Sentence examples for has hurt competitiveness from inspiring English sources
Overheating has hurt competitiveness.
Although the oil-related rise in the krone has hurt competitiveness, GDP growth on Norway's mainland is expected to rise to 1¾% this year and 2½% in 2003.
Rice is highly politicized in Thailand, and this year, partly to appease disgruntled farmers, the government put in place a price guarantee system that has hurt competitiveness, leading to stockpiles of unsold rice.
Banks have grown eager to repay TARP money as quickly as possible, to rid themselves of compensation caps and other restrictions that they complain has hurt their competitiveness.
High inflation has hurt the economy's competitiveness, imports are rising rapidly and energy problems are mounting from the lack of foreign investment.
The strong Japanese yen has hurt the country's export competitiveness, while demand has evaporated as growth slowed in most regions.
In addition, a stubbornly strong yen continues to sap their competitiveness, while Japan's territorial dispute with China has hurt sales there.
Rising freight rates have hurt the competitiveness of some American exports to China, especially agricultural commodities.
In Japan, where the yen's strength may have hurt Japanese competitiveness, exports measured in yen are off more than 20 percent from record levels.
Taiwan businesses have been the biggest "foreign" investors in China in the last decade, and they contend that the lack of direct transportation links and closer governmental relations have hurt their competitiveness.
