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Multilateral trade negotiations ran aground over import quotas.

Sometimes I'm criticized in my own country for professing a belief in international norms and multilateral institutions. But I am convinced that in the long run, giving up some freedom of action -- not giving up our ability to protect ourselves or pursue our core interests, but binding ourselves to international rules over the long term -- enhances our security. And I think that's not just true for us.

The Global Book Alliance is a partnership of donor agencies, multilateral institutions, and civil society organizations that are committed to bringing books to every child in the world by 2030.

During a speech in Washington Thursday, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said a new multilateral approach is necessary to prevent hunger and improve health care, education and global security. He said the economic crisis demonstrates the world's interdependence in the most visible way.

In connectivity, energy, trade, investments, and other areas, the significance of deeper cooperation in bilateral and multilateral frameworks was underlined, and it was hoped that our relations would grow in a number of ways.

The importance of closer cooperation in bilateral and multilateral formats in connectivity, energy, trade, investments and other areas was emphasized, and hope was expressed that our relations would expand in various directions.

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Canada has continued to work within this agency to promote a multilateral solution to the problems of narcotrafficking and narcoterrorism.

That is a sore point for the U.S. President Trump. He has in the past spoken against multilateral trade agreements. He argued that the deals give too much advantage to America's trading partners and lead to job losses in the U.S.