Such conduct was likely to make the Zambian plant less competitive by restricting its production capacity.

Germany, struggling with the burdens of reunification, undertook structural reforms and became more competitive. Other countries enjoyed housing and consumption booms on the back of cheap credit, making them less competitive.

And that will require a less competitive euro higher relative to the dollar and other currencies.

Their exports would become less competitive, and they would encounter heavy competition from the rump eurozone in their home markets.

Now that the housing bubble has burst, the US finds itself out trained, out educated, and out maneuvered in the global competition for employment.

But it is precisely the lack of economic reform at home that has made Italy one of the least competitive states in the euro zone economy.

There is no equally organized and active demand for evidence that all of these subsidies are distortionary, waste money, and make companies less rather than more competitive.

India and Japan are increasingly capable of competing in space research and activity.

Improvement on all counts is vital for America s competitive revival.

China s exchange rate intervention probably hurts a number of other emerging market exporters that do not intervene as much and are less competitive as a result.

Chilanga Cement appeared to be engaged in production and pricing strategies that made Zambian export cement less competitive compared with the cement from its plant in Mbeya, (United Republic of Tanzania).

They also are at odds with improving French competitiveness.

(e) Capacity building services to support the increased competitiveness of the industrial sector.

Accordingly, the Board is not in a position to assess the basis and reasonableness of assumptions or the impact on UNOPS competitiveness and profitability.

Energy efficient industry can compete better, pollute less and help to achieve national energy security.

Deregulation meant competition and thinner margins.

Today, Brazil is the world s most competitive producer of renewable fuels, based primarily on bioethanol.

The dynamics of adjustment within the eurozone exacerbate the underlying imbalances Germany is becoming more competitive while the periphery remains uncompetitive.

With a less competitive currency, many analysts hope, China will export less and import more, making a positive contribution to the recovery of the US and other economies.

The concentration of women in certain professions has other consequences too. Primarily, it leads to increased competition within such professions and the weakening of the general competitiveness of women in the overall labour market.

Kuroda s stance has already weakened the yen s exchange rate, making Japanese goods more competitive.

Commercial banks found it advantageous to accumulate weaker countries bonds to earn a few extra basis points, which caused interest rates to converge across the eurozone.

Competitive advantage is a firm s ability to do something better, faster, cheaper, or uniquely, when compared with rival firms in the market.

Higher import costs and lower export earnings combined to reduce the competitiveness of landlocked developing countries.

The FTC felt that this objective could be attained through less restrictive means.

Many developing countries in the region, in particular the LDCs and the Pacific Island countries, could not reap the benefits of globalization and trade liberalization due mainly to lack of competitiveness of their export products in the world markets.

Public sector unions also can affect a nation s competitiveness in global markets, albeit indirectly.

Over time, they will foster productivity and flexibility, and the countries that implement them thoroughly should thus become more competitive.

Experts also discussed the impact of OFDI on firms' competitiveness and how it could be measured.

With its pursuit of research into the farthest reaches of the universe deep space South Africa hopes to provide further proof that Africans can compete at all levels.

In the biotechnology sector, which was experiencing steady growth, a national forum for biotechnology competitiveness had been set up in September 2004.

But the degree to which the authorities will be able to push for more competition in banking will depend crucially on the regulatory framework.

The dollar is declining because only a more competitive dollar can shrink the US trade deficit to a sustainable level.

Unemployment is rising, their economies are not becoming more competitive, and the interest rates on their debt continue to rise.

The largest and best equipped farms are highly competitive, in the sense that they can produce for markets at a lower cost.

Competition among countries for skilled individuals and profitable industries, in turn, constrains governments abilities to maintain high tax rates on the wealthy.

US consumers are shopped out, savings less, and debt burdened.

The problem is that Russian labor is less mobile than in the Europe and the United States.

At the same time, the lower dollar makes American products more competitive in global markets, leading to increased exports and reduced imports.

To this end, he stripped the political system of competition, emasculated state institutions, marginalized the opposition, and basically eliminated public participation.

While trade facilitation is crucial, building capacity to ensure that national operators can compete on a level playing field is also important.

But such policies will be less and less able to guarantee peace and stability in the future.

Poor people tend to be more exposed to threats and are less able to absorb the shocks inherent in disasters.

Exporters pay a high cost for low quality trucking industries, as in Colombia, or when trucking services for perishables are inadequate. As a result, less than 65 of agricultural products in Latin America reach markets.

A new Franco German axis that makes France more competitive is just what Europe needs.