For example, China s labor intensive export sectors are losing their competitive edge.

German precision instruments and optical equipment, for example, lost their competitive edge when Japan entered the game.

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Brazil, meanwhile, aims to gain a competitive edge by making it easier for foreigners to immigrate with their families.

In the late 1980 s, Japan seemed capable of challenging America s industrial leadership, but by the 1990 s it lost its competitive edge.

For example, China s labor intensive export sectors are losing their competitive edge. They must be allowed to decline or move inland (and eventually decline).

Uganda wants a strong local content in the nascent oil and gas industry for its citizens to gain skilled manpower and a competitive supply edge.

An assessment mission undertaken in Jordan in November 2004 showed that the EMPRETEC Programme can provide a competitive edge to SMEs in the global market.

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Such disturbing developments reveal the extent to which Governments and employers are prepared to suppress workers' rights to win a competitive edge in today's cut throat global markets.

With America turning away from its global role of borrower of last resort, the rest of us will need to sharpen our competitive edge to sell in other markets.

In this regard, special and differential treatment should be accorded to landlocked developing countries to compensate for their geographical disadvantages which erode their competitive edge at the world market.

The first option would require coercion, and since countries will not accept that others should gain a competitive edge an international agreement to forego the benefits that genetic enhancement can bring.

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Their small size simultaneously creates a need to be competitive to survive and provides them the agility to do so., SMEs are often at the leading edge of technological development and innovation.

Likewise, if too many herbivorous fish are removed, algae gain a competitive advantage over the corals.

The Raj era may be visible in the buildings of New Delhi and in the uniforms of the Indian army, but Britain has lost any competitive edge that it once had in India.

Experience shows that democracies hold the edge over authoritarian regimes when it comes to handling the fallout from crises.

As the incumbent with control over the state machinery and media support, Rajapaksa has the edge in the election.

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Additional border crossings and the long distance from major markets, coupled with cumbersome procedures and inadequate infrastructure, substantially increase the total expenses for the transport services that erode the competitive edge of landlocked developing countries.

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And we've introduced a progression dynamic into it, where, by going to the same place over and over, by doing challenges, by engaging with the business, you move a green bar from the left edge of the screen to the right edge of the screen, and you eventually unlock rewards.

Societies that discover how to use the education and talent of half their populations, while allowing women and their partners to invest in their families, will have a competitive edge in the global knowledge innovation economy.

It was therefore a bizarre coincidence that the merger s collapse came on the day that the Commission unveiled its new industrial strategy for regaining Europe s competitive edge in the face of Asian and North American competition.

In this respect, TNCs from the South can use their familiarity with the local business environment, geographical proximity and ethnic and cultural ties to leverage their competitive edge in other developing countries (Aykut and Ratha, 2004).

UNIDIR's increasingly competitive programme brings young researchers from all over the world to work at UNIDIR for short periods.

Economic stagnation on this scale has alarming implications, because it means less and less tax revenues to fund all the reform projects and infrastructural investments Europe badly needs to regain its productivity and high tech competitive edge.

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

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Some factors precluding foreign entry may be related to the size of the domestic market, given the low purchasing capacity of people in general, the weak competitive edge of domestic players and the lack of established physical infrastructure.

When one species has even the slightest advantage or edge over another then the one with the advantage will dominate in the long term.

But fear not, claim advocates of unconventional monetary policy. What central banks cannot achieve with traditional tools can now be accomplished through the circuitous channels of wealth effects in asset markets or with the competitive edge gained from currency depreciation.

As a result, American firms with access to cheap energy are given a big competitive advantage over firms in Europe and elsewhere.

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Earlier this week Israel launched the massive Operation Defensive Edge against Gaza, which has killed over 80 Palestinians so far, many of them women and children.

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