One interacted awkwardly with the French, agreeing this? (7,8)

I believe the answer is:

entente cordiale

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'agreeing this?' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'one interacted awkwardly with the french' is the wordplay.
'awkwardly' is an anagram indicator.
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'the french' becomes 'le' ('the' in French).
'one'+'interacted'='oneinteracted'
'oneinteracted' with letters rearranged gives 'ententecordia'.
'ententecordia'+'le'='ENTENTE CORDIALE'

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(Other definitions for entente cordiale that I've seen before include "Agreement" , "Understanding" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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