He said the United States still hoped that agreement could be reached with China this year on the terms of its membership in the organization.

The plan fell through when lawyers for both sides failed to reach a timely agreement on the terms of licensing the series characters.

However, the 26-year-old's transfer hung in the balance with no agreement reached yet on the personal terms of the contract.

The next step is to reach an understanding on the terms and principles of security arrangements.

The two were unable to reach an agreement on the terms of a second wager before Simon died.

Allied and its creditors committee reached a preliminary agreement on the terms of $300 million in financing.

The vote came shortly after bankers and lawyers reached agreement on the terms of a $1.15 billion loan deal that would allow the airline to keep operating.

There, they reached an agreement on the financial terms of the deal.

By the end of the day, the parties reached an agreement on the terms of surrender, which was formally signed the next day.

It did not, for example, reach a final verdict on the terms under which companies could try to bid for a nationwide collection of frequencies.