But tough bargaining lies ahead if the Uruguay Round of trade talks is to succeed.

The proposed statute was submitted to the national Spanish parliament for consideration in 2005 and was the subject of tough bargaining.

That is something Washington can help create by tough bargaining with Baghdad.

Imposing such a structure in baseball will take tough bargaining and unaccustomed discipline on the part of the owners.

But the mayor should not allow his desire for election year harmony to deter him from tough bargaining.

"This could be tougher bargaining than the last two and a half weeks," said one negotiator.

That dialogue eventually should lead to restoration of Lithuania's sovereignty, but not without much tough bargaining.

Send a true business leader - someone who is used to tough bargaining - and see how far he or she could get.

"Send a true business leader," he writes, "someone who is used to tough bargaining."

But other economists believe tough bargaining is the order of the day.