substantive agreements

/ səbˈstæntiv /

plural noun

1. collective agreements that regulate jobs, pay, and conditions

Example Sentences

Their meeting on the margins of a European cooperation conference, Blinken’s second bilateral encounter with the Russian diplomat since becoming secretary of state, appeared to yield no substantive agreements but provided a means for the Biden administration to add force to its threat of “high-impact” economic retaliation should Russia launch an offensive against Ukraine.

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Biden stressed that the Putin meeting was a quest to understand differences and lay the groundwork for future discussions, not an effort to reach substantive agreements.

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However, in the U.S., those substantive agreements were overshadowed by Harris’ comments in Guatemala, where she starkly told would-be migrants: “do not come.”

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President Donald Trump’s history of pugnacity at multilateral gatherings, which brought last year’s G7 summit to an acrimonious conclusion, means there is scant hope for substantive agreements.

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Another Democratic senator running for president, Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, was skeptical that any substantive agreements would come to fruition from Trump’s talks with Kim.

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