They're negotiating tactics and that's where they should be - behind the scenes.
The President and his aide had differences over negotiating tactics, but their motive was to end the war with honor, the sooner the better.
He had no substantive word from the commissioners until March 1798, when the first dispatches revealing the French demands and negotiating tactics arrived.
Such demands are often used as negotiating tactics.
For all of the talk about negotiating tactics, all sides have valid and strongly held views on the issues.
The two sides also appeared to take a tiny step toward resolving a key difference in negotiating tactics.
The question is primarily one of negotiating tactics, in the view of some officials on both sides of the issue.
As a result, the Mytilenians quickly lost and had to implement negotiating tactics to stall for time.
You said that some Member States, or government representatives, are standing firm on their requests for change for reasons of negotiating tactics.
That section also covers planning for negotiations, negotiating tactics, and what is negotiable.