Most of the investments are in production facilities, RNCOS notes, adding that Brazil is likely to evolve into a production hub, becoming tough competition for China and India, and providing a platform for multinationals to develop and sell branded and generic versions of their off-patent medicines into other Latin American markets, if not further afield.
Analysts told Reuters that the competition for 3G users in China is fierce, but offering the iPhone is no guarantee of enhanced profitability.
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For investors, however, this enforced competition makes China Telecom rather less attractive.
While GM is outpacing Ford in overseas competition, GM cannot solely depend on China for growth.
The biggest challenge that foreign investors will face when entering the China market in 2012 is the intense competition that exists for good deals.
Caterpillar has said that China is still a major growth driver for the company, but that competition is increasing a little bit.
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Telecommunications hardware companies have done a thriving business in China for most of the past decade, but slower demand and tough competition has taken a toll in the past year.
China Mobile, for example, is the world's largest mobile operator, but its competition is limited, by ministerial decree, to just a few other domestic rivals.
At home in China, Mr. Ma is trying to stay ahead of the game as competition rises for the first time against his massive online shopping sites, Taobao Marketplace and Taobao Mall, which rival eBay.com in terms of transaction value.
Globalisation may have subjected Carpigiani to stiffer competition, but it is also helping to propagate a taste for genuine Italian ice-cream among China's swelling middle class.
Analysts and professionals in the field expect that the strongest domestic firms will gain from intensifying competition in the markets and become attractive targets for multinational companies looking to expand in emerging channels in China and worldwide.
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