Sentences with phrase «v at a competitive disadvantage»

This could put the CR - V at a competitive disadvantage.

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One major concern is the possibility that sharing numbers would put a company at a competitive disadvantage.

Large companies «need to attract and retain employees and they'd be at a competitive disadvantage if they stopped offering health benefits,» said William Kramer, executive director for national health policy for the Pacific Business Group on Health.

The heads of the Canadian Agri - Food Trade Alliance and the Canadian Cattlemen's Association said that would place domestic food producers at a competitive disadvantage.

«This would place the U.S. automotive industry, which supports more than 7 million American jobs, at a competitive disadvantage,» Blunt said.

«This would place the U.S. automotive industry, which supports more than 7 million American jobs, at a competitive disadvantage.»

limit the entity's ability to adjust to changing market conditions, thereby placing it at a competitive disadvantage compared to its competitors that have relatively less debt;

Machinery manufacturers: Caterpillar's director of investor relations, Amy Campbell, told Reuters that the tariffs would pose a «challenge» and would put Caterpillar at a competitive disadvantage with foreign competitors.

«Unlike most other services, we've chosen to stay out of the U.S. until we have the necessary licenses, which has put us at a substantial competitive disadvantage.

However, business groups have been urging the Liberal government not to raise taxes further, warning that such a move could place Canada at a competitive disadvantage in light of U.S. President Donald Trump's pledge to support a «massive» tax cut for the middle class.

Meanwhile, a system ensuring that state - of - the - art controls on emissions do not translate into a fatal competitive disadvantage would enable Canada to throw all its energies at providing incentives for the high - quality «green jobs» that need to be in place for the next generation.

We also need to appreciate that the manager operates at a considerable competitive disadvantage because our rivals have invested far greater sums than we do in buying star players and that restriction should temper how we judge his and the teams performances.

And whenever asked if he was at a disadvantage because he was driving a Ford, Harvick would smirk and quickly state he never thought for a second that he wouldn't be competitive.

There is a Quick Gear Guide to help you choose the right clothing and footwear for the obstacle race, which is very important reading if you want to avoid being at a serious competitive disadvantage due to wearing clothes that are made of cotton and soak up the water or wish to avoid sustaining an injury because you have chosen the wrong type of footwear.

Third, smaller markets have to accept the rules set by larger markets if they do not want to put their firms at a competitive disadvantage.

If you look at it compared to Rensselaer, Saratoga or Schenectady counties, it would put Albany at a competitive disadvantage.»

Mr. Meeks warned that Japan and China were conspiring to create trade agreements that would favor their native corporations, leaving U.S. companies — and, by extension, those companies» workers — at a competitive disadvantage.

Hotspots like Lake Placid have ample lodging, but the lack of facilities elsewhere put outlying areas at a competitive disadvantage, the governor said.

The New York Gaming Association, which believes Gov. Andrew Cuomo's casino expansion proposal would put its members at a competitive disadvantage, has commissioned a poll that finds voters aren't big on the governor's Plan B if the Legislature fails to pass his gaming bill: Expand VLTs across the state, including in New York City's outer boroughs.

Cuomo's proposal for a developer to build a lodge on Goat Island would harm the island's reputation as a place of natural beauty, and also would put other hotels in the Falls at a competitive disadvantage, members of the Niagara Falls City Council and the Niagara County Legislature say.

Sampson is also concerned about a proposal, that Cuomo has not rejected, that would raise the tolls on truck traffic on the Thruway by 45 %, which he says will put the trucking industry «at a competitive disadvantage».

King Sweeney and Blakeman rejected the amendment, arguing that it would require their entire law firms to disclose all their clients, placing them and the firms at a competitive disadvantage for all legal work.

Cuomo has spent several months rallying against the federal tax plan, which he said would effectively raise the tax rate for homeowners and put the state at a competitive disadvantage.

The necessity of forcing Republican incumbants to expend resources long before they normally would, and already being at a substantial cash disadvantage in a majority of competitive races and also the RCCC trailing the DCCC in national fundraising, will cause many campaigns to run out of money at the end of the race of expend more energy in fund raising instead of vote getting.

Unshackle Upstate is a member of the coalition that argues that the toll hike would put the state's trucking industry, and all the businesses that use trucks to haul goods, at a competitive disadvantage.

The statement, however, pointedly ends with Cuomo reaffirming his no - new taxes pledge in New York, which he says would put the state at a competitive disadvantage.

He says that would put smaller employers at a competitive disadvantage in attracting workers.

Participants here, still reeling from last week's news that the United States has elected a president who plans to cancel or renegotiate Paris, have warned that China's steadfastness will place America at a competitive disadvantage economically and politically if Trump doesn't recant.

If the résumé doesn't have those two key elements, they'll be at a competitive disadvantage.»

This puts them at a huge competitive disadvantage to other outlets that can have reviews ready in advance, which is exactly the point.

Starting at a competitive disadvantage will be 10 states that have never allowed charter schools - Alabama, Kentucky, Maine, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont, Washington and West Virginia.

States that fail to increase the number and quality of charter schools would be at a competitive disadvantage in seeking stimulus grants, under guidelines Duncan and Obama proposed last month.

The iPad's higher price point has been seen as a potential competitive disadvantage by some analysts, at least within the e-reader segment.

Because the related provider costs more, if allowed to shop, it would usually put their own overpriced companies at a competitive disadvantage.

I also have found most lines to be price - structured in a way that puts brick - and - mortar operations at a competitive disadvantage.

However, that alone would mean the receiving side is at a disadvantage and that's not a good competitive tool; therefore we have specified that, while defense decreases, the fighting spirit born from a determination to not give up will in turn increase attack strength.

A lot of other countries in the world compete with the United States... so other countries would be willing to do more because they [wouldn't want to] be put at a competitive disadvantage in terms [of their] industry.

Sceptics like me would much rather apply our resources to actions which will have known and direct benefits to the environment without damaging the economy or placing our country at a competitive disadvantage to the rest of the world.

Sticking to her party's line, Brewer said cap and trade would impose higher costs on businesses and would place Arizona at a competitive disadvantage compared with its neighbors.

That would have placed the United States at a competitive disadvantage, which is why the U.S. Senate preemptively rejected the agreement on a vote of 98 to zero.

However in the Budget 2014 the Government announced that prices would be capped at # 18 per tonne from 2016 to 2020 to limit the competitive disadvantage faced by business and reduce energy bills for consumers.

They burden people with rising prices and businesses, jobs and wages are put at a competitive disadvantage, just as policies that affected house prices have left millions paying through the nose for rents, and stacked huge liabilities on people on average incomes.

The big firms and ABSes will be able to take on investment, use the skills of non-lawyers for work that is not strictly legal, and collaborate with one another on big - idea solutions, software, resources, etc. «Solosmalls» would be hard - pressed to do the same, which will put them at a serious competitive disadvantage.

The Motion Judge found that «the plaintiff is at a competitive disadvantage given her age in the broader job market, having virtually no work experience outside that of the defendant, a not for profit organization.»

The following shall be prohibited as incompatible with the internal market: all agreements between undertakings, decisions by associations of undertakings and concerted practices which may affect trade between Member States and which have as their object or effect the prevention, restriction or distortion of competition within the internal market, and in particular those which: (a) directly or indirectly fix purchase or selling prices or any other trading conditions; (b) limit or control production, markets, technical development, or investment; (c) share markets or sources of supply; (d) apply dissimilar conditions to equivalent transactions with other trading parties, thereby placing them at a competitive disadvantage; (e) make the conclusion of contracts subject to acceptance by the other parties of supplementary obligations which, by their nature or according to commercial usage, have no connection with the subject of such contracts.

As we have witnessed with the liberalisation of the third party funding environment in Singapore and Hong Kong, forward - looking jurisdictions have concluded that funding plays an important role in the disputes process and they will be at a competitive disadvantage if they preclude funding»

Although clearly some market participants will always be against regulation, but on the other hand not having a properly formulated regime to deal with crypto puts the UK at a competitive disadvantage.

The university told the court that admissions information would be of great interest to college admissions consultants seeking an advantage in the competitive admissions process, and «would put Harvard at a severe competitive disadvantage.»

An associate dean of Oklahoma University's College of Law is quoted as saying: «We realised students would be at a competitive disadvantage if they're not proficient with law practice technology».

Anyone who does not have the ability to utilize that vast wealth of data, is placing themselves, and their organization, at a competitive disadvantage.