When negotiation or bargaining is forceful and shows clever and careful judgment, you can describe it as horse-trading. when the people, especially business people or politicians, who are involved in a discussion try hard to gain an advantage for their own side - used to show disapproval
disapproval If you describe discussions or negotiations as horse-trading, you disapprove of them because they are unofficial and involve compromises. the anger and distaste many people feel at the political horse-trading involved in forming a government