stable/F1+).
The modern era of multilateral trade negotiation was ushered in by the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) in 1947.
The OECD's chief economist said more certainty will only be obtained if trade tensions were dealt with at a multilateral level.
However, he has also called for dialogue, saying in May that he would settle rows over the territory with multilateral talks.
" In fact, he said, this week's expo "demonstrates China's consistent position of supporting the multilateral trading system and promoting free trade.
In practice, we'll need to spearhead new bilateral and multilateral strategies and policy instruments that promote regional security and economic growth.
No one is likely to dispute the fact that China and its allies are working diligently to establish a multilateral world.
Bilateral and multilateral donors have pledged billions of dollars to Africa's energy transition, but little of that money is moving yet.
But it also signed up banking giants HSBC and Crédit Agricole, as well as several multilateral development banks and U.N. agencies.
The Group of 20 members must instead explore policy options to fix persistent global imbalances in a multilateral setting, he said.
It could also highlight the EU's commitment to multilateral partnerships compared to the more protectionist stance of U.S. President Donald Trump.
If it wanted, though, it would find plenty of allies for a multilateral push for reform of the Chinese aluminum sector.
Frustration with stalemate has fueled calls for a multilateral humanitarian intervention, with the OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro promoting this option.
It has expanded previous rules to cover issuers with securities listed in multilateral trading facilities in Luxembourg or Ireland, for example.
But the irony is that behind closed doors, his officials had been acting constructively in the multilateral talks at the OECD.
So it might seem that China has little interest in filling any gaps America might leave in the old multilateral system.
At that time, it was one of very few Laotian power projects not funded by multilateral banks or export credit agencies.
This attribute has greater weight in our rating decision than other factors due to the strength of the main multilateral shareholders.
"Trump has an instinctive hatred for multilateral deals with a special venom reserved for NAFTA first among all others," he added.
But the blow, not just to the Iran deal but to any future attempts at multilateral arms control, could be fatal.
Second, it would reproduce the insanely complicated mishmash of rules that the multilateral trade system was created to simplify and trim.
"We must categorically reject protectionism and unilateralism, firmly support multilateralism, and uphold the world economy and multilateral trading regime," he said.
As Haley's likely successor, Nauert would inherit the tricky role of advocating for an "America First" worldview in a multilateral organization.
Using the WTO to resolve this trade tussle could be taken as a vote of confidence in the multilateral trade system.
International sanctions have only recently been lifted as part of a multilateral nuclear deal to curb Iran's disputed uranium enrichment program.
As Haley's likely successor, Nauert would inherit the tricky role of advocating for Trump's worldview while working in a multilateral organization.
The central government expects to meet its 2017 financing needs mainly with local market issuance and borrowing from multilateral development banks.
Kaale said Indonesia could potentially increase its climate financing from many sources, including the private sector, international donors and multilateral organizations.
China will also do its best to continue to thwart Taiwan's attempts to join multilateral organisations and sign free-trade agreements.
His bottom line: "There needs to be much more cooperation between the multilateral system, corporations, and governments" in combatting climate change.
Tough new multilateral sanctions have been held up at the United Nations Security Council over disagreements between China and other nations.
Yun's first stop was in Singapore for talks at the Northeast Asia Cooperation Dialogue, a multilateral forum for discussing security issues.
Japan is wary of entering such talks and wants to convince Washington to rejoin the multilateral Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) pact.
"We need new rules of the game, enforced impartially by multilateral organizations, to ensure countries adhere to international responsibilities," he said.
Iran has faced economic hardship since U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew from a multilateral nuclear deal last year and reimposed sanctions.
And that the "America First" approach is a retreat into isolationism -- and a rejection of multilateral efforts to solving global problems.
"If the central bank wasn't paying, the system would collapse," an official at a multilateral lender said on condition of anonymity.
"We are meeting here at a time when the multilateral trading system is facing unprecedented challenges," he said in a speech.
A China-EU summit ended on Monday with a communique affirming the commitment of both sides to the multilateral trading system.
Most of the 100-plus countries in the CRS have signed a "multilateral convention" designed to speed up the data-swapping.
Most funding from bilateral development agencies or multilateral financial institutions must be channeled through and guaranteed by national governments, he said.
If it wanted, though, it would find plenty of allies for a multilateral push for reform of the Chinese aluminium sector.
Financing options are limited but we expect multilateral and bilateral financial support will help Cameroon meet its large fiscal financing needs.
Germany holds the presidency of the G20 leading economies this year, a platform Merkel wants to use to safeguard multilateral cooperation.
A multilateral approach can be essential to maximizing exports to multiple markets, something that is of utmost importance to U.S. businesses.
As NATO member Turkey's intervention Syria and increasing ties to Moscow demonstrate, keeping such multilateral groupings healthy is far from easy.
Importantly, China would be allowed to join only once it can credibly commit to the multilateral agreement on market-based rules.
My own research on trade policy uncertainty shows that bilateral and multilateral trade agreements reduce uncertainty and promote investment and exports.
When it is time to get hard things done in a multilateral context, others looked to the United States for leadership.
Going forward, the U.S. should seek new bilateral or multilateral agreements aimed at bolstering piracy interdiction and other IP enforcement efforts.
They are tools for U.S. industries, companies and workers to combat deviations from obligations enshrined in bilateral and multilateral trade agreements.
The timeline is unknown, but the announcement has already weakened the pursuit of a safer international arms trade through multilateral diplomacy.
Instead of getting all members to sign up to a multilateral deal, a like-minded group will set rules among themselves.
He is an expert on the United Nations and multilateral diplomacy, and addressed the U.N. General Assembly First Committee in 2013.
Before leaving for London, Trump participated in a pair of multilateral meetings focused on Russian aggression and the war in Afghanistan.
He has rejected the multilateral spirit of the group, opting instead to distort it into a series of independent bilateral meetings.
Last week, the Nordics hosted two multilateral meetings on energy — the ninth Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) and third Mission Innovation Ministerial.
Bickering over whether to go with a multilateral or a bilateral framework could be counter-productive, one of the officials said.
Fitch has doubts that China's banks can identify profitable projects and manage risks better than international commercial banks and multilateral lenders.
He guided the agency through a tumultuous time for nuclear development including the negotiation of the 2015 multilateral Iran nuclear deal.
The report also highlights several synergies, such as the desire to create reliable AI systems, which could support greater multilateral cooperation.
It undermines our nation's sovereignty to needlessly submit to foreign social policy, and further, it unnecessarily politicizes a multilateral trade agreement.
He said his country was keen on multilateral and bilateral trade agreements as it sought to restore confidence in its future.
All three are worth the fight, but mostly via multilateral efforts, and not just with the means the president is proposing.
They require multilateral attention, either at the World Trade Organization or through engagement in trade deals like the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Third, sanctions alone — even debilitating multilateral sanctions — did not succeed in moving Iran off a path towards achieving nuclear weapons capacity.
In the previous administration,  China and the U.S. were actively engaged in bilateral and multilateral energy negotiations including the Paris Agreement.
To kick-start growth, Mnangagwa will need to clear $2200 billion of arrears with multilateral lenders such as the World Bank.
America pays for such gratuitous grandstanding with loss of influence in Africa and in multilateral institutions where we need African support.
The only credible way to address these challenges is if governments partner with the International Monetary Fund and multilateral development banks.
Multilateral banks are known as mega-infrastructure supporters, funding the likes of new roads, bridges and power plants in developing countries.
But he added that if American officials "are after blowing up the multilateral system, then it is a very serious issue."
In Japan, Mr. Aso expressed concern about Mr. Trump's tariffs and has called for a multilateral approach to addressing trade imbalances.
Mr. Kaplan, 30, is a policy adviser for international multilateral matters at Fisheries and Oceans Canada, a government ministry in Ottawa.
However, with Donald Trump as president, one can be forgiven for worrying what chaos may ensue at yet another multilateral forum.
Next, bilateral or multilateral partnerships such as NATO, the United Nations and the European Union are essential tools to maximizing pressure.
The Treaty represents the only binding commitment in a multilateral treaty to the goal of disarmament by the nuclear-weapon States.
Mr. Trump has eschewed multilateral deals like the TPP, which he pulled the United States out of when he became president.
"This is the largest ever multilateral designation in the Middle East," U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in Riyadh on Wednesday.
Do you still believe that you still have the most to gain from an interdependent world, open exchanges and multilateral rules?
On the Trans-Pacific Partnership front, Ross on Wednesday played down the possibility that the U.S. would rejoin the multilateral group.
Over the past two years, the Trump administration has gradually increased tariffs on China and other trading partners, prompting multilateral retaliation.
It has also rankled the European Union, a strong believer in the multilateral system whose economy is heavily dependent on trade.
He laid out an approach of pursuing narrow self-interest over broader global ones and privileging unilateral action over multilateral cooperation.
This whole system here in Brussels was built precisely on the idea that we were going to enhance the multilateral process.
The president touched on an array of topics, including immigration reform, the potential for renegotiating multilateral trade deals, and the dollar.
Most members affirmed their commitment to preserving the multilateral trading system and supported a robust and well-functioning WTO, he said.
The air code has been hailed as the first multilateral deal of its kind, although such arrangements exist at bilateral levels.
"Trump hates traveling outside the U.S. and dislikes multilateral meetings," said Bonnie Glaser of Washington's Center for Strategic and International Studies.
That makes the multilateral meetings all the more important for the deal, hence the full-court press by America's Western allies.
Li said China's determination to improve the domestic business environment and its support for the multilateral trading system will not change.
Trump has expressed his preference for bilateral trade pacts over multilateral agreements and is locked in a lengthy trade war with China.
Only two months ago he said the TPP was "bad" for the US, reiterating his support for bilateral instead of multilateral deals.
The market started a decade ago with issues from municipalities and multilateral development banks, worth just a few hundred million dollars annually.
Multilateral institutions such as the IMF should do more to help the countries worst affected by derisking to improve their financial oversight.
Third, the past year has shown that international engagement and multilateral diplomacy can be effective -- even with rogue states such as Iran.
The 2015 Paris climate deal is the only multilateral agreement tackling rising carbon emissions, which scientists blame for increasing the planet's temperatures.
It was circulated this week along with a separate memo that would have put a freeze on any multilateral treaties or partnerships.
However, EU enjoys preferred creditor status equivalent to other multilateral development banks; it has never suffered a loss on its loan portfolio.
It goes on to say:  Indeed, this year, we have seen extraordinary momentum on climate change worldwide, and in many multilateral fora.
Nor do they substitute traditional financing through bond issuances or other debt instruments such as loans from multilateral institutions for financing projects.
"It is an opportunity to look at what might be possible on a bilateral level and on a multilateral level," she added.
In a Twitter message, Mr. Sánchez said "multilateral climate action is a priority" for both the United Nations and the European Union.
NATO allies discussed Syria on Thursday, including a German proposal for a multilateral force to patrol a safe zone in northeastern Syria.
Paris and NATO represent exactly the kind of multilateral agreements Mr Trump believes tie America's hands for the benefit of other countries.
And without the multilateral rules-based system to contain the conflict, the trade war between China and America could get much bloodier.
However, the government financing flexibility is supported by its access to international capital markets, multilateral borrowing, and the developing domestic bond market.
All of this plays into Mrs Merkel's fears that the multilateral order that has served her country so well is under threat.
The trade element of Trumponomics is a striking departure from previous administrations' policies, and a stiff challenge to the multilateral trading system.
According to the International Trade Centre, a multilateral agency, China accounts for just 8% of America's total imports of the affected products.
There is no downside to hammering a multilateral agreement on a controversial subject negotiated by obscure officials in air-conditioned rooms abroad.
"Identification of assets for sovereign or multilateral sukuk issuances is essential," the Manama-based group said in written comments to the IFSB.
It is a founding member of the Trans Pacific Partnership, a multilateral trade agreement that includes Australia, Canada and Japan, among others.
There is more potential for trouble if America's unilateral actions do not have their desired effect—especially if the multilateral system weakens.
A deal with China that limited industrial subsidies, long a bugbear of other countries, could yet be baked into the multilateral system.
To get finance the costs of the emergency, some $600 million in credit from multilateral lenders was immediately activated, the government said.
Supports multilateral diplomacy, but the administration has left the Paris accord, boycotted a new compact on migration, and gutted the State Department.
Ecuador is seeking to improve ties with U.S. banks and multilateral lenders that deteriorated under the rule of former President Rafael Correa.
Pursuing one of American core national interests, the U.S. administration lost a multilateral dimension of its forceful quest to balance trade accounts.
While many of our needs are short-term and multilateral in nature, the needs of countries of the region are longer term.
British finance minister Philip Hammond told reporters that multilateral anti-terrorism initiatives were on the G20 agenda and that Britain supports them.
In November, Lebanon's largest lender signed a $100 million loan with EBRD, a multilateral development bank, to support investment in environmental technology.
An expert on the United Nations and multilateral diplomacy, he addressed the U.N. General Assembly on disarmament and humanitarian issues in 2013.
Hub will support education innovators, multilateral institutions, global development actors, education funders and government and policymakers to inform practice on the ground.
For example, back in 1989, the Pelosi Amendment set international best practice on environmental assessments and public disclosure for multilateral development banks.
The intended benefit would be to facilitate long-term multilateral trade between China and all of the nations that OBOR will traverse.
To fund such projects, this global organization can aid in designing multilateral systems for public and private financing of cooperative water infrastructure.
" Mr. Obama said "there was probably too much agreement to make for as exciting a multilateral meeting as I sometimes participate in.
" McMaster described the president's approach to world affairs, which is often critical of multilateral international agreements and trade deals, as "pragmatic realism.
A multilateral agreement under the umbrella of CELAC, UNASUR or even the Organization of American States would be win-win for everyone.
"The reappearance of these impulses today is progressively weakening the multilateral system," Francis said, speaking to envoys from more than 180 countries.
We also have large deficits with Germany and Japan, democracies that are part of the multilateral World Trade Organization (WTO) trade deal.
It's natural for countries to name to important multilateral posts country nationals who are 'simpatico' with the administration putting their names forward.
Since then, countries like China have been more willing to flex their diplomatic muscle and less willing to defer in multilateral negotiations.
American officials have been discussing what new multilateral rules could look like with European and Japanese officials, but without much visible progress.
"These proposals represent a troubling departure from ongoing multilateral OECD discussions, undermining certainty and predictability for trade and investment," the coalition wrote.
We will not be able to restore even the multilateral pressure that lead to the world's ability to negotiate the Iran deal.
Politically, though, the TPPullout officially reverses the position of the past several presidential administrations that multilateral free trade deals are fundamentally good.
Tensions have simmered since U.S. President Donald Trump last year pulled out of a multilateral deal designed to limit Iran's nuclear ambitions.
Trump is convinced he can lower the trade deficit by eschewing multilateral negotiations in favor of a transactional deal-by-deal approach.
His government has agreed an IMF staff programme it hopes will help pay off multilateral lenders and Paris Club creditors next year.
So do robust diplomacy and America's engagement in multilateral institutions, both of which we have faulted Mr. Trump for ignoring or undercutting.
Local TES bonds will total 37.1 trillion pesos, while foreign bonds and multilateral loans will total 10.5 trillion pesos, the statement said.
The language of multilateral cooperation has been drowned out by angry appeals to tribal solidarity, tendencies that are heightened by economic anxieties.
On the surface, he seems an excellent fit with Trump, who is also uninterested in human rights and contemptuous of multilateral institutions.
Such an outcome would require political will and the kind of sustained multilateral diplomacy that the Trump team seems incapable of organizing.
The Trump administration, which instinctively recoils at multilateral initiatives, is unlikely to want to turn to the W.T.O. or the World Bank.
China's moves to strengthen its global standing have received a big boost from Mr. Trump's denunciations of multilateral institutions, alliances and treaties.
These put a multilateral sheen on projects in which Beijing controls the purse strings and also makes the rules of the game.
The federal government was already considering an emergency loan to Rio after it missed several debt payments with multilateral banks in May.
Rather than abandoning multilateralism and the widely dispersed benefits they bring, the U.S. should use its influence to reinvigorate the multilateral approach.
"Multilateral trade negotiations make progress only with great difficulty and the implementation of the Paris Agreement has met with resistance, " Xi said.
In fact, conventional multilateral talks are not the answer to the North Korea tensions, said Wesley Clark, former NATO supreme allied commander.
Are we getting into a fragmented world where that's going to be defined by bilateral and multilateral and things like the CPTPP?
A Vatican statement confirming Di Giovanni's appointment said she would oversee multilateral relations in the Secretariat where she has worked since 1993.
"We think that these issues are best dealt with by the rules-based multilateral system, which is based in Geneva," Fox added.
Russia has also pushed back on several multilateral attempts to condemn the Syrian president, including vetoing UN resolutions condemning the chemical attack.
If the Trump administration proves to be uninterested in multilateral diplomacy concerning Venezuela, other leaders in the region should seize the opportunity.
The U.S. and its allies have sought a diplomatic solution to curb the isolated nation's aggression, enacting both unilateral and multilateral sanctions.
"The resurgence in great power competition has put pressure on the EU's dream of a multilateral world order," Bildt and Leonard wrote.
In a subdued speech peppered with nationalist rhetoric and criticism of multilateral organizations, Trump addressed several of his current foreign policy challenges.
Our ability to project power — and influence outcomes — in the multilateral system is getting harder as other powers like China are rising.
U.S. officials have said they will continue to work through multilateral channels to help Syria, where civil war has continued since 2011.
As with climate change and nuclear weapons, the impact that one person can have on multilateral cooperation has rarely been so obvious.
Their foreign policy was realist, but with a greater emphasis on predictability, diplomacy and multilateral cooperation than Trump has thus far pursued.
Once that objective is achieved, the two sides will be able to better address other areas of their bilateral and multilateral relationship.
But is was a new face who cast a youthful glow on well-established principles of peace through dialogue and multilateral engagement.
There's scarcely a multilateral organization around that the wall-focused, America-first Trump administration has not lambasted, threatened to leave or left.
It said Obama directed his team to continue multilateral talks with "key nations" to seek a diplomatic resolution to the civil war.
That's the beauty of the negotiations at a multilateral level — you try to strike a balance — the balance is never perfect for anyone.
The world is largely open to immigration and multilateral cooperation, according to a new opinion poll published by the World Economic Forum (WEF).
The AIIB — a China-led multilateral development bank — also faced similar skepticism given its focus on infrastructure financing, including projects under the BRI.
The United States is not only harming the interests of Chinese companies, but also damaging the authority of multilateral trade rules, Wang said.
"Police will from now on (in this matter) use other bilateral and multilateral channels of communication to achieve international police cooperation," police said.
So a multilateral agreement to weaken the dollar, would in turn increase the value of, for example, the euro or the British pound.
Nobody knows precisely what the Trump administration's policies are, beyond a hazy "America First" slogan and antipathy to immigration and multilateral trade deals.
International sanctions against Iran have only recently been lifted as part of the multilateral nuclear deal to curb Tehran's disputed uranium enrichment program.
The World Bank presidency is the most senior leadership post of a multilateral institution to open since Donald Trump became president in 2017.
It has received far less attention than another multilateral lender launched a short time later, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) in Beijing.
Leading the UK's departure from the European Union, Johnson has made clear that he, too, shirks multilateral institutions in favor of national interests.
These are legitimate grievances, but the best hope of dealing with them is for America to pursue them vigorously within the multilateral system.
I'm concerned about the current trend in America and Europe toward retreating from the open, multilateral approach that has driven so much progress.
The International Monetary Fund said on Friday that the world had made too little progress on multilateral trade deals for over a decade.
But it should be global multilateral and not only trade balance but service-trade balance, income account balance, and so on, so forth.
Sceptics argue that to work the sanctions need to be multilateral (and reversible if the regime engages in serious negotiations with the opposition).
S. trade clash is "serious", but it shouldn't "take a multilateral body hostage", said an official of French President Emmanuel Macrons Elysee office.
On average, 32% of African external public debt is owed to private lenders and 35% to multilateral institutions such as the World Bank.
"At no point did President Trump, neither in bilateral meetings nor in multilateral ones, say he would pull out of NATO," Macron said.
After the ruling the industry feels "70% comfortable", says Mohammed Khnifer of the Islamic Development Bank, a multilateral lender based in Saudi Arabia.
The sanctions on Iranian oil, aimed at crippling the Islamic Republic's economy, came after the U.S. pulled out of a multilateral nuclear deal.
"In the actions we take, we are hoping to spur a multilateral response to address some of the world's toughest challenges," Mitchell said.
The multilateral organization has warned of the risk of lower global growth amid trade wars and uncertainty over economic policies in some countries.
Mrs Merkel wants to be remembered as the chancellor who stood up for the multilateral, liberal, individual order when it was under challenge.
Trump, who took office last Friday, reiterated on Thursday he would strike numerous bilateral deals, as opposed to multilateral accords like the TPP.
Despite his contempt for multilateral trade deals, he has yet to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement, but he says he will.
Hit hard would be foreign aid, grants to multilateral development agencies like the World Bank and climate change programs at the United Nations.
Technical or, heaven forbid, multilateral forums should not be allowed anywhere near the key parameters of such a new trade agreement with China.
China firmly supports the multilateral trading system and participates in the reform of the WTO, and clearly opposes unilateralism and protectionism, it added.
That&aposs what the administration said they preferred instead of larger multilateral trade agreements, they would rather see unilateral or bilateral trade agreement.
Cutting across all these challenges is the need to craft effective multilateral strategies for addressing global environmental problems without undercutting economic growth. 6.
The TPP was meant as a multilateral challenge to China rather than the unilateral one Trump has pursued to mixed success so far.
The current multilateral disputes in the South China Sea (SCS) are complex and have deep historical roots, involving ancient civilizational and national conflicts.
He said that there was a "healthy and helpful" recognition in the international community that Trump may need some persuasion about multilateral cooperation.
The draft communique backed "upholding the rules-based, transparent, non-discriminatory, open and inclusive multilateral trading system with the WTO at its core".
"The new administration comes into office with, shall we say, a degree of skepticism about the value of the multilateral organizations," Hammond said.
It's not clear whether the U.S. could completely scrap the agreement, since it is a multilateral accord signed by six nations and Iran.
I think we need international, multilateral action; something like the International Court of Justice, or even the ICRP—International Commission on Radioactive Protection.
The divide is also philosophical: Trump's weakness for strongmen and disdain for multilateral diplomacy cuts against the liberal international principles of the West.
And the financing assurances would involve contributions from all multilateral and bilateral creditors in support of Zimbabwe's economic programme after the arrears clearance.
Unless Russia decides to pull out, the multilateral Normandy peace process may remain stillborn and Russia's ties with the West will remain strained.
Finally, we must increase our multilateral efforts to cut off the licit and illicit funding streams that are keeping the Venezuelan regime afloat.
Under Mr. Trump, multilateral free-trade agreements are being trashed, in favor of bilateral ones where the United States can dominate smaller countries.
He said the US was working to address issues it had with the multilateral agreement and anticipated that might require a new deal.
Iran's nuclear program is currently limited under a multilateral agreement because of its weapons implications, but important restrictions will expire in coming years.
In July, the U.S. Treasury issued guidance on promoting the use of fossil fuels cleanly and efficiently through funding from multilateral development banks.
Once the rules are unveiled, a slew of overseas companies, banks, governments and multilateral agencies are expected to move quickly with Panda offerings.
As we saw in Buenos Aires and as we're seeing in the lead-up to Osaka, the multilateral meetings have become the sideshow.
A Canadian government official pointed out this was not the first time the Trump administration has suggested a bilateral, rather than multilateral, approach.
G-20 export credit agencies were the largest source of the problem, compared to other bilateral and multilateral assistance that the report analyzed.
Taiwan's over-reliance on China must be addressed, and access to the world's most important multilateral trade initiative could play a key role.
Such multilateral pressure could create a roadmap for reintegrating Venezuela into the international community through the gradual removal of sanctions and increased aid.
Billionaire investor Ross was sworn in as U.S. commerce secretary in February after helping shape President Donald Trump's opposition to multilateral trade deals.
"We concentrated on (a) multilateral trading system for obvious reasons and we agreed to start reforming the WTO (World Trade Organization)," Katainen said.
That resulted in a robust multilateral sanctions regime — essentially a web of sanctions developed by the Americans and Europeans that complemented one another.
The distaste Trump has for multilateral institutions and disagreements with other leaders on global issues could make for a contentious G-7 summit.
Additional funding of the central bank could come from international commercial loans, domestic securities or assistance from bilateral or multilateral donors, Staines said.
Nigeria spearheaded, alongside Senegal, the deployment of multilateral military troops on standby while negotiations were held to convince Jammeh to relinquish power peacefully.
Guerin, the study's lead author, presented the findings Monday at the seventh Multilateral Initiative on Malaria Pan African Malaria Conference in Dakar, Senegal.
The multilateral lender has been studying projects to fight poverty in northern Nigeria, where the jihadist Boko Haram group is waging an insurgency.
And on the multilateral stage, Washington should push for more concrete measures at the Group of 20 (G20) summit in Argentina this fall.
An already-fraying global economic order: The Trump tariffs circumvent the World Trade Organization, the global referee underpinning a stable, multilateral trading system.
That would need to be provided by loans from the International Monetary Fund and other multilateral lenders, as well as by private investment.
Trump has harshly criticised globalisation and questioned America's participation in multilateral institutions like the WTO, calling for a revamp of international trade rules.
Another major plank of Mr. Trump's campaign platform was his opposition to globalization and multilateral trade deals like the Trans-Pacific Partnership (T.P.P.).
One also has to lament the new administration's seeming disdain for the multilateral lending institutions and for the need for international financial cooperation.
Its $913 billion arrears to the World Bank, African Development Bank and European Investment Bank prevent access to new funds from multilateral lenders.
Like a walrus version of Wile E. Coyote, he lived to dynamite treaties, alliances and anything with "global" or "multilateral" in the title.
I hope China, USA, and European Union together can solve this kind of situations together with multilateral organisations as WTO, as I said.
But nations still engage in multilateral trade pacts, as the European Union has done with Japan and Mercosur, the South American trade bloc.
S. trade clash is "serious", but it shouldn't "take a multilateral body hostage", said an official of French President Emmanuel Macron's Elysee office.
They underscored their commitment to multilateral approaches as the salve to trouble, including widening economic inequality, terrorism and the ravages of climate change.
That system, with its multilateral agreements and rules to limit unilateral action, was from the beginning a crucial piece of the Pax Americana.
Promising to pursue "mutually beneficial commerce" through bilateral trade agreements, Mr. Trump roundly condemned the kind of multilateral accords his predecessors had pursued.
China firmly supports the multilateral trading system and participates in the reform of the WTO, and clearly opposes unilateralism and protectionism, it added.
Azevedo said Washington's absence was "totally and solely driven by domestic considerations" and unrelated to the country's suspicions over the multilateral trading system.
But Japan and the United States both signed a major multilateral trade deal, the Trans-Pacific Partnership, with 10 other nations in 2016.
Trump's blithe talk of "renegotiating" the Iran deal obscures the complexity of a multilateral agreement that is endorsed by the UN Security Council.
Accordingly, adjustments to the regulatory architecture of multilateral organizations like the International Monetary Fund might be critical in shaping the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
But for all its resilience, Coeure said that trade disputes and declining support for the multilateral order make strengthening Europe an urgent task.
"In the world of international trade, there is not a single precedent (for that), not in a bilateral or multilateral agreement," said Guajardo.
Washington has said that billions of dollars of financing from multilateral banks will be needed to rebuild Venezuela's economy when Maduro steps down.
To all those doubters, China and Russia stand ready as alternative models and protective powers, offering new arrangements for bilateral and multilateral alignments.
The signal from Viña del Mar, Chile, where the meeting took place, was clear: Multilateral trade and Pacific integration are alive and kicking.
They conversely see opportunities to expand their influence at the expense of the United States, including by undermining U.S. bilateral and multilateral alliances.
President Barack Obama shifted the focus to multilateral deals, seeking to extract maximum expansion of markets for the political pain of trade negotiations.
Trump signed a $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill last week that cuts multilateral assistance by $253 million compared to last year's funding level.
A second draft order called for establishing a process to review whether some multilateral treaties should be annulled, including current and pending treaties.
China senses that President Donald Trump's aversion to multilateral institutions such as the UN has given it more room to manoeuvre in them.
In contrast, Merkel said the answer to the world's problems was to see multilateral solutions instead of a "unilateral, protectionist course" of action.
"It is my hope that multilateral diplomacy will prevail and that we'll be able to stop them as soon as possible," Zerbo said.
And I'll lead the world in promoting effective multilateral action, including through UNAIDS and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria.
My messages are, one, we need multilateral and Trans-Atlantic cooperation, because it worked, and to weaken this cooperation would be a mistake.
With China's rising influence in the multilateral and UN system, we cannot afford to play this game how we have always played it.
Mr. Trump has been critical of multilateral institutions, and his secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, delivered a provocative speech in Brussels on Dec.
He sees international institutions like the United Nations and aggressive multilateral relations as the key to assiduously avoiding military action at all costs.
Tokyo will assert that global current account imbalances should be fixed via multilateral policy coordination rather than bilateral trade deals, the officials said.
Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni, asked what his message to Trump was, offered a defense of multilateral cooperation and warned against undermining that.
And she'll be advocating for an administration that views multilateral institutions — the UN included — with a strong degree of suspicion, if not outright disdain.
The main obstacle to shifting populist parties in that direction is getting right-wing nationalists to recognize the need for multilateral institutions, Norton said.
But while the multilateral TPP may never be revived, Trump's stated preference for bilateral deals will struggle to gain too much traction with Japan.
BRICS countries will continue to firmly oppose protectionism as they are committed to an "open and inclusive" multilateral trading system, the draft communique said.
But Xi said China was ready to coordinate more closely with Italy over international issues such as climate change, including cooperation within multilateral organizations.
"We believe in binational agreements, not in multilateral agreements that impose condition upon us," he said in reference to the role of the CICIG.
She is running on a platform that includes pulling France out of the European Union, showing a Trumpian distaste for multilateral agreements and globalization.
Russia in August proposed holding multilateral peace talks in Moscow and invited 12 countries and the Taliban to attend a summit the following month.
All the talk of a rules-based multilateral order, international human rights, or government of the people and by the people, is a sham.
America's allies must strive to preserve multilateral institutions for the day after Mr Trump, by bolstering their finances and limiting the strife within them.
But earlier this month, he said he would hold bilateral talks with Beijing if current multilateral talks don't resolve the matter within two years.
Trump has harshly criticised globalisation and questioned U.S. participation in multilateral institutions such as the WTO, calling for a revamp of international trade rules.
A multilateral UN treaty known as the 1951 Refugee Convention has established refugee rights including work, access to the courts, primary education and documentation.
"The United States is just handing the leadership over to China of the multilateral system," Jeffrey Sachs of Columbia University told Bloomberg this week.
Under its terms, the US and others would lift some unilateral and multilateral sanctions targeting Iran and unfreeze seized Iranian assets worth $100 billion.
The Brazilian government expressed "enormous concern" about the proposed U.S. tariffs and said Brazil may take "multilateral or bilateral" action to protect its interests.
In his first week in office, he signed an order pulling the United States out of the multilateral Trans-Pacific Partnership with Asian states.
That was indeed CAFTA-DR, a multilateral deal involving the U.S. along with Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and the Dominican Republic.
International sanctions against Iran have only recently been lifted as part of the 2015 multilateral nuclear deal to curb Tehran's disputed uranium enrichment programme.
"The longstanding G20 commitments to keep markets open, to fight protectionism and support the multilateral trading system, risk becoming empty words," the letter said.
The U.S. is poorly defending that simple fact against preposterous claims that it is out to destroy the multilateral trading system and free trade.
Narrow, typically bilateral scope: China is pushing to give the BRI a multilateral sheen, but in practice, it is a sea of bilateral deals.
Although the multilateral trade agreements, in particular, are not perfect, his preference for mercantilist policies would hurt economic growth and ultimately the American worker.
But working in collaboration with other multilateral agencies it can ensure greater success in regulating trade in species as well as protecting irreplaceable biodiversity.
What we want to see is that they continue to live up to those obligations that they have made in so many multilateral forays.
Meanwhile, Washington has raised complaints at WTO against India's export subsidies, estimated at $7 billion a year, which it claims flout multilateral trading rules.
That would weaken a multilateral international order which, with perhaps an eye on the history books, she considers it her job to help defend.
She said Mexico would retaliate if the tariffs were imposed, either hitting back at targeted U.S. goods, or by seeking redress through multilateral organizations.
The report was based on U.S. domestic law rather than WTO agreements and multilateral rules, the ministry said in a statement late on Tuesday.
The nomination of Malpass would put a Trump loyalist and a skeptic of multilateral institutions in line to lead the world's largest development lender.
Other backers included Finland, Germany, Britain, Belgium, the Rockefeller Foundation, the World Bank, the multilateral UN-REDD program and the government of Tanzania itself.
Fitch expects the country's external funding profile to benefit from support by multilateral agencies, although its external liquidity position remains weak compared with peers.
Japan argues that countries should not focus narrowly on bilateral trade balances, and pay more attention on current account balances and multilateral trade flows.
This should help to procure ongoing multilateral and bilateral debt, in turn, lessening the risks of a fiscal and/or balance of payments crisis.
Equity stakes accounted for 18.4% of total loans and equity exposures at 1H16, a markedly higher proportion than other regional multilateral development banks (MDB).
"The Trump administration seems to be shifting that from a multilateral to a bilateral and from a rules-based to a transactional, " Okun said.
Tensions ramped up between the United States and Iran after President Donald Trump withdrew from a multilateral nuclear deal last year and reimposed sanctions.
So I think it's very, right now, very important that we hold on to multilateral trade agreements in the best sense of that word.
The WTO chief praised Lighthizer's experience and knowledge of the multilateral system, but admitted the USTR has a hard, unenviable job ahead of him.
The bank supplements its deposits with wholesale funding from correspondent banks and multilateral entities, structured and syndicated loans, bonds, repos and a perpetual issuance.
But better the grind of multilateral negotiation than moves such as the European Commission's recent attempt to impose retrospective taxes on Apple in Ireland.
The UN has been without a permanent head for nearly eight months, and that has likely diminished the US's role in the multilateral organization.
Ultimately, whether the United States contributes to the Multilateral Fund falls to Congress, and the Senate still has to vote on the Kigali Amendment.
"We aim to provide $100 billion for climate action over the next five years, the largest contribution of any single multilateral institution," he said.
And although it dislikes multilateral institutions, the Trump administration will probably insist this pattern continues, regarding the job as a restraint on China's ambitions.
Iran, which is struggling to diversify its economy away from oil, has seen a disappointing economic response to the multilateral deal struck in 2015.
Some suggested that moving back to multilateral trade agreements such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which President Trump exited, would send a new message.
The days where the G-20 was a multilateral body, built to facilitate a shared stewardship of the global economy, seem to be fading.
One example of this was the Trans Pacific Partnership, a multilateral trade agreement from which President Trump withdrew in his first week in office.
This is the first year that an island nation — Fiji — presided over what may be the most complex multilateral process ever negotiated by humanity.
The United States blocked loans to the government of his predecessor and rival from multilateral lending institutions such as the Inter-American Development Bank.
Moreno has been rewarded by Washington with $10 billion in loans from multilateral institutions, including $4.2 billion just scored from the IMF last week.
The great strength of the World Trade Organization is that multilateral agreements concluded under its auspices reduce tariffs and other restrictions across the board.
Instead of working through multilateral organizations, Trump unleashed a spiral of measures that could depress global economic growth and put Americans out of work.
Beyond that, UN institutions have substantially less oversight than multilateral development banks like the Global Environmental Facility, which is administered by the World Bank.
We who live the painful realities of this conflict know that formal declarations and hollow multilateral resolutions are a sorry substitute for genuine reconciliation.
The company raised loans amounting to a total of 420 million euros and maturing over a maximum of 17 years from 4 multilateral institutions.
Nor has the "Free Trade Area of the Americas" many of us conceived as a more realistic multilateral approach based upon regional common goals.
"The rise of nationalist agendas around the world is creating friction among states as well as weakening multilateral institutions," he told CNBC's Joumanna Bercetche.
Rising U.S. protectionism reinforces the importance of a multilateral trading order — the kind represented by the Trans-Pacific Partnership deal — strategists have widely argued.
Of further concern is Trump's disdain for the multilateral lending institutions and his strong skepticism about the need for continued U.S. international economic leadership.
Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) is evidence of broad bipartisan support for U.S. sanctions, backing up multilateral efforts to promote a urgent elections in Venezuela.
The six-party talks aimed to denuclearize North Korea through multilateral diplomatic negotiations between the US, North Korea, China, Japan, South Korea and Russia.
"The growing interest in the multilateral financial institution in Africa points to China's emergence as a favored lender, rivaling the World Bank," per Adegoke.
They also urged regulators including the Financial Stability Board (FSB) to advise the G20 on multilateral responses to the growing presence of crypto-assets.
The Financial Times takes a look at how Trump's opposition to multilateral trade deals has European leaders looking to strengthen trade relations with Asia.
Former U.S. officials and analysts who watch multilateral institutions note that the coronavirus is simply unprecedented in its geographical scope and the resulting implications.
Now that the continent is undergoing tremendous disruption from the warming climate, strong multilateral action is imperative to protect it and its surrounding seas.
In a statement, the ministry said its actions in Idlib province were in line with multilateral agreements aimed at stamping out violent militant groups.
I hope we can together solve this kind of situation in the international multilateral institution, I mean the WTO and that kind of organization.
Hammond and China's vice premier, Hu Chunhua, would discuss multilateral and bilateral economic issues, financial services cooperation, and trade and investment, the ministry said.
Zarif responded on Twitter that the deal was not renegotiable and that Trump's stance "amounts to desperate attempts to undermine a solid multilateral agreement".
Relations between Egypt and Iran have been strained since the late 1970s but Cairo says it engages with the Islamic Republic in multilateral forums.
The nuclear deal was "a major achievement of European and international multilateral diplomacy", EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini told a conference in Uzbekistan.

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