concession
Example Sentences
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“So it locked them into a stalemate where neither side would make concessions over their positions.”
He alarmed allies by demanding that Greenland become U.S. territory, before backing off after European officials promised concessions.
From Barron's
Meanwhile, the European Union has set an end-of-year deadline for negotiating its own free-trade deal with Malaysia, and Chinese officials have warned that trade concessions made to the U.S. shouldn’t hurt Beijing’s interests.
The senior EU official said there were no concessions for sugar, ethanol, rice, soft wheat, beef, chicken meat, milk powders, bananas, honey or garlic.
From Barron's
That was the arrangement for South Korea, which pledged $350 billion of U.S. investments, plus commitments to buy American energy and other concessions, in return for tariffs dropping to 15% for most of its exports.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
