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The result, as one Japanese analyst put it, was that “China scored an own goal,” immediately reversing what had been a favorable trend in bilateral relations under the ruling Democratic Party of Japan.
In 2002, China and ASEAN agreed on a legally non-binding code of conduct for managing such disputes, but, as a large power, China believes that it will gain more in bilateral rather than multilateral negotiations with small countries.
If Russia’s strategy aims to erode the Union by focusing on bilateral relations, the EU’s priority should be to institutionalize the Union as Russia’s negotiating partner.
Renewing the long-fractured bilateral relationship would require both parties to overcome strong domestic opposition.
America’s experienced diplomats seem to be more supportive of the move to strengthen the bilateral relationship.
If they are overlapping, which is highly probable, bilateral negotiations will be held.
As China follows through on its pledge to retaliate, the casualties will include more than half the bilateral trade between the two countries, with China itself suffering the most losses.
In this scenario, bilateral tensions will continue to mount, because individual disputes are settled in isolation from one another, based on a specific quid pro quo, and thus lack any strategic coherence.So, however their current trade spat plays out, the US and China seem to be drifting toward long-term conflict.
In this scenario, bilateral tensions will continue to mount, because individual disputes are settled in isolation from one another, based on a specific quid pro quo, and thus lack any strategic coherence.
Coming close on the heels of the Annapolis conference, which brought together representatives from all Arab states – including Syria – and Israel, many observers regarded our meeting as a signal of the Bush administration’s refusal to normalize bilateral relations with Syria or strike any deals or bargains with its regime.
What is needed is more intense bilateral diplomacy among Asian governments to settle long-standing disputes.
A multilateral deficit cannot be fixed by putting pressure on one of its bilateral components.
Without addressing the root of the problem – America’s chronic saving shortfall – it is ludicrous to believe that there can be a bilateral solution for a multilateral problem.
Many of these provisions are absent from international agreements currently in force – such as the World Trade Organization’s TRIPS accord – and from the bilateral free-trade agreements that the US itself has negotiated with a host of countries.
The conundrum is especially vexing for Chile, a country that already has bilateral trade agreements with every potential member of the TPP.
The joint organization of the 2002 World Cup by Japan and South Korea helped accelerate bilateral reconciliation.
No better opportunity to end decades of bilateral hostility is likely to come along.
But now that he is taking action to reduce America’s bilateral trade deficit with China, there could be grave consequences for the world economy.
Thus, for example, Turkey’s competition with Iran over Iraqi politics and the crisis in Syria has intensified, though bilateral dialogue about Iran’s nuclear program continues.
The fear of that prospect has long underpinned America’s East Asian security architecture, which is based on bilateral alliances and forward deployment of the US military.
The “constructive” part of Rudd’s thesis argues for systematic collaboration – with the US treating China more as an equal – in tackling a series of other difficult issues at bilateral, regional, and global levels.
During the last 20 years, the world has witnessed dramatic proliferation of regional and bilateral preferential trade agreements.
Indeed, bilateral trade flows covered by such agreements now amount to roughly half of the world’s imports, and have contributed significantly to the dramatic growth of trade.
Aside from the great damage caused by unequal bargaining power outside of the multilateral framework, the path of bilateral negotiations threatens to remove the focus from universal outcomes, which are the bedrock of globalization.
Trump and his advisers seem to believe that only balanced bilateral trade is fair and, therefore, desirable.
At the same time, Brazil is pursuing increased bilateral defense cooperation with African partners.
Such a strategy might be politically satisfying to some, but Russia lacks the resources to compete with the US and needs good bilateral relations in order to proceed with its own internal transformation.
China should follow up on its Security Council vote to condemn North Korea’s behavior by shutting down bilateral trade.
This can be done directly on a bilateral basis, for example, through long-term loans from developed countries’ export-credit agencies.
In response, China suspended its participation in bilateral military exchanges on cyber threats.
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