bilateral
adjective
uk
/ˌbaɪˈlæt.ər.əl/ us
/ˌbaɪˈlæt̬.ɚ.əl/Compare
Meaning of bilateral in English
(Definition of bilateral from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
bilateral | American Dictionary
bilateral | Business English
bilateral
adjective
uk
/baɪˈlætərəl/ us
Futures contracts are bilateral agreements, with both the purchaser and the seller equally obligated to complete the transaction.
Mexico already has bilateral trade agreements with Colombia, Venezuela, and Costa Rica.
Examples of bilateral
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The understanding that is achieved in our committee work makes it easier to have fruitful bilaterals at the margins of the assembly.
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Such bilaterals would undermine and delay the agreement just reached.
What chance is there within the bilaterals to ensure that growth is restrained below the levels of the 1982 quotas?
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In our colloquialism we call that the "bilaterals".
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In time, more bilaterals will certainly be announced.
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When bilaterals are in place we can have good working relationships, which are vital if we are to be quick off the mark.
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There have been three rounds of bilaterals: we expect a fourth to begin shortly.
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I have little doubt that bilaterals would be enhanced.
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The industry must know that over this next critical period, its basic protection under the bilaterals which end in 1981 will be the existing arrangement.
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I understand that the present situation means that 25 or so bilaterals have been negotiated and agreed with the main supplying low-cost countries.
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First, the bilaterals cannot be regarded as a substitute for full negotiations.
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What we want to do is to see all the parties to the bilaterals return to those bilaterals as speedily as possible.
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There is greater scope for a change in the context of the multilaterals than in the context of the bilaterals.
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We shall be delighted to continue the process when the bilaterals have been concluded.
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None the less, it was necessary to try to establish a broad framework within which the bilaterals should be concluded.
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