playing field
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Nuclear control had been built over decades around a Moscow-Washington axis, but China's growing power and rapid technological advances have shifted the international playing field, which is simultaneously increasingly strained.
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Even if the law successfully levels the playing field within Europe, many European firms rely heavily on exports.
Some individual investors are increasingly turning to prediction markets, noting that they offer a fairer playing field and more lucrative opportunities than traditional stock trading.
A compromise seems likely to be achieved to preserve a level playing field globally, with UBS being allowed to meet new requirements with a mix of CET1 and AT1 capital, the analysts say.
The statute, which dates from the 1930s, seeks to preserve a level playing field between small retailers and bigger sellers such as grocery chains.
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