multilateral

(adjective)

Involving more than one party (often used in politics to refer to negotiations, talks, or proceedings involving several nations).

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Examples of multilateral in the following topics:

  • Maintaining a Strong Economy

    • The Office of the United States Trade Representative is the government agency responsible for developing and recommending U.S. trade policy to the President, conducting trade negotiations at bilateral and multilateral levels, and coordinating trade policy within the government through the interagency Trade Policy Staff Committee (TPSC) and Trade Policy Review Group (TPRG).

  • The United Nations

    • In order to find these WMDs, Bush and a "coalition of the willing" invaded Iraq without explicit UN Security Council approval, causing friction within the multilateral UN .
    • The U.S.' s near-unilateral invasion of Iraq caused tension in the multilateral UN.

  • Private, Public, and Compound Associations

    • Its Charter is a multilateral treaty or contract between a number of governments.

  • Foreign Policy

    • The aforementioned interaction is evaluated and monitored in an attempt to maximize benefits of multilateral international cooperation.

  • Trade

    • Common targets include the World Bank (WB), International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the World Trade Organization (WTO) and free trade treaties like the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), the Trans Pacific Trade Agreement (TPPA), the Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI) and the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS).