Compete
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If Latin America’s companies are to
compete
effectively with those based in developed or emerging economies, the region must urgently remedy this, by raising the skill level of its workforce.
Efforts must be coordinated so that initiatives do not
compete
or interfere with one another.
But, by being allowed to acquire popular legitimacy and a high degree of acceptance within the political establishment as the driving force behind the ruling party’s preparations for the post-Mubarak era, Gamal is being positioned strategically to
compete
effectively for the presidency.
But the US is also willing to accept the depopulation of entire states that cannot
compete.
When domestic firms must
compete
with, say, Chinese firms that are financially supported by a government with deep pockets, the playing field becomes tilted in ways that most people would consider unacceptable.
If it is unfair for domestic firms to
compete
with foreign entities that are subsidized or propped up by their governments, is it not similarly unfair for domestic workers to
compete
with foreign workers who lack fundamental rights such as collective bargaining or protections against workplace abuse?
With emerging economies (including China) slowing, and with meaningful multilateral policy coordination remaining inadequate, protectionist pressures will mount as major trading powers
compete
for a stagnant pie.
Its innovation gave rise to a huge number of new and dynamic companies, forcing IBM to reinvent itself completely in order to
compete
with them – just one example of the socially transformative effects of the PC.
A more integrated market would not only enable African companies to create the economies of scale they need to compete; it would also be far more appealing to institutional investors.
The free trade agreement, for example, would provide North American companies with the same production and investment conditions that are available to our companies and grant them agricultural subsidies against which no Latin American country can
compete.
Wind and solar are often presented as alternatives to oil and gas, but they cannot
compete
with traditional sources for electricity generation.
Not only does this severely undermine the ability of small firms to compete, but it also contributes to systemic instability of the type that we experienced in 2008, thus increasing the likelihood that taxpayers will have to step in.
Europe’s national anthem, a circle of stars, and talk of fiscal rectitude and structural reforms cannot
compete
with the potent messages of the EU’s opponents.
The people purchasing tickets want to be part of an international festival at which the world’s best soccer players
compete.
Bachelet’s own commitment to replace the constitution – an authoritarian holdover that she compares to a house that no longer fits the national family’s needs – will now
compete
with other urgent priorities.
Standard & Poor argued that such a mechanism would provide credit rating agencies with “less incentive to
compete
with one another, pursue innovation, and improve their models, criteria, and methodologies.”
Well, such a mechanism would indeed reduce raters’ negative incentives to
compete
with one another to please issuers of securities, and to pursue innovations and improvements that enable raters to serve issuers better.
But it would strengthen raters’ positive incentives to
compete
with one another to produce accurate ratings, and to pursue innovations and improvements that enable raters to achieve that far more socially beneficial goal.
Democracy can work properly only if all citizens’ operative principle is: “I may hate what you stand for, but as long as you are elected fairly and govern constitutionally, I will defend to the death your right to
compete
and win.”
In the last 18 months, the peso has appreciated 6% more than the renminbi, eroding Mexico’s ability to
compete
with Chinese exports to the US, by far Mexico’s largest export market.
In recent years, the renminbi’s decline relative to the dollar has prompted complaints from American firms that
compete
with Chinese products.
This raises doubts about whether Trump will be willing to open US markets in the few areas where the UK can still compete, like the aerospace and automotive industries.
In many countries, protectionism nurtures "hot-house industries" that cannot
compete
in world markets.
To
compete
in global markets, they will need to achieve the same consistency in these areas that they have in their traditional areas of strength.
China’s inability to
compete
with the US on a global basis does not mean that it could not challenge the US in East Asia, or that war over Taiwan is impossible.
In general, abstract and lofty visions are not good enough to
compete
with the simple and potent message espoused by nationalists.
They can’t
compete
for votes with the MB ladies.”
He does not need to modernize Russia so that it can actually
compete
with the world’s mightiest powers; he just needs to bluster enough that people – particularly his own – believe that Russia is once again among the first rank of nations.
Open societies, especially if they want to
compete
with non-democratic countries, must be more muscular: openness requires strength.
Companies cannot
compete
with firms that pay much lower wage rates on neighboring islands.
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