preferential arrangement
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpreferentialandarrangement
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preferential
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˌpref.ərˈen.ʃəl/us/ˌpref.ərˈen.ʃəl/
used to say that something that someone is given is better than what other ...
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arrangement
noun
uk/əˈreɪndʒ.mənt/us/əˈreɪndʒ.mənt/
a plan for how something ...
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Thus, signing apreferentialarrangementis forestalled by a heightened number of veto players.
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Thispreferentialarrangementpermits a "badgeholder" to make multiple searches during this time.
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I like to be able to have apreferentialarrangementwith somebody.
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Apreferentialarrangementis not by any means necessarily uneconomical or unadvantageous.
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It is quite a different matter for two protectionist countries to make apreferentialarrangement.
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Every trade agreement which is bilateral is apreferentialarrangement, because we are favouring the country with which we make the agreement and are also favouring ourselves.
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In many cases another representation called apreferentialarrangementbased on a utility function is also possible.
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Equally, there is widespread agreement that preferential arrangements have been quite influential, exerting a substantial impact on the global trading system.
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In so doing, preferential arrangements act to interlock the futures of many developing countries with developed country agricultural policies.
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We also conduct the first systematic test of the relationship between veto players and the decision to enter preferential arrangements.
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Colonial relations and political disputes, however, have a weak effect on preferential arrangements.
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Controlling for the influence of distance, however, contiguity has little additional effect on the formation of preferential arrangements.
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Secondly, systemic factors influence preferential arrangements.
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It concerns importers who, in applying the preferential arrangements, are disadvantaged by irregularities in the decisions of beneficiary countries.
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This involves preferential arrangements, and the abandonment of the doctrine of non-discrimination.
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There are important preferential arrangements for sugar, bananas and rum.
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They objected to the previous regime which gave preferential arrangements to distributors of bananas, but did not directly benefit the banana farmers.
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Are we planning to make preferential arrangements for them, or will they have to recruit entirely on their own?
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As it is evolving, this amounts to a question of subsidies to exports, barriers to trade, preferential arrangements, and so on.
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It was dismissed because it involved planned international investment, preferential arrangements and therefore discrimination in trade.
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