Is the sentence natural?
The very fact that usually one PARTY in a negotiation will travel to the country of the other PART establishes a foreign negotiating setting for at least one PARTY.

Could you please tell me whether it is necessary to replace 'part' with 'party'? Is the sentence natural? Thank you.

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Is the sentence natural?
The very fact that usually one PARTY in a negotiation will travel to the country of the other PART establishes a foreign negotiating setting for at least one PARTY.

Could you please tell me whether it is necessary to replace 'part'  with 'party'? Is the sentence natural?  Thank you.

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Here's my suggestion:  The very fact that usually one party to negotiations travels to the country of the other party establishes a foreign negotiating setting for at least one party.

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"Party" should be used in all three places; "part" doesn't make sense at all.

However, I'd rephrase the whole thing.

"The mere fact that, in most circumstances, one party in a negotiation will travel to the home country of the other party means that at least one party will usually be placed in a foreign setting for said negotiation."

That's the best way I would choose to rephrase it while keeping maximal information of your sentence intact.

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It's fine the way it's written.  If you want to use Party instead of Part, it would be written "...will travel to the country of ANOTHER PARTY establishes..."

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