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Declining international competitiveness

Name(s):

Declining industrial competitiveness

Fluctuations in international competitiveness

Decline in competitiveness of domestic industries

Declining international market share

Gap in international competition

Poor competitive standing

Incidence

A 1993 report found that UK industry faces a 25% gap between its productivity and that of its French and German counterparts.

Counter-claim

The chant of "internationally competitive" sweeps away all efforts to retain economic diversity as jobs and social expenditure, food and environmental standards are sacrificed on this unforgiving two-word altar.

Broader

Decline

Unbridled competition among states

Restricted growth in export markets

Narrower

Loss of international market leadership

Reduces

Lack of international cooperation

Aggravates

Depressed industries ^{[in 3 loops]}

Restrictive trade practices ^{[in 2 loops]}

Consumer boycott of foreign goods ^{[in 1 loop]}

Deterioration of international terms of trade ^{[in 2 loops]}

Imposition of trade quotas for political reasons

Vulnerability of national economies to vagaries of external markets for goods and services ^{[in 4 loops]}

Aggravated by

Overpriced commodities

Declining economic productivity

Excessive growth of social expenditure

Socio-economic burden of militarization

Divergence of relations among developing countries

Strategy(ies)

Studying causes of poor competitive standing

Improving competitive standing

Establishing stable competitive markets

Competing on the world market

Value(s)

Type

(D) Detailed problems

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