Sentences with phrase «at a competitive disadvantage by»

It is important to protect Energy - Intensive and Trade - Exposed (EITE) businesses, like Aluminum and metal manufacturers, in our state that could be put at a competitive disadvantage by a carbon tax.

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Given that adoption of the TPP by the partner countries will likely take at least two years, followed by the five annual stage reductions of the tariff on imports from Japan, we will continue to be placed at a competitive disadvantage for over half a decade.

By not addressing this issue at the same level as its peers, Alphabet is put at a competitive disadvantage in the recruitment of candidates and retention of employees.

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.

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.

«Businesses found making these illicit sales will be held accountable for defrauding New York State taxpayers and placing retailers who are playing by the rules at a competitive disadvantage.»

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».

Many of the council's members are ineligible to participate, and some even privately feel a bit burned by a policy that arguably puts them at a competitive disadvantage to incoming competitors.

«Our brick - and - mortar stores are at a competitive disadvantage against big businesses that do not play by the same rules,» Bellone told Newsday previously.

In addition to being an organizer and consultant for the Jumpstart Core Curriculum Institute (JCCI), a program founded by Leslie Brown that develops strategies for improving literacy, science, math, technology, and social - science skills among disadvantaged minority students in grades K - 12, I teach chemistry to high school students at the University of South Carolina?s Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) Summer Program.

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

The landmark global warming law, which is being enforced in phases, could put the state's businesses at a competitive disadvantage unless other states and the federal government come up with similar plans, the study by the nonpartisan agency said.

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.

Unless it is changed, solar developers, who can only qualify for the Investment Tax Credit, will be at a competitive disadvantage vis - à - vis other renewable energy projects covered by the PTC.

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.

The primary disadvantages of whole life are premium inflexibility, the internal rate of return in the policy may not be competitive with other savings alternatives, and the cash values are generally kept by the insurance company at the time of death.

Conversely, the brokerages that want to argue that you don't necessarily get more by paying less, are at a competitive disadvantage — if they shelve legitimate arguments because they're not sure if they would be acceptable to the Competition Bureau.

He argued that by omitting vital MLS information such as historical data, VOWs are at a competitive disadvantage and will not be able to break into the red - hot, yet cutthroat GTA market.