Competitiveness
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How can such a huge price gap not have an impact on
competitiveness?
In 2013, both German and US exports fell slightly in relative terms – hardly a sign of an energy-driven
competitiveness
divide.
The reason is simple: there is more – much more – to
competitiveness
than energy prices.
And, even in these sectors,
competitiveness
must be defined in a much broader sense than that given simply by comparing cost statistics.
Clearly, such considerations provide no guarantee that rising energy prices will not at some point seriously challenge European
competitiveness.
What is notable is that rising energy prices have been accompanied not only by relatively robust competitiveness, but also by huge reductions in CO2 emissions.
This suggests that rapidly reducing emissions may sometimes even help to maintain a firm’s
competitiveness.
Moreover, in an estimated 60-70% of cases, exploring the additional abatement opportunity would have no effect – or would even strengthen – the industry’s
competitiveness.
This is because greater reliance on recycling, for example, reduces costs – and thus enhances companies’
competitiveness
– while reducing emissions and driving new approaches like cross-sector innovation.
But it would be equally senseless to push for less ambitious policies, thereby stalling progress in the fight against climate change, without being sure that doing so would improve European
competitiveness.
The last thing a crisis-weary Europe needs is a new
competitiveness
gap.
In the eurozone, imbalances in
competitiveness
and fiscal positions – which were not noted during the perfunctory check, based on formal criteria, that was conducted before approving new members – led to a protracted economic crisis.
For example, governments could implement accelerated depreciation schemes for investment in low-carbon businesses; offer subsidies for investment in energy-efficient buildings; and create policies that favor industrial innovation aimed at reducing emissions and boosting
competitiveness.
Finally, Brazil’s policymakers should aim to remove, or at least significantly reduce, existing tax obstacles to efficiency and
competitiveness.
It should also gradually reduce the plethora of payroll levies that currently add about 50% on average to labor costs, hindering
competitiveness
and creating a significant incentive to informal employment.
American families are hurting, and elected officials want to pin the blame on China, thereby deflecting attention from the difficult task of rebuilding saving, restoring competitiveness, and living within the country’s means.
Similarly, central bank independence may be a great idea when monetary instability is the binding constraint, but it will backfire where the real challenge is poor
competitiveness.
In the current circumstances, with much of Europe lacking competitiveness, a weaker exchange rate is precisely what the continent needs.
(Admittedly, the Spanish labor market reforms enacted earlier this year may start to lift employment and improve
competitiveness
and growth on the economy’s tradable side, which is constrained largely by low productivity, not weak demand.)
German
competitiveness
did not just happen.
It took several years for trade union restraint to flower into robust competitiveness, but flower it did.
Public sector unions also can affect a nation’s
competitiveness
in global markets, albeit indirectly.
An enlightened corporate state, where unions fully support growth and
competitiveness
objectives, can deliver the economic goods as well as more de-centralized systems.
They also are at odds with improving French
competitiveness.
Rationalizing its exchange rates would strengthen Cuba’s
competitiveness
and increase its exports.
Energy can be a key driver of European
competitiveness
and the transition to a low-carbon economy, benefiting European businesses and citizens alike.
The economic transition would help maintain and strengthen Europe’s
competitiveness
in a global economy that is increasingly competing on the basis of sustainability and resource efficiency.
Most notably, Jorma Ollila, who had led Nokia’s transition from an industrial conglomerate to a technology giant, was too enamored with the company’s previous success to recognize the change that was needed to sustain its
competitiveness.
It is easy to agree with Summers and Reich that national economic policy should concentrate on US competitiveness, not on the well-being of particular companies.
And the facts indicate that, despite decades of globalization, US multinationals continue to make significant contributions to US
competitiveness
– and to locate most of their economic activity at home, not abroad.
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