Sentence examples for relocated to countries from inspiring English sources

For decades the island's commercial tuna industry was part of a large-scale international operation that brought its catch from distant fisheries to Puerto Rico, where fish were processed for export; however, by the early 21st century most of the canneries had been closed and their operations relocated to countries with lower hourly wages.

The athletes have relocated to countries including Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, Kenya ― and even Brazil.

The FDA only regulates products and their uses in the US, so several clinics relocated to countries without strict oversight of cell-based therapies.

But will industry act on carbon prices or simply relocate to countries with lower carbon prices?

Factories may close because of the high cost of cleanup, or owners may relocate to countries with weaker regulations.

Such policies would further encourage corporations to relocate to countries with the lowest tax rates and avoid contributing to social investments in health, education and environmental protection.

Economically, a punitive approach to the taxation of highly mobile international corporations is an act of self-harm: such firms can and will relocate to countries that do not seek to milk them for every penny of tax they can.

The pitch was, in part, practical: much the way businesses relocate to countries like the Cayman Islands or Switzerland to take advantage of legal protections and shield laws for bank accounts, publications would relocate to Iceland — or at least relocate their computer servers that publish their Web sites — in order to get the benefits, and gain access to Iceland's plentiful energy resources.

While their activities had been generally tolerated for many years, as the Chinese economy boomed and labor shortages grew, the government appears to be taking a harsher line on such activities now that growth has slowed and some factories are relocating to countries like Vietnam, where labor can be cheaper.

This is known as the 'short-term competitiveness channel.' Second, stringent climate policy at home may reduce returns on investment and hence industries may relocate to countries where less stringent emissions control exists with higher returns.

Despite the high risk of researchers from SSA being drawn to relocate to countries where their efforts are better rewarded (19), the young researchers have all remained in-country which is an achievement in itself.