At the same time, they face higher barriers to enter their rivals' home markets than foreign firms face entering US markets.
Still, according to KPMG's Mr. Gleave, the foreign banks face a number of challenges.
Most foreign hauliers face far higher insurance, business taxes and social contributions.
Foreign investors face another quandary: how to assess the Malaysian economy.
"China should encourage foreign-invested banks to ease difficulties foreign firms now face in raising capital, " he urges.
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Once Chinese banks, for instance, face foreign competition in 2007, they will care more about whom they lend to.
Former Czech Prime Minister Milos Zeman is set to face Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg in a run-off in the Czech Republic's presidential election.
The biggest challenge that foreign investors will face when entering the China market in 2012 is the intense competition that exists for good deals.
Domestic funds are enjoying a renaissance at the moment because whereas foreign PE funds face a cumbersome approval process, local funds don't require any such approvals.
However, intelligence and international relations experts had for the past few years been stating that the US must change its foreign policy or face the wrath of extremists.
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For the first time in years, the Canadians also face a foreign challenge in retail banking.
The steel and coal industries of the Ruhr slumped in the face of foreign competition.
Finnish phone maker Nokia has become the latest foreign telecommunications company to face tax issues in India.
Even if he takes that path, foreign clients will still face significant shortfalls.
Ultimately, all foreign manufacturers in China face the same dilemma as Henry Ford at the turn of the century last century.
Story says that a foreign CEO can give face by attending meetings, accepting invitations, providing suitable expensive gifts and showing sensitivity to Chinese culture.
They are also a major factor eroding the competitiveness of domestic industry, which will face increasing foreign competition under WTO and ASEAN trade liberalization commitments.
Should the dollar tumble, the region would face huge foreign-exchange losses.
High taxation on payrolls and a prohibitive amount of bureaucracy are just some of the hurdles that face any foreign company trying to break into the market.
Opening a debate on 1 July 2010 on UK foreign policy objectives "in the face of changing hazards and opportunities", Lord Howe, foreign secretary from 1983-89, said the similarity was "something which pleases me enormously".
But Kamath can hardly complain, as foreign banks operating in India face more severe restrictions.
Some emerging economies, especially those that relied on foreign debt finance, will face prolonged problems.
"Historically, foreign wine has had to face a strong domestic-wine lobby, " says Pat Jones, an agent with the U.S. Customs Service.
Yet even the Saudis face physical constraints foreign to any central banker.
Thus macroeconomic policy was previously broadly liberal, energy policy dirigiste, social policy welfarist, nationality policy inclusive but with an ethnic Russian face, and foreign policy statist.
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He is among 12 foreign based players that will face the Super Eagles this weekend, in the final group match of the first round stage of the qualifiers.
That should help the bank consolidate its position in Brazil, where a judicious blend of acquisition and organic growth has given it a more Brazilian face than other foreign-owned banks.
Some English judges have been worrying privately about the potential for abuse, and foreign litigants in future may face tougher scrutiny, particularly in actions against publishers with little presence in Britain.
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