How will the United States stack up against global rivals in innovation?

But its critics say that the law is outmoded and hampers German competitiveness against global rivals.

A million new research jobs will be needed to match global rivals in areas such as health, energy and the digital economy.

But America has been the global rival of the now-crumbling Soviet Union, and whatever Washington does touches many nerves.

The United States no longer has a global rival that can threaten it by exploiting local conflicts.

Toyota's profit was below analysts' forecasts, though still far better than the results posted by its top global rivals.

Even as its global rivals have faltered, the United States has turned out to be capable of more growth and less inflation than almost anyone had anticipated.

The tariffs were needed, the administration said, to give the American steel industry time to reorganize and make itself more competitive with global rivals.

China is not a global military rival like the Soviet Union was during the cold war.

The companies say that they now confront global rivals and plunging energy prices, making their merger and the resulting savings a necessity.