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Greece aims to initiate debt-relief negotiations before Christmas, but the power dynamic in the euro zone won't allow Tsipras to get the best deal he can to relieve the country's debt. The International Monetary Fund, while calling for Greek debt relief, does not want to clash with Europe on how debt restructuring is implemented. As such, Greece is looking to the U.S. for the greatest possible support on debt restructuring.