Acceded in example sentence

The Japanese authorities clearly learned a lesson from their detention of a Chinese fishing boat captain two years ago, when they eventually acceded to Chinese pressure – which included a range of harsh, and escalating, political and economic measures– to release him.

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Under Obama’s stewardship, the US acceded to the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia, and joined the East Asia Summit.

If Chinese authorities had acceded to US demands and allowed the market to determine the exchange rate, the renminbi would have depreciated further still, and US exporters would have had a harder time competing.

Last year, China acceded to US pressure to tighten economic controls on its North Korean client, proving that it is willing to do its part to preserve regional stability.

But the United States put pressure on the Secretary-General to leave Israel off the list;Ban acceded, and decided to leave Hamas off the list as well.

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