Given a fair wind, we will negotiate our way into the Common Market, head held high, not crawling in. Negotiations? Yes. Unconditional acceptance of whatever terms are offered us? No.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Having led many negotiations with countries outside the E.U. in the past, we would never enter the same compromises and reach the same good outcomes with states that don't shoulder the responsibilities and costs of the common market.
For any trade deal to move forward, there has to be agreement.
Everything is negotiable. Whether or not the negotiation is easy is another thing.
Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.
Our target is not negotiations, it is the end of the apartheid system. There can be no compromise about that.
With negotiations, you never know what's going to happen.
Oftentimes, the best negotiations result in a deal that benefits both parties. There are times when you simply want to go for the jugular, but often, you want the other person to feel pleased with the outcome, even if you are the clear victor.
Yes, negotiating is about money and the bottom line, but a lot of times, it's much more emotional and complex than that. Realizing that the economic outcome may not be the other party's top priority gives you more chips to play with and will enable you to achieve better results than you may have anticipated.
Negotiating in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree.
I'm not big with negotiating.