Many are wary, though, of changes that might prompt arduous renegotiation of the bilateral treaty.
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Nokia, in a statement, said it has fully complied with laws and followed an India-Finland bilateral treaty on taxes.
The relationship between Lebanon and Syria grew significantly closer from May 1991, when the two countries signed a bilateral treaty.
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Furthermore, it would surely be possible to modify the ABM which is, after all, a bilateral treaty to accommodate Mr Bush's ambitions.
Would you support an effort to revise, perhaps even revoke, those -- that bilateral treaty, which gives China such an unfair trade advantage?
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No judicial decision contradicts the scholarly view that a non-dispositive bilateral treaty of an extinct State does not automatically become a treaty of its successor or successors.
If a foreign State ceases to exist under international law and, consequently, a bilateral treaty between the extinct State and the United States lapses, the President cannot use the "receive Ambassadors" clause to bring a new treaty into force between the United States and a successor to the extinct State without Senate advice and consent.
According to longstanding principles of international law, when one country has a bilateral treaty with another and is then "succeeded" by a different state (as Russia has succeeded to the rights and duties of the Soviet Union under a number of treaties), the bilateral treaty remains in effect only if both states so affirm--the new state and its predecessor's treaty partner.
The two sides agreed to work on a bilateral investment treaty to unlock the huge potential for co-operation.
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The substitution of four states for one in this bilateral 1972 treaty would convert it to a multilateral treaty.
In a statement, Nokia added that it has fully complied with local tax laws and an India-Finland bilateral tax treaty.
This practice is making a mockery of President Obama's much-touted "reset" of relations with the Kremlin - including, notably, the new, bilateral START Treaty.
Shortly afterwards, America and Japan reaffirmed their bilateral security treaty, which commits America to the defence of Japan, and agreed to look for ways to increase Japan's contribution to regional security.
Such an agreement, coupled with a bilateral investment treaty are required prior to granting the Soviet Union access to a number of U.S. government programs such as Eximbank credits and OPIC insurance.
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One hopeful sign: The Obama administration has promulgated a new model Bilateral Investment Treaty that, despite extraneous regulatory baggage it comes with, could well help guide U.S.-China efforts in the direct of more, not less, open investment across borders.
Bound by a bilateral alliance treaty, the U.S. is responsible for protecting South Korea if it comes under enemy attack, though some Koreans have pressed for more detail over how that would play out in the event of an emergency.
In sum, the ABM Treaty was a bilateral, non-dispositive treaty.
Indeed, no bilateral strategic arms reduction treaty with the Soviet Union or Russia has ever been ratified during a lame duck session.
Earlier this month a South African-owned game ranch was invaded, even though a new bilateral investment-protection treaty between the two neighbouring countries' governments had just come into force.
Rather, as a bilateral, non-dispositive treaty, the ABM Treaty lapsed when the USSR ceased to exist.
Rather, as a bilateral, non-dispositive treaty, the ABM Treaty of 1972 between the United States and the USSR lapsed when the USSR ceased to exist.
Having largely kept the Senate in the dark about these talks, it remains to be seen if the Obama administration will be willing to submit whatever they produce to the Senate for its advice and consent, or use the Bilateral Consultative Commission the new treaty establishes to circumvent legislators altogether.
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One would effect an extraordinary make-over of the ABM Treaty, from the bilateral accord signed with the USSR a country that ceased to exist nine years ago into a multilateral accord between Russia, Ukraine and Belarus on the one hand and the United States on the other.
One would effect an extraordinary make-over of the ABM Treaty, from the bilateral accord signed with the USSR -- a country that ceased to exist nine years ago -- into a multilateral accord between Russia, Ukraine and Belarus on the one hand and the United States on the other.
No sooner had the Senate finished approving the so-called New START Treaty by the closest margin of any bilateral arms control agreement with Moscow than the accord's principal architect served notice of her ambitious plans for further denuclearizing the United States.
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Should the Administration remain unwilling to follow such a course, the Center believes the Senate must insist that the emerging U.S.-Soviet bilateral chemical weapons agreement take the form of a treaty so as to safeguard both its prerogatives as a partner in the treaty-making process and the security of the United States.
The proposals will force all EU countries to notify the Commission of any agreements they wish to maintain that were concluded before the Lisbon Treaty and will give the Commission the power to review all bilateral agreements to ensure they are in compliance with EU law.
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