Abrogate
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15 examples of Abrogate in a sentence
To
abrogate
the pact would be against the interest of both parties.
If trust were to collapse, and the Iranian regime decided to
abrogate
all of the relevant international agreements, it is highly likely that it would get its weapon, even if the country itself was bombed repeatedly.
But this is an inevitable consequence of the Bush administration's own haughty manner, with leading spokespersons, such as Attorney General John Ashcroft, proclaiming their own righteousness in leading the effort to
abrogate
rights.
Of course, it would be better for everyone if Trump agrees not to
abrogate
the nuclear deal.
There is a simple, if radical, solution:
abrogate
the legal provisions that regulate the duration of employment contracts, and return the treatment of tenure and seniority to collective bargaining, as is the case elsewhere.
Moreover, he promises to renegotiate and perhaps even
abrogate
existing trade agreements, alluding to the possibility of a US withdrawal from the WTO.
During last month's local government campaign, indeed, Mr. Lee Hoi-Chang, the opposition Grand National Party Candidate for president, repeatedly emphasized the principle of reciprocity and vowed to
abrogate
the "Kim/Kim" summit agreement if Kim Jong Il's government continued to insist that the South accept the North's terms for the constitutional construction of a reunified Korea.
However, this works only if countries like Greece grow their way out of a debt trap or
abrogate
their deeply entrenched social contracts.
There has been widespread fear that Iran would
abrogate
the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and use its enrichment facilities to develop a nuclear weapon.
These risks are being exacerbated by US President Donald Trump, who has made a number of foreign-policy missteps, from mishandling the North Korea crisis to threatening to
abrogate
the Iran nuclear agreement.
I would sooner
abrogate
the ANZUS Treaty with New Zealand and the US – that is, I would sooner end defense cooperation with the US – than allow nuclear missiles to be sited on Australian territory.
When the nuclear plant issue was resolved, populist pressure was forced into a single channel, the demand to
abrogate
the Benes decrees.
Industrialist Wilbur Ross, the Commerce Secretary-designate, has been vocal in his desire to
abrogate
America’s “dumb” trade deals.
In fact, the Argentine government was willing to
abrogate
contracts with virtually all domestic constituencies – public employees, pensioners, provincial governments, and bank depositors – in order to meet its obligations to foreign creditors.
If Trump does not
abrogate
the deal before he leaves office, Biden and Xi should immediately restart talks to avert a looming catastrophe – namely, the impossibility of China meeting the Trump administration’s demand that it purchase an additional $200 billion worth of US goods and services over the two-year period from 2020 to 2021.
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