Tag «Global competitiveness»

Declining Openness a Major Threat to Global Competitiveness

The Global Competitiveness Report 2016-2017 finds declining openness is threatening growth and prosperity Monetary stimulus measures such as quantitative easing are not enough to sustain growth and must be accompanied by competitiveness reforms For emerging economies, updated business practices and investment in innovation are now as important as  infrastructure, skills and efficient markets Switzerland, Singapore …

Steel industry welcomes commitment to safeguard global competitiveness of the industry

Concerns about an earlier introduction of the Market Stability Reserve The European Parliament’s Environment Committee today adopted changes to the Commission proposal for a Market Stability Reserve (MSR). The committee introduced an earlier implementation already in 2018 instead of 2021 and immediately refers 900 million allowances into the Reserve. In addition, it proposes to put …