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But the real take-away is this: Can U.S. companies developing advanced solar technology compete against low-cost Chinese manufacturers who benefit from state support and a government policy to create markets at home and abroad for their products?
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Bill Clinton embraced globalization and believed that nurturing free markets could offer the best opportunities to those struggling at home and abroad.
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"The economy still faces powerful contractionary forces in the shape of widespread recession abroad, and at home falling house prices and stock markets, blunted monetary policy as banks constrain lending and rock-bottom business and consumer confidence, " says Andrew Smith, chief economist at KPMG.
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Grim economic news from abroad--and plunging stock markets and property values at home--have persuaded them to save even more.
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Massive shifts abroad geopolitically have swift and dramatic impacts not only overseas but also here at home, from markets on Wall Street to wallets on Main Street.
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The future belongs to those companies that can succeed at investing and manufacturing abroad in countries like China, Thailand, Mexico, and the U.S. And not only manufacture abroad for foreign markets, but also for export to the Japanese home market.
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That is likely to make them turn their attentions abroad, even as international competitors such as Santander and BNP Paribas start to gain ground in their home markets.
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