The big companies needed to become more efficient and able to respond quickly to market changes anyway, he said.

制药业巨头需要变得更有效率，能快速应对市场改变。

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It is possible that British firms have become more efficient, and therefore able to cope with a stronger pound.

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The US has rather large and efficient spy services itself who would be able to strip down such equipment and prove matters either way.

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So that is part of kind of an internal rebalancing within Asia that the United States is making in order to be effective, efficient, cost-effective, and able to take on the challenges that we face.

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