Over in the U.S., at least on the surface, regulators appear to be in agreement on setting minimum standards.
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And I think the President continues to believe that as we -- that in the trade agreements that we have, and that we are working on, that if labor and environmental standards are important to have as side agreements in a trade agreement that they're important enough to be in the original agreement itself.
Finality has to be in the agreement.
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If we're going to enter into an operational agreement we have to understand and be able to determine whether each of the people involved in that operational agreement is living up to the aspects of that agreement by finding out through transparency whether each of us is keeping up our end of the bargain.
First there was the Hamas-Fatah summit in Mecca where Abdullah undermined the US by promising to pay Hamas terrorists a billion dollars in exchange for their agreement to let Fatah terrorists be their junior partners in government.
"I'm convinced that if we work at it, that we will be able to convince India and China that it is in their interest to be part of a global agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, " McCain said.
But to collect her four weeks' severance pay, she would have to agree in writing to continue to be bound by the agreement.
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Under the law, possession of an email account - or even a critical article within a computer - can result in a prison sentence, although it too is widely flouted and is likely to be lifted once agreement is made in parliament.
The Doha trade talks were supposed to be finished by now, culminating in an ambitious agreement to free trade in farm goods and services.
To be sure, I am in agreement with the President that we need a more equal society.
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Louisiana couples must jointly petition the court, which has to find the agreement to be in both partners' best interest.
Governments will also decide how to stick to the task and timetable they set themselves to reach an effective, fair and ambitious universal climate agreement that is to be adopted in 2015 and to enter into force from 2020, and to raise the current inadequate global ambition to address climate change and its impacts before 2020.
On the broader issue that you mentioned in your first question, I think, again, that was reflected in the statements coming out of the G8, the fact that everyone was in agreement that there needs to be a focus on economic growth and job creation in the near term.
He also said very clearly that he is not wedded to every aspect of his plan, and that he understands that in order to reach an agreement, everyone needs to compromise and that compromise should not be a dirty word in Washington.
EU. His defence minister, Akis Tsochatzopoulos, was annoyed not to be told of the Madrid agreement in advance.
It promises to be the worst arms control agreement in American history.
If two nations involved in negotiations have very strong ties on a number of mutually beneficial subjects, it becomes easier to engage in discussions on any issues in which they may not be in agreement on.
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"Realistically, the institutions need to be securely in place and working to create the right conditions for all the legitimate expectations raised by the agreement to be fulfilled, " he said.
"The Clinton administration does not want to be the first in several decades not to have signed a significant arms control agreement with Moscow, " says former diplomat and Clinton administration official Thomas Graham Jr.
In response, Apple changed its developer agreement to forbid developers who want to be published in the Apple App Store from using the feature.
And in the details that have come out about the President's proposal, I think it is clear that he has demonstrated good faith and a willingness to meet Speaker Boehner and the Republicans halfway in an effort to achieve what would be a very significant agreement that would be of benefit both to the middle class and to the economy.
Their argument seemed to be gaining traction when, in May 2010, the coalition agreement between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats agreed to "review the control and use of accumulated and future revenues from the Fossil Fuel Levy in Scotland".
An outline for that agreement is due to be in place by mid-February, with the signing of a deal to follow in September.
Economists warn that the measure - set to be triggered in January unless lawmakers can find agreement - could plunge the nation back into a recession.
By the end of 2004, there was to be an ambitious agreement on freeing trade in farm goods and services, with the emphasis on helping the poorest countries.
But any intention to release the prisoner seemed to violate an agreement made with Israel in 2002 allowing for Mr Saadat to be kept in a Palestinian rather than Israeli jail, as long as American and British monitors were present.
Given that the outlines of a deal must be settled by the Hong Kong ministerial meeting coming up in December for there to be any hope of a substantial agreement, there was a real risk that Doha might be derailed by French intransigence.
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