"A rapid shift to low carbon growth is essential for security, competitiveness and prosperity, not an intolerable risk to competitiveness, jobs and growth.
The US says: TTIP will be an ambitious, comprehensive, and high-standard trade and investment agreement that offers significant benefits in terms of promoting U.S. international competitiveness, jobs, and growth.
A good deal of progress has been made in recent years in restoring global competitiveness, jobs, and excellence in innovation in this sector.
But the chances of all the unions agreeing to a deal are slim.In recent years several French reports calling for structural reforms to boost competitiveness, job creation and economic growth have been written by the country's best brains.
These measures would ensure U.S. technological- superiority, competitiveness, job growth.
The collaboration, which includes a $100 million investment from Cisco in French startups, could transform energy management, health care, and education -- boosting France's economic competitiveness, job creation, dynamism, and growth in the process.
"This commitment [to education] must also be reflected in domestic budgeting, with governments placing due emphasis on quality education as an essential investment in country competitiveness, job creation, and economic growth".
"I hope that reviewing means making this package bigger and making it be about business, competitiveness, new jobs and innovation", she argues.
"This bill maximizes the nation's investment in basic research, and helps boost U.S. competitiveness, creates jobs and spurs new business and industries," said Representative Lamar Smith (R TX), who chairs the House science committee, in a statement issued shortly after the vote.
Its mandate to promote growth, competitiveness and jobs (in that order) is likely to be little more than a pastiche of fine words.
George Osborne has raised the prospect of Britain leaving the European Union if the 28-nation bloc fails to undertake fundamental reforms to improve competitiveness, create jobs and protect the rights of countries which are not in the single currency.
