They promote the accumulation of capital, fair competition between nations and better tax law elsewhere in the world.

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Underlying much of the discussion was the sense that the current neoliberal economic model which privileges unbridled competition between nations, companies and peoples is not a sustainable path for the future.

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Competition, he says, takes place not between nations, but rather cities.

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