But some Mexican textile producers have fought back, either by exploiting their greater closeness to the American market or by improving their quality.
The good news is that most metros and counties around the country have been improving their air quality, thanks in part to support from the EPA and the implementation, albeit slow, of the 1990 Clean Air Act.
Each of these five countries, Kiribati, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu and Vanuatu have identified through their national education plans and strategies that improving the quality of their teaching workforce is of utmost importance in order to contribute towards increasing student achievement.
Many shoemakers reacted by improving the quality of their footwear, importing Italian pattern-pressing machines and using pricier materials, such as crocodile skin.
Last but not least, by improving the quality of their relationship with citizens, they can make a big difference to the attractiveness of their country, region or city as a place to live and work.
But domestic companies can make things much more cheaply, and their quality is improving.
Mr. PATRICK CUMMINS (Western Regional Air Partnership): The states in the West, in particular, have demonstrated their commitment to improving air quality over our national parks and wilderness areas.
Foreign capital has enabled many papers to modernise their production processes, improving print quality and layout.
Seen in that light, the key for doctors improving their communication with patients is the quality of their communication with fellow clinicians.
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Gwen and Larry Mellon hoped that their hospital, while improving the quality of life locally, would accompany, and perhaps influence, improvements in Haiti.
The restaurants originally served up simple snacks, but as the city grew, they began competing for customers by improving the variety and quality of their dishes.
"Our proposals to improve maternity leave will help women to combine work and family life, improving their and their family's quality of life, " said EU Social Affairs Commissioner Vladimir Spidla.
Local people usually have a better knowledge of local ecological conditions than experts in faraway capitals, as well as a direct interest in improving the quality of life in their village.
The research I have done on organizational change clearly shows that programs which are focused on organizations improving their performance in areas such as quality, costs and customer service are rarely successful.
Even though scientists were not seen favourably, their work was recognised as improving the quality of life.
Factual offer incentives to their customers to share data back, improving the quality of the data for everybody.
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Fund managers, of course, optimize their twin desires to maximize returns while also improving quality of life.
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For the next several months, I would expect Flagstar and other quality banks and lenders to prosper from an improving housing market in addition to their traditional banking revenues.
Whether improving system efficiency and safety or designing a vehicle that is more informative or fun, TI helps customers achieve their quality, reliability and cost goals and succeed in today's competitive automotive marketplace.
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Improving facilities, teaching quality and research takes money, and while schools theoretically could "aggressively try to increase their efficiency, reduce costs and get better by substitution rather than by growing expenditures, they don't do this, " Ehrenberg says.
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