multilaterally

I think that if we can also do things multilaterally, which is not just in the U. S.-country X capacity, but is in a hemispheric context, I think there are things that they may be able to do in a hemispheric context that they have a harder time doing in a bilateral context.

Press Briefing By Sandy Berger In Chile ITY National Archives 1998

However, Citigroup economist Cheng Cheng-mount China might not accept this, since under current ECFA guidelines, trade disputes are handled bilaterally whereas under the WTO they are handled multilaterally and China is likely to reject a process that involves other countries.

Taiwan's Tsai Stresses Slower Track for China Ties Paul Mozur 2011

It was in that context that when the secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, showed up at a Southeast Asian meeting with the Chinese present, and asserted that the U.S. had an interest in what happened in the South China Sea, that we thought these multiple disputes that you refer to should be settled multilaterally, that sounds very harmless.

What's At Stake In The South China Sea 2010

First, we must not fall into the trap of protectionism — neither unilaterally nor multilaterally, neither in rich countries nor poor.

Good Reads 2009

It was in that context, that when the Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, showed up at a Southeast Asian meeting with the Chinese present, and asserted that the U.S. had an interest in what happened in the South China Sea, that we sought these multiple disputes that you refer to should be settled multilaterally, that sounds very harmless.

What's At Stake In The South China Sea 2010

I do not believe that interstate war will necessarily rise -- we now have better mechanisms for resolving international tensions multilaterally than at almost any point in the past.

Azeem Ibrahim: Eight Reasons Why The UK's Strategic Defence and Security Review Must Not Savage its Military Azeem Ibrahim 2010

"We can have, hopefully, improved bilateral relations with the Chinese while, at the same time, both of us engaging multilaterally effectively in the region," Mr. Morrell said.

Gates to Press China on Military Ties at Asean Adam Entous 2010

Although China had a reason for objecting—it insists that the South China Sea disputes be handled bilaterally between claimants and not multilaterally— Asean senior officials have no doubt China was using the issue as an excuse not to implement the declaration.

A South China Sea Charade Barry Wain 2011

China has repeatedly asserted that it prefers addressing any dispute with its neighbors one by one, rather than multilaterally.

To Parry China, U.S. Looks to Sea Treaty It Hasn't Signed Keith Johnson 2011

Beijing has laid claim to the entirety of the resource-rich South China Sea in clear violation of the U.N. Law of the Sea and used unrelenting diplomatic pressure to prevent the Southeast Asian countries whose territorial waters are being violated from coming together to address this issue multilaterally.

China's Threat to World Order Jamie F. Metzl 2011