1.   He felt that there was an unbridgeable gap between the negotiating positions of the two sides.

2.   Prior to the opening of the talks the US sought to strengthen its negotiating position by suggesting that the bases were expendable.

3.   The PCC considered that the dialogue with the USA had reached deadlock and that the PLO should seek other ways of dealing with Washington from a stronger negotiating position.

4.   The Central Council also called for a meeting of the so-called frontline states to co-ordinate a unified negotiating position.

5.   Therefore if a purchaser is in a strong negotiating position, it should remember not to demand excessive restrictions at the time of contract despite its relative negotiating strength.

6.   Unequal negotiating positions Where the parties to a restraint agreement are not on equal negotiating terms.

7.   Analysts see that as simply a negotiating position.

8.   Arafat, in particular, must keep his negotiating positions realistic and his rhetoric calming.

9.   Barak had offered as a final negotiating position parts of Arab east Jerusalem.