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Bloomberg (December 20)

2017/ 12/ 21 by jd in Global News

“Japan has gained a tremendous amount of manufacturing competitiveness. A 2016 study by consulting firm Deloitte ranked Japan the fourth-most competitive country for manufacturing, a huge leap from the No. 10 position it held three years earlier.”

 

Wall Street Journal (August 6)

2014/ 08/ 06 by jd in Global News

“Taiwan’s leaders have warned for years that economic isolation will damage the nation’s competitiveness. Now their worst fears may be coming true, and the consequences of resisting freer trade and economic reform are becoming clear.”

 

Financial Times (February 23)

2013/ 02/ 24 by jd in Global News

French leaders “should listen when international business leaders say how their French operations must change to be competitive. Ministers should share with multinationals a common interest in achieving that outcome. Otherwise, the workers will not be alone in facing accusations of being unproductive.”

 

Wall Street Journal (January 28)

2013/ 01/ 29 by jd in Global News

British Prime Minister David Cameron discussed the future of the EU, raising important points on Europe’s waning competitiveness, excessive regulation, free trade agreements and the primacy of the single market. European leaders largely were not listening. “Yet the picture of Europe that Mr. Cameron sketched on Wednesday is an EU worth belonging to, not just for Britain but for every other European state that does not want to sacrifice prosperity and democratic representation on the altar of centralization. Mr. Cameron’s critics should read his speech twice.”

 

New York Times (October 26)

2010/ 10/ 26 by jd in Global News

The U.S. ranks 48th globally in math and science instruction. Of 29 wealthy countries, the U.S. finishes 27th per capita in undergraduate engineering and science degrees. Foreign graduate students in these subjects are increasingly returning to their home countries. A third of U.S. manufacturers had difficulty “finding enough skilled workers” in 2009. Unless funding for science is increased, the U.S. will “continue to lose economic ground to foreign competitors.”

 

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