The phrase "hinder competition" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing actions or policies that negatively affect the ability of businesses or individuals to compete in a market.
Example: "The new regulations may hinder competition among small businesses, making it difficult for them to thrive."
Alternatives: "impede competition" or "restrict competition."
Galicia, as many other regions in the developed world, faces three intertwined challenges: an aging population, a high rate of unemployment (around 18percentt) and high production costs which hinder competition with other regions and Spain's competitiveness with other countries.
These all have large state sectors that hinder competition in their domestic markets.
Their concern is that overly protective patent regulation could hinder competition by helping large software manufacturers maintain their dominant positions.
A government committee reviewing the deal said it needed more time to evaluate whether the merger would hinder competition.
This case may not end efforts by Microsoft or others to take advantage of software's plasticity to hinder competition.
The European Commission's decision, announced Friday, said the deal between the companies would not hinder competition in Europe.
But Lyle K. Rawlings, president of Advanced Solar Products, in Hopewell, N.J., and vice president of the Mid-Atlantic Solar Energy Industries Association, a trade group, said those attempts to make the solar market more competitive could backfire, actually hindering competition by squeezing out smaller companies.
Merely forcing Intel to stop behavior that has hindered competition in the industry will not do.
The Department of Transportation will have 30 days to review the arrangement to see if it hinders competition, although that period can be extended to six months.
Rival operators have long complained that the former monopolies continue to receive special treatment from domestic regulators, which is hindering competition in these markets.
BEIJING — China is backsliding on overhauls to open up its economy to foreign business, thereby hindering competition and imperiling its shift to a new model of sustainable growth, the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China said Wednesday.
