It was a competition.

ISIS in Mexico would have too much competition here.

But there are competing pressures on the neighborhood.

If partnership is replaced by rivalry and rivalry becomes hostility both Europe and America will be the losers.

For example, China s labor intensive export sectors are losing their competitive edge.

Competition is not bad in itself.

These two competitions breed rivalries between the houses.

Competitive pressure from such investment, like import competition, will improve productivity.

Of course, inter tribal rivalries are strong in eastern Libya.

The ruling elite are known to be torn by disputes and rivalries.

Here, however, the Commission competes with national bureaucracies.

However, the contest is more accurately seen as one between an open and an introverted Turkey between civilian, democratic rule and military tutelage and between a globalizing and a protectionist economy.

Terror is a term that obscures rather than clarifies these long standing clashes and rivalries.

Despite its advantage, Virginia is facing competitive pressure from its neighbor to the south.

Despite the intensity of their rivalry, Bird and Johnson became friends off the court.

Similarly, many company bosses know that pretending that climate problems do not exist is bad for shareholders, because reality will one day strike.

They know that investing today in clean technologies can give them a long term competitive advantage.

Germany s competitive advantage has less to do with chicanery than with how its firms are structured and the culture in which they operate.

MADRID The Cold War is long over, but superpower rivalry is back.

Yet, despite the rivalry of nations and the bloodiness of modern warfare, democracy is spreading.

The book received the James A. Hamilton award of the American College of Healthcare Executives in 2007 for book of the year.

If there is a formal leadership contest, it seems likely that several rival candidates will aim to stand.

For China, the Afghan contest will most likely turn out to be a very measured combination of chess and weiqi.

A tight contest between the two Democrats, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, has yet to be resolved.

A divisive transatlantic rivalry offers no ethical or political basis for an enlightened European approach.

How can an agency's procedures be reformed? Where are the competitive pressures for innovative thinking in government?

In the Middle East, South Asia, and East Asia, old rivalries now unfold in a nuclear context.

But here, regional politics must be taken into account, especially the continuing rivalry between India and Pakistan.

But, despite the rivalries and all the chatter, it is clear that Asians are coming closer together.

The fact is that a weaker dollar resulting from lower interest rates gives the US a slight competitive advantage in trade.

But indulging the old political reflex of manipulating the exchange rate to create a competitive advantage will yield a short term fix at best.

Back then, Japan bashing came to mean the threat of US trade sanctions unless Japan softened competitive pressure on American industries.

But countries desire to stop mass murder in their neighborhood, or to enforce regional norms, has its own force.

Medical research has always faced many challenges, even when the scientific quest was simply one of discovery.

The way in which the Saudi Iranian rivalry is playing out in Syria is a prominent example.

China s currency policy gives it a competitive advantage relative to other countries, allowing it to displace their exports to the US.

Sebagai contoh, pembuat kebijakan harus meredakan tekanan kompetitif antara pangan dan bahan bakar dengan merumuskan rencana untuk mengatasi ketidakstabilan harga pangan.

The combination of an Asian market with strong Chinese connections and a system of English law and property rights continues to provide a powerful competitive advantage.

Now that it has achieved the minimum efficient scale, new entrants cannot easily use competitive pressure to squeeze Uber s margins.

While Indians have traditionally been wary of buying online, owing to their distrust of digital security, in recent years the urban middle class has become increasingly accustomed to using the Internet to purchase airline tickets, reserve hotel rooms, and order books.

Meanwhile, Germany benefited from the euro crisis, which depressed the exchange rate and boosted its competitiveness further.

The challenge is that the rise of online shopping will increase competitive pressure, regardless of whether big foreign retailers enter the market.

Now that the US is producing massive amounts of low price natural gas and ethane, Saudi Arabia's competitive advantage and market share is beginning to deteriorate.

Tensions in the Middle East, and growing rivalry between the US and Venezuela, will make Brazil an attractive supplier.

A hitherto latent rivalry between Iran and Israel thus has been transformed into an open struggle for dominance in the Middle East.