Concessions
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In the absence of institutional channels for expression of their grievances over the corrupt
concessions
that have preserved the ruling elite’s power, they must take to the streets.
They fear that cooperation with the Americans may not guarantee long-term stability, and worry that
concessions
on so fundamental an “Arab” cause as Iraq will further undermine their domestic legitimacy.
The M5S/League coalition, which won a combined parliamentary majority in the March 4 election, have clearly taken a page out of the Trump playbook, hoping to use Italy’s debt to extract
concessions
from the EU.
In any negotiation, the other parties will offer
concessions
to strengthen the doves, knowing full well that a failure to do so will enrage the hawks, who will then move forward with their doomsday plans.
But they don’t know when to slam the mental brakes by making
concessions
to other points of view.
In a recent Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia Susan Thornton articulated the administration’s belief that talks would not get North Korea to abandon its nuclear-weapons program, even if they brought much-needed economic
concessions.
While Germany and France disagreed on the
concessions
they were willing to offer, Greece could not pit one position against the other.
The NWFZ approach would entail
concessions
by all parties.
To avoid facing retaliation, the offending government is required either to change its behavior or to offer offsetting
concessions.
The dictatorship of macroeconomics is neither inclined to make
concessions
or to learn from past experience.
But his strategy – “renegotiation” of EU membership, followed by a British referendum on the new agreement – is the product of two illusions: first, that he can ensure a positive outcome, and, second, that the EU is able and willing to give him the
concessions
that he wants.
Sensibly, European Commission leaders have already moved in this direction by voiding
concessions
made by the EU to the UK back in February and declaring that there “will be no renegotiation.”
America’s inclination to use its home market as leverage to demand
concessions
from other countries can be expected to be a prominent feature of bilateral negotiations targeting China.
But it is also true that if the US wants to improve relations with its neighbors to the south, America should make significant bilateral trade
concessions
to the Latin American countries.
One could argue that
concessions
on this front would simply acknowledge attitudinal and behavioral reality and allow the church to move on.
Domestic resources constitute the largest pool of funds available to developing countries, which mobilized $7.7 trillion in 2012, largely through taxes, duties, and natural-resource
concessions.
Had Varoufakis adopted an equivalent strategy for Greece, he would have stuck doggedly to his demand for debt cancellation until the last moment, then backed down on this “principle” in exchange for major
concessions
on austerity and structural reforms.
India granted Pakistan MFN status in 1996, but Pakistan held back, hoping to win
concessions
from India on the unresolved issue of Kashmir.
Now Russia says that it will provide money in the form of loans, promising annual tranches of around $1 billion – but only if Belarus makes sufficient
concessions.
In return, the US could obtain
concessions
on domestic and regional fronts.
Calling for Israeli
concessions
is perfectly legitimate, even necessary.
Likewise, the US has no real interest in revitalizing multilateral trade negotiations, because bilateralism is much more effective in extracting
concessions
from emerging powers.
By withdrawing Canada from the Kyoto Protocol and largely rejecting the issue’s significance (before finally offering limited
concessions
to reduce the country’s carbon footprint), he diminished Canada’s standing on one of the premier global issues of our time.
A role for the Russians could help coax Assad into offering
concessions
that he will not make as long as he views the process as one that is intended to destroy him.
Trade unions agreed to
concessions
on wages and working conditions in exchange for job security.
Any agreement between Israelis and Palestinians will require deep
concessions
by both sides –
concessions
that leaders on both sides will need to convince their respective publics to accept.
The question is whether the Israelis will be willing to make such concessions, allowing either a two-state solution or a system of genuine and credible power-sharing within a single state.
Kim’s recent sacking of three senior old-guard military officials may hint that he is ready to offer some important
concessions
to prepare a favorable diplomatic environment for concentrating on economic development.
Moreover, the US should reward critical
concessions
by North Korea – for example, permission to conduct intrusive inspections of its entire nuclear program by international inspectors – even before the completion of CVID.
Trump could win personal kudos with a compromise that involved some concessions, both real and apparent, that Xi is willing to make – on the size of the trade imbalance, on intellectual property laws, on further market opening for US multinationals and financial institutions, and so on.
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