Germany, it seems, can still rally those eternal values.

It does not want to see its industries outdated and uncompetitive.

The Finns were still able to attack after they got some artillery support.

Europe may not be a source of economic inspiration, but it still makes people dream.

First, it confirms that France retains the ability to act as Europe s prime mover.

But al Shabaab retains control of the majority of Somalia and remains capable of striking Mogadishu, the capital, as well as Nairobi.

Price competitiveness is a relative concept, not an absolute value, yet the policy discussion still ignores this basic fact.

Europe is not a monolith, but in many areas it can still act coherently, even without complete agreement.

There was an urgent need to enable those countries to become globally competitive on a sustainable basis.

But the real question now is whether America is still able and willing to uphold its global pretensions.

Yet not all minorities long subject to discrimination necessarily succeed under conditions of market competition.

Moreover, building competitive markets is essential to ensuring sustainable GDP growth.

More important, the structural changes that we have implemented still have much to contribute to future growth.

Meanwhile, American universities still attract the world s best and brightest in many fields, most notably in science and technology.

It may also be necessary to develop new competitive technologies and innovative applications, especially at the level of increasingly export oriented enterprises.

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

When private jobs are no longer competitive, government jobs seem an easy solution to keeping people employed.

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

UNIDO assisted the Government of Egypt to prepare a white paper for A Competitive Egypt , and is starting a major project in Saudi Arabia for the design of strategies to enhance industrial competitiveness and diversification

I have made it clear that we cannot talk about sufficient progress in terms of implementing standards so long as some minorities are still forced to live behind barbed wire and are unable to move.

Japan s high tech industries remain competitive, and the country is still the world s second largest exporter. It retains a highly innovative economy, which registers more new patents each year than all European countries combined second only to the US and eons ahead of China and India.

One payoff can come from Africans building distinctive satellite instruments, and thus spawning a globally competitive industry.

Despite the pending demise of print journalism, local papers still generally reach more local citizens than any other single institution.

Many coal fired power plants would be uncompetitive if they were required to internalize these costs.

Four years later, there were about 400,000 personal computers in the Soviet Union, and 40 million in the US. According to one Soviet economist, by the late 1980 s, only 8 of Soviet industry was globally competitive.

That all countries taking part in the political process on climate change should be treated equally has ensured that Europe still exerts a good deal of influence.

Cancer pain patients who accept that pain will persist and nevertheless are able to engage in a meaningful life were less susceptible to catastrophizing and depression in one study.

But, as Hollande s recent declarations indicate, currency appreciation is the last thing that an uncompetitive country like France needs.

Taylor sees the law as offering her a cruel choice either end her life when she still finds it enjoyable, but is capable of killing herself, or give up the right that others have to end their lives when they choose.

Asian states could do far more, for example, to address the dangerous nationalism that persists in Asia.

Most importantly, they have maintained competitive currencies, which is the best way to ensure high profits for manufacturers.

We found in our research that countries with competitive currencies were much more likely to experience growth enhancing structural change.

Second, parts of global supply chains that were not competitive are no longer protected by being adjacent to parts that were.

Silicon Valley CEOs say they will not expand in California because of high taxes and burdensome regulation, which make the state uncompetitive.

The draft COMESA Competition Regulations apply to all economic activity whether conducted by private or public entities and have primary jurisdiction over industries or sectors, which are the subject of a separate regulatory entity.

There is an unavoidable conflict of interest between (usually foreign) natural resource companies and host countries the former want to minimize what they pay, while the latter need to maximize it.

Labor and many product markets remain closed, despite the urgent need to increase competition, lower production costs, and raise productivity.

A senior official of a Chinese company has said that, even though rare earth exports have been restricted, Japanese companies can secure their supply by launching operations in China.

Our approach provides policymakers in developing countries with a framework to tackle the daunting coordination challenges inherent in the creation of new, competitive industries.

The purpose of Empretec is to help foster entrepreneurial capabilities and the growth of internationally competitive SMEs in developing countries.

But continued high growth in emerging markets depends on avoiding a second major downturn in the advanced economies, which continue to absorb a large (though declining) share of their exports.

United Nations Secretariat contractual restrictions, salary scales, grading of specialists and benefits are not competitive, even compared with those of other parts of the United Nations system.

Modern economies rely not on monopolies, but on competition.

The aim is to bring these pilot enterprises into compliance with environmental standards, while taking into account their need to remain competitive and to deal with the social consequences of major technology upgrading.

The EU s greater economic power still attracts other countries, but this power might lose its luster if the EU continues to disappoint them by failing to meet their expectations.