negotiating stance

collocation in English

meaningsofnegotiateandstance

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negotiate
verb
uk
/nəˈɡəʊ.ʃi.eɪt/us
/nəˈɡoʊ.ʃi.eɪt/
to have formal discussions with someone in order to reach an agreement ...
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stance
noun[C]
uk
/stɑːns/us
/stæns/
a way of thinking about something, especially expressed in a publicly ...
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(Definition ofnegotiateandstancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The developing countrynegotiatingstanceof underlining the 'differentiated responsibility' of the developed world for climate change is thus shown by the monetary damage estimates to be untenable.
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Theirnegotiatingstanceis that of a spaniel which lies on its back to have its tummy tickled.
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They must develop a clear position and a firm, positive and coherentnegotiatingstance.
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That does not appear to be a goodnegotiatingstance.
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Its interests often come at the bottom of the bilateralnegotiatingstance.
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Having protected shareholders by making provisions, they can take a toughernegotiatingstancewith their impoverished debtors.
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That action may be in terms of changing theirnegotiatingstance.
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That is not an enthusiasm for more qualified majority voting but anegotiatingstanceor linkage, prior to the intergovernmental conference.
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I do not believe in publishing one'snegotiatingstancein advance.
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Thenegotiatingstanceon which we sought agreement was pretty well the stance that all the relevant interests in this country wanted.
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Ournegotiatingstanceis entirely to that end.
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That was a deliberate part of ournegotiatingstance.
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That should be a major plank of ournegotiatingstance.
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We wanted quotas to be based on actual 1980 imports and not on 1982 quotas, but we were not successful in sustaining thatnegotiatingstance.
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That does seem to be a very curiousnegotiatingstancetowards proposals which are so obviously discriminating against our national interest.
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Ournegotiatingstancewill depend on the detailed proposals, but will consider the interests of passengers, operators and manufacturers.
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In rehearsing ournegotiatingstance, those who will pursue the negotiations are aware of these questions.
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Frankly, such anegotiatingstancewas not on.
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Many of us are very worried that there appears to be a gap at present in thenegotiatingstance.
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Does he believe that hisnegotiatingstanceis such that he could achieve something for nothing?
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