transactional
Example Sentences
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Merz said it was time to recast the trans-Atlantic partnership as a more transactional alliance where Europe and the U.S. would face each other as equals with their own sets of values.
Ken Opalo, an Africa specialist at Georgetown University's school of foreign service in Washington, is worried that the US's transactional, bilateral approach "means that the bargaining position for African countries will be terribly weak and therefore they may not get the best deals possible".
From BBC
The transactional approach is not necessarily bad, Opalo said, but he argued that there is not the strategic depth of thinking going on, or diplomatic expertise, in African governments "to play this game well".
From BBC
"This younger generation of policy makers are much more transactional than their forefathers, there is greater competition for Saudi investment in the UK," he explained.
From BBC
The EU must be "less naive" and "more assertive, more demanding, and more transactional if we want to have an impact in these negotiations", her office said ahead of the Cyprus meeting.
From Barron's
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