But China and India have emerged as major economic competitors.
France came to be seen more as an economic competitor than a useful ally.
The second compelling reason for businesses to act boldly on jobs and investment is because that's what our economic competitors around the world are doing.
However, the G4's bids are often opposed by certain countries, particularly their economic competitors or political rivals.
They often come from places people are worried about as potential economic competitors - China, India.
America's principal economic competitors have already decided the investment is worth the risk.
His Japan is first and foremost an economic competitor, hardly in need of America's help.
The fourth, Austria, was a struggling nation and little more than an economic competitor.
They suggest that the nation is not only a fierce economic competitor but also a potential military enemy.
Most are merely economic competitors, but others pose a more sinister challenge.