bargaining chip

Example Sentences

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He added that the M23 was now likely to establish a parallel administration in the city, and use its military gains "as a bargaining chip in peace talks".

From BBC

But he didn’t mince words in describing how airlines became a bargaining chip during the shutdown negotiations.

From MarketWatch

The natural resource became an important bargaining chip in trade negotiations between the U.S. and China, as the U.S. is heavily reliant on China to supply rare earth minerals.

From The Wall Street Journal

China processes around 90% of the world's rare earths, which go into everything from solar panels to smartphones, making supply of them to US manufacturers a key bargaining chip.

From BBC

For Xi, however, the app was a low-cost bargaining chip.

From The Wall Street Journal