We are partners, not rivals.

两国是合作伙伴，不是竞争对手。

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We are good friends and not rivals, it's all in the spirit of competition.

我们是好朋友，不是对手，这是精神上的竞争。

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China and the U.S. are not rivals but partners. They may also become friends for the following reasons.

中美不是竞争对手，而是合作伙伴，也可以成为朋友。

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The peace dialogue had lowered tensions between the rivals, but has flagged amid repeated Indian accusations that Pakistan is not doing enough to clamp down on terror groups operating from the country.

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Become customer obsessed, not rivals obsessed.

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And no firm has an incentive to commit itself unilaterally to uniform pricing, since that would not prevent rivals coming after its clients.

ECONOMIST: Indiscriminate pricing

Alliances seem even more useful when companies are not potential rivals at all, but firms that are at different points on the same value chain.

ECONOMIST: Mergers and alliances