home
***
CD-ROM
|
disk
|
FTP
|
other
***
search
/
The Daily Telegraph News in Action 4
/
News in Action 4 (1999)(Daily Telegraph)[Mac-PC].iso
/
pc
/
student
/
business.dxr
/
00638_Text_Text Window Template.txt
< prev
next >
Wrap
Text File
|
1999-02-05
|
809b
|
21 lines
European Business: Round Table presses EU to clear obstacles to
competition
1 a) Who has the higher energy costs - the USA or Europe?
b) How does this affect businesses?
2 a) Who has the higher taxes - the EU or elsewhere?
b) How does this affect businesses?
3 It is more expensive for industry to borrow money in Europe than in
Japan or the USA. Why is this a problem?
4 a) What do business people mean by 'competitiveness'?
b) Who gains and who loses when there is a 'widening gap between
the competitiveness of EU companies and the rest of industrialised world'?
5 Read the last paragraph of the article 'Round Table presses EU to clear
obstacles to competition'. Is wealth creation the responsibility of business,
of government, or of both? Explain your answer.