The auto industry in Michigan has been hard hit by globalization and global competitors.
Other global competitors in food include Danone of France.
Mr. Marchionne's challenge is a snapshot of the difficulties facing most global competitors.
"Cities must plan this way to be global competitors now," he said.
Its major global competitors are Schindler, ThyssenKrupp, Kone, and Mitsubishi — Swiss, German, Finnish, and Japanese.
Any weakening of that weakens our ability to stay commercially viable with our global competitors.
Monsanto has 5 to 10 big global competitors, according to its annual regulatory filing.
"Under normal trading conditions, we believe we can compete with our global competitors," said Honeyman.
Britain already lags behind most of Europe and many of our global competitors.
Its major global competitors are Schindler, ThyssenKrupp, Kone, and Mitsubishi Swiss, German, Finnish, and Japanese.
And it just may show that our fears are unfounded and that American companies are still the best global competitors.
