horse-trading

Early in his career as an official, Yang Jisheng was an outspoken critic of the Ming government's horse trading policy with the Mongols.

The President must now decide how much horse-trading he's willing to engage in on his top domestic priority.

In general, though, heavy secret horse-trading continues around the world as the attempt to create a fascist world government collapses.

On the face of it, this horse-trading is odd (though stitch-ups of the parliamentary presidency are quite normal).

If this gloomier theory is right, the best that talking will achieve is not a breakthrough but some horse trading on the side.

EU posts are traditionally decided in a frenzy of horse trading that does not favour those who emerged early as favourites.

But the latter aspects were eased in last-minute horse-trading and banks are already finding ways to get around the former.

Conceivably, after a further round of horse-trading, a compromise might be reached.

It was overshadowed by horse-trading between France and Germany regarding the French candidate, Mr Trichet, eventually taking over.

In the horse-trading , lawmakers are zeroing in on a plan that would trim the cost of some Senate - approved tax cuts.

So far they have been made more on the basis of political horse-trading than on ability, and I'm wondering how to play it.

He stopped the budget being shaped in an annual four-month orgy of parliamentary horse-trading.

Expect grumbling and months of horse trading as recommendations are turned into legally binding directives.

Nowadays, estimating is sometimes akin to horse trading, when you negotiate rather than prove your estimate's validity.

China hitherto has been willing to cut tariffs unilaterally rather than on a horse-trading basis.

Many member states fear this will mean opening a can of worms, sparking a lengthy, acrimonious bout of horse trading.

Changes in power inevitably involve changes in style, and not just of the speech-making and horse-trading kind.

Cap - and - trade systems are politically popular precisely because they disguise this sort of horse trading and make change sound painless.

This tedious horse-trading was followed enthusiastically in India.

New emissions-reduction technology is sexier , but old-fashioned horse trading might just be more effective.

No party or alliance clearly won the election held three months ago, so a period of horse-trading was inevitable.

You also need to drop the disapproving talk of "shameless self-promotion" and "political horse- trading" , as this is how it works.

Few think that France and other doubters will actually block Estonia's bid; persuasion and horse-trading will probably bring agreement.

While the horse-trading goes on, the servant leader cannot get to grips with Nigeria's most urgent problems.

But given the broad economic benefits of dividends, investors must hope the horse-trading is quickly resolved