Sentences with phrase «economic competition seem»

But the intertwined constraints of diplomacy and international economic competition seem to make firm steps nearly impossible in this arena.

Not exact matches

Sometimes these are reminiscent of the tensions to be found in the relations of states and provinces to nation as a whole, sometimes to the more acerbic dissensions among the branches of the armed forces, all equally pledged to the defense of the country; sometimes they seem very similar to the tensions found among Roman Catholic religious orders; sometimes they seem like economic competition.