How to Use multilateral in a Sentence

multilateral

adjective
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  • Chung said the efforts to push a change of course in Nicaragua are multilateral.
    — Christopher Sherman, Star Tribune, 10 June 2021
  • The project has the backing of Big Tech, multilateral banks, and one of the world’s largest telecoms companies.
    — Amrita Khalid, Quartz, 21 Nov. 2019
  • And Trump seemed to take a softer tone toward multilateral trade pacts.
    — Claire Zillman, Fortune, 26 Jan. 2018
  • So a multilateral agreement to weaken the dollar, would in turn increase the value of, for example, the euro or the British pound.
    — Anneken Tappe, CNN, 6 June 2019
  • The starting point must be restoring trust in the multilateral system.
    — Time, 10 Aug. 2023
  • The hope is to reform the structure of finance to get such multilateral development banks to lend more and at better rates.
    — Elaine Kurtenbach, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Apr. 2023
  • Our multilateral institutions, norms and treaties have failed to keep up with the rapid pace of change, and this threatens global order.
    — Henry M. Paulson Jr., WSJ, 14 Dec. 2020
  • Russia has hosted multilateral talks on Afghanistan in the past, but this is the first time the Taliban are known to have accepted an invitation.
    — Jessica Donati, WSJ, 20 Aug. 2018
  • The Davos forum, marking its 50th year, has always sought to foster a sense of multilateral unity.
    — Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2020
  • In return, the U.S. is expected to agree to a multilateral approach.
    — Washington Post, 22 Jan. 2020
  • The longer the multilateral talks go on without compromise, the more damage will be done to the American economy.
    — Jason Marczak, National Review, 13 Feb. 2018
  • There have been no multilateral search and rescue efforts for the missing women and children.
    — Nadia Murad, CNN, 16 Aug. 2021
  • Why is the World Bank, as the largest multilateral institution at only 35%?
    — Frank Van Gansbeke, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2022
  • The move also pushes the U.K. and Italy center stage in multilateral processes for 2021.
    — Jean Chemnick, Scientific American, 2 Apr. 2020
  • Macron urged Europe to defend the global multilateral order, for the sake of the continent's sovereignty.
    — Fox News, 11 May 2018
  • Trump is said to prefer such deals to wide-sweeping multilateral agreements.
    — Grace Dobush, Fortune, 5 July 2018
  • China is not seen by analysts to be the main cause of African debt distress in most cases, as countries also owe huge sums to multilateral banks and private lenders.
    — Simone McCarthy, CNN, 5 Sep. 2024
  • In the business world, few leaders are equipped to deal with the competing demands of multilateral stakeholders.
    — Eamon Barrett, Fortune, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Feltman said leaders are questioning whether the multilateral system is the right way to move forward.
    — Richard Roth, CNN, 30 Mar. 2018
  • Fans of the multilateral trading system boast about its openness.
    — The Economist, 11 July 2020
  • And one cost of this multilateral diplomacy was the expiration of the UN arms embargo.
    — Eli Lake, Twin Cities, 25 Oct. 2019
  • For many in Europe, the question is now about how best to preserve any kind of multilateral cooperation.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 10 June 2018
  • To Mr Trump, who prefers one-on-one deals to multilateral rules, bilateral figures may mean more than averages.
    — The Economist, 14 June 2018
  • To that end, Beijing has prolonged multilateral discussions about how to manage the region’s territorial disputes—and used the extra time to change the facts on the ground.
    — John Lee, Foreign Affairs, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Trump repositioned the United States in the world, pulling the U.S. out of a number of multilateral trade deals and climate agreements in favor of a more insular foreign policy.
    — Jonathan Lemire, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Jan. 2021
  • The defense of democracy has always been one of the major reasons for multilateral action.
    — Mihir Sharma, Sun Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2024
  • For many in Europe, the question now is how best to preserve any kind of multilateral cooperation.
    — Author: Griff Witte, James McAuley, Anchorage Daily News, 10 June 2018
  • The arena in which Trump’s policies have done the greatest damage while being least recognized is his across-the-board weakening of multilateral problem-solving and therefore the rule of law.
    — Jessica T. Mathews, The New York Review of Books, 16 Jan. 2020
  • What happens when the US shows up to multilateral fora or bilateral conversations and does not prioritize setting the rules of the road for the clean energy economy?
    — Matt Reynolds, WIRED, 10 Jan. 2025
  • If a comprehensive multilateral trade agreement remains beyond the reach of the administration, an easier political sell would be bilateral trade deals.
    — Elizabeth Economy, Foreign Affairs, 14 Jan. 2025

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