reciprocal action

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But subsequent comments from Bessent on Wednesday, that the White House would not lower the rate without reciprocal action from Beijing, cooled enthusiasm on Wall Street.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2025

Christodoulides said Monday that any improvement in European-Turkish relations should be based on reciprocal action by Turkey, adding that the EU prioritizes a Cyprus peace deal in line with U.N. resolutions.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 31, 2023

Americans may also end up affected by the new rule, if Europe introduces reciprocal action against U.S. citizens.

From Washington Times • Jan. 21, 2016

"The unjustified action of the Ecuadorean government to declare Ambassador Hodges persona non grata left us no other option than this reciprocal action," State Department spokesman Charles Luoma-Overstreet said.

From Reuters • Apr. 7, 2011

External morality of institutions and internal morality of character in society as a union of many individuals can only increase together, and gradually, by reciprocal action.

From A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution by Williams, C. M.