In 2009 the IMF noted Greece's challenges of high fiscal and external imbalances and weakened competitiveness.
Fitch said its downgrade of Panasonic was due to its "weakened competitiveness in its core businesses, particularly in TVs and panels, as well as weak cash generation from operations".
Most of all, the Chinese authorities have a strong will to devalue the yuan as they are facing difficulties in economic management due to weakened competitiveness in exports.
This will, in turn, affect providers' inclinations and abilities to invest in growth, better provision, staffing and innovations – all of which are vital to stemming the weakening international competitiveness of UK higher education.
Unfortunately, some of the changes could weaken the competitiveness of US financial institutions.
He thinks the separation or "unbundling" of energy production and transmission assets, as advocated by the European Commission, would weaken the competitiveness of operators without guaranteeing lower prices to consumers.
Moreover, their influence has waned: the pervasive deregulation of American commercial banks, which originated in the wake of S&L failures during the late 1980s, weakened the competitiveness of such banks and left the future of the U.S. thrift industry in doubt.
United topped that first list but have been overtaken by first Real Madrid and then Barcelona in the past nine years, largely as a result of the ability of the Spanish giants to negotiate their own TV deals – which weakens the competitiveness of La Liga but boosts the pair's own coffers.
Such changes will weaken the competitiveness of China's export industries in the international market, affecting economic growth.
It does not fit in with economic sustainable development and will greatly weaken the competitiveness of Chinese products and make our products lose its advantages in terms of price and technology.
