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5 FOCUS ON COMPETITIVENESS, EC URGED j
5 Europe has been urged to launch a j
5 Charter for Competitiveness in a j
5 bid to challenge the world's low- j
5 wage economies. j
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5 Employment Secretary David Hunt j
5 said the EC faced a "crisis of j
5 competitiveness." j
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5 He told the Tory Reform Group that j
5 every Community directive should be j
5 judged by its effect on the j
5 competitiveness of EC industries. j
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5 Some countries were encumbered with j
5 "absurd social costs attached to j
5 employing people", Mr Hunt said. j
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