It's not because he wants a bilateral deal with the United States.
Some worry that bilateral deals, mostly among major powers, come at the expense of global efforts, leaving everyone else on the sidelines.
Julius, in fact, had saved himself by a bilateral deal, and at the expense of the Church as a whole.
The procedure is immensely complex because bilateral and multilateral deals must be worked out simultaneously.
On their own, he said, they do not have enough leverage to negotiate beneficial bilateral deals with large countries.
The busiest routes are carved up by bilateral deals between the national airlines at either end.
The trade office also plans to try to reach more bilateral deals with trading partners.
I said that the Soviet Union was not interested in doing a bilateral deal.
No number of bilateral deals would have the same widespread effects or benefits.
But this is a result of how the thing was started through bilateral deals, ignoring all the other interested parties.