In order to get to the right deal, you need to be able to say no to the wrong deal. Saying no is fundamental to the process of negotiation.

为了能够得到一个不错的协定，你需要有能力拒绝一些错误的协定，因此，学会说不是一个谈判过程中的基础。

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Managers give too much attention to financial and strategic aspects during the negotiation of the deal.

在并购谈判期间，管理人员在财务和战略方面花费了过多的精力。

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The parties to the negotiation decided to put aside the question of whether, and how, to make the deal legally binding pending the passage of America's emissions-reducing legislation.

谈判中的当事人决定暂时不考虑是否和如何使讨论具有法律约束的问题，直到美国减排立法通过。

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"As far as I can see, there wasn't a great deal of negotiation here, " he said of the newly released documents.

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