外がい交こうカード

noun

diplomatic card; bargaining chip; diplomatic leverage

Figurative term for a diplomatic asset or bargaining tool used in international negotiations. Often used in political and news contexts.

• 経けい済ざい援えん助じょを外がい交こうカードとして使つかう国くにもある。

  Some countries use economic aid as a diplomatic card.

• その問もん題だいは交こう渉しょうの場ばで重じゅう要ような外がい交こうカードになった。

  That issue became an important bargaining chip at the negotiating table.