Sentence examples for undermining competitiveness from inspiring English sources
Switzerland is managing outside the EU with a strong industrial base in pharmaceuticals and several other industries, but listening to the voice of Swiss industrialists it is not a free lunch, and the barriers for immigration risk undermining competitiveness in the long run.
Membership requires Armenia to introduce high tariffs, which undermine competitiveness and deter foreign investors.
Environmental policies must be carefully structured and predictable if they are to enhance rather than undermine competitiveness.
Trust in business has fallen, leading governments to set policies that undermine competitiveness and sap economic growth.
Trust in business has fallen to new lows, leading government officials to set policies that undermine competitiveness and sap economic growth.
PSI looked at groups such as BusinessEurope, which has argued climate policies will undermine competitiveness, and the European Chemical Council, which argued that strengthening the EU Emissions Trading System would lead to businesses moving overseas for lower energy costs.
But euro-area governments understand that their high spending and consequent high taxes have undermined competitiveness, and are therefore cutting the state's share of GDP. Britain's politicians, meanwhile, are raising taxes and spending in order to move towards the social-democratic ideal with which other Europeans have become disillusioned.
Fear of failure suppresses creativity and innovation, which undermines competitiveness.
The Energy Intensive Users Group said it supported the government's efforts to shift to cleaner energy generation "but we need to ensure that in doing so we don't undermine competitiveness of UK manufacturing internationally".
The mining boom has produced wealth in the west while pushing up the Australian dollar, thus undermining the competitiveness of manufacturers in the more populated east.
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa is experiencing an acute version of a familiar governance challenge: how to be a caring state without undermining economic competitiveness.
