Each country would have merrily devalued its currency to increase competitiveness and promoted inflation to eat up the debt pile.
"Exchange-rate policy is, from our point of view, not an appropriate instrument to increase competitiveness, " said German government spokesman Steffen Seibert.
If you want to increase competitiveness in heath care itself, I would argue that we should get rid of health insurance altogether.
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He will say that only those tax and spending policies that can explicitly be seen to increase competitiveness of the UK workforce should be supported.
Baird's managing director, James Baird, said the move would increase competitiveness.
The introduction of a single tyre manufacturer and smaller engines are measures designed to allow all teams to compete on an equal level and increase competitiveness.
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Clearwire's spectrum, when combined with Sprint's, will provide Sprint with an enhanced spectrum portfolio that will strengthen its position and increase competitiveness in the U.S. wireless industry.
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Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and his coalition government are hoping that privatization will increase competitiveness and make up for cuts in the public sector, particularly in jobs.
The changes are, in part, designed to make overtaking easier and to increase competitiveness - and Alonso says that will help him in his quest for a third world title.
The implication that there was a complicit set of actions to manipulate the rates to increase competitiveness might be all that the critics need to push for even more regulatory oversight of financial institutions.
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Indian investments have helped to increase the competitiveness of the U.S. economy.
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To create jobs and increase our competitiveness in the global economy, we agreed to streamline regulations and strengthen the protection of intellectual property.
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U.S. producers account for over half of the value of U.S. imports, which means there is great potential to increase their competitiveness by improving their access to imports.
Obtaining revenues is not an ultimate end for us, what is important is to increase the competitiveness of major companies and make the investment climate more attractive for FDI.
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Companies find that ethical business practices increase their competitiveness in their respective industries, helping to further substantiate the notion that a culture of ethics is crucial to sustainable excellence.
Countries that already have relatively open economies, such as Singapore and Thailand, view the grouping as a means to increase the competitiveness of their exports, and so to attract more foreign investment.
Democrats increase their competitiveness not by simply playing to the base, but reaching out to the center -- showing that they are committed to solving problems as well as being guided by core principles.
He wanted a diverse group of people that could bring diverse opinions to the table to talk about measures that we could take -- and that business could take -- to increase American competitiveness and create jobs.
The Council is focused on many other actions to increase jobs and competitiveness.
The hub will aggregate the available services, which can help SMEs expand their businesses locally, find new business opportunities outside their immediate geographies and help increase their overall competitiveness.
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German industry leaders, while not surprised by the announcement, lashed out at what some called a politically driven decision that would increase energy prices and threaten German competitiveness.
He added that if businesses, especially manufacturers, had to increase wages it could hurt their competitiveness at a time when they have already been losing ground to regional competitors.
It follows his attempts to stimulate growth and reform the labor market by passing a law in January the government says will increase flexibility for French companies and spur competitiveness.
In particular, we welcomed the significant contribution of the United States through USAID in supporting the development of ASEAN Single Window project, which aims to develop an integrated cross-border process for customs clearance to increase trade efficiency, trade security, and competitiveness across the region.
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Together, we should increase our exporting capacity in a contest of growing competitiveness among different regions of the world.
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Although watered-down in terms of union transparency, the bill has the potential to increase productivity, to boost employment, and to improve competitiveness.
"This is one of the most important decisions my government is going to make, because it really improves Finland's competitiveness and will create new jobs, and thus also increase the economic growth, " Mari Kiviniemi, head of the country's centre-right government told AFP news agency.
It is this massive wage increase that may have the most serious repercussions in the coming years and seriously damage Venezuelan competitiveness on the Latin American market.
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