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A high-quality US-China bilateral investment treaty would create a level playing field for American companies, giving them better access to China’s large market.
Then the European Commission took the idea and translated it into bilateral Stability and Association Agreements, so the original idea - regional reconciliation - got lost.
Ever since Richard Nixon took the dollar off the gold standard and exchange rates were floated worldwide, the US has sought to tackle its chronic bilateral trade deficit with Japan by pushing for a strong yen.
Japan's bilateral trade surplus is nearly the same size as its savings in the US.
The post-Cold War era was not really an “era,” but rather a gradual transition from a bilateral Cold War to a more complex international order that still involves, in the final analysis, two world powers.
Because of the sensitivity of sources and the dangers of disclosure, much of this work is carried out through bilateral arrangements.
The key point today is that the governments in both India and Japan are keen on developing their strategic consensus about Asia’s future, a fact underscored by the many bilateral discussions between defense and military officials of both countries that are taking place.
Bilateral efforts should also be launched to develop other defense technologies.
These include not only World Trade Organization rules, but also proliferating regional and bilateral trade and investment agreements – all of which have sharply reduced the scope for IP formulation by limiting options for protecting and supporting industries and businesses selectively.
Few dispute that the world’s most important bilateral relationship is in deep trouble.
While such improvements, on their own, will not change the relationship’s adversarial dynamic, they may halt the deterioration in bilateral ties, at least for now.
For China, the biggest prize is a bilateral investment treaty (BIT).
But what really matters is whether, after the summit, China takes concrete actions that reflect a genuine shift from the policies that have fueled the deterioration in bilateral ties.
Rather, the two countries’ recently signed bilateral cooperation agreement is about “safeguarding Afghanistan’s national stability” through social and economic development.
The decision to associate the UK with the United States was a defensible strategic choice for a smaller country that derived much of its influence from the closeness of the bilateral relationship.
But this was due not to bilateral corrections in these countries’ trade relationships with the US, but mostly to their energy dependence and the decade’s energy price shocks.
More debt relief – encompassing more countries and more debt (including bilateral debt) – is needed.
Those bilateral negotiations will benefit other members of the WTO as well, because membership in the WTO obligates China to treat all other members equally.
A positive vote could change the outlook for bilateral talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority.
Although bilateral tensions began to build from 1998 onward, due to the Taliban’s refusal to turn over Osama bin Laden to Saudi Arabia (his homeland), the Kingdom still hoped that petro-dollar diplomacy might solve this problem.
Afghanistan was the only state that opposed Pakistan’s entry into the United Nations when it gained independence from British rule in 1947, contributing to nearly 70 years of bilateral tensions.
And given the deepening crisis in Catalonia and the resilience of European populists, the bilateral relationship is more important than ever.
During Modi’s visit to Japan in early September, Abe offered to invest $35 billion in Indian infrastructure projects over five years, accelerate negotiations on civil nuclear deals, and boost bilateral maritime security cooperation.
China also promised to establish two industrial parks, in Gujarat and Maharashtra, as well as provide greater market access to Indian products, in an effort to allay India’s worries over the widening bilateral trade deficit, which has soared from $1 billion in 2001 to more than $40 billion today.
Xi’s visit to India strongly suggests that China is determined to engage with Modi in ways that are intended to inhibit the bilateral rivalry from intensifying.
It failed, because when the bilateral talks collapsed, readiness to engage in regional cooperation withered under the despair of failed politics and the bloody reality of the Second Intifada.
Despite decades of effort, the process of trial and error through bilateral and conflict-management approaches has always ended in frustration.
Until recently, the global imbalances problem was centered on China’s bilateral surplus with the US.
Most worryingly, the agreement provides for information sharing on issues relevant to bilateral and international relations.
Canada's government has been more willing to approach North American issues on a bilateral basis than in a tri-national context; furthermore, Canadians are preoccupied with the consequences and aftermath of SARS and mad cow disease, as well as anticipating a new government next year.
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