asituationin which several differentcountriesororganizationsworktogether toachievesomething ordealwith aproblem:The report'sconclusionstressestheimportanceof multilateralism.Comparebilateralism(Definition ofmultilateralismfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
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multilateralismIn a nutshell, we arrive at a paradox ofmultilateralism.From theCambridge English CorpusThe wordmultilateralismheaded the original conference title but did not make it onto the book cover.From theCambridge English CorpusRegionalism is thus presented as the standard case in global economic integration between the two extremes of unilateral liberalization and completemultilateralism.From theCambridge English CorpusThe need formultilateralismactually rests upon a dispersal of sanctioning power, which leaves single countries powerless.From theCambridge English CorpusSome readers will also be troubled by the emphasis on bilateralism overmultilateralism.From theCambridge English CorpusThere is another argument whymultilateralismcan foster regionalism, in the sense that regionalism emerges precisely from progress inmultilateralism.From theCambridge English CorpusIn particular, the strong emphasis on solidarity with its allies was consistent with the norms ofmultilateralism.From theCambridge English CorpusThus,multilateralismand regionalist policies evolve in tandem.From theCambridge English CorpusIt is a valuable contribution to discussions of the possibilities and limitations ofmultilateralismin the region.From theCambridge English CorpusWhilemultilateralismargues that states are able to overcome prisoner dilemma situations by converging on international standards of regulation, comparative historical institutionalists assume ongoing diversity of regulatory frameworks.From theCambridge English CorpusInterestingly, this means thatmultilateralismand regionalism are by no means substitutes but may be complements if growing trade is accompanied with increasing specific investments into market access.From theCambridge English CorpusThis complementary role of regionalism andmultilateralismis further strengthened by the role of regionalist policies in achieving power balances across countries in the negotiation process.From theCambridge English CorpusThe issue is not between a free and anarchicmultilateralismon the one hand, and a wise planning of trading areas on the other.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0The discussion on regionalism andmultilateralism, as important as it is, must be postponed until then.FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - EnglishThe breakdown ofmultilateralismcontains within it the danger of sectoral trade conflicts and the revival of regional trade strongholds.FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - EnglishThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/multilateralism##
