Chinese manufacturers and industries freely exploit foreign ideas and technologies.

As a report in The Times by Danny Hakim makes clear, however, these vehicles will also allow manufacturers to exploit a loophole in the government's outdated fuel economy standards to sell inefficient - if highly profitable - cars.

And Japanese and European manufacturers have exploited advantages of the devalued dollar by building and operating factories in the United States.

First, the manufacturers of enhancement technologies will usually exploit the blurry line between enhancement and treatment in order to sell drugs.

Washington and industrial leaders have presumed that our civil manufacturers could exploit spinoffs from high-tech weapons in competitive markets.

Sales of electronic books and digital readers are soaring as manufacturers exploit the poor reach of traditional publishing across Russia.

Mr. Reilly's statement came in the first of two Congressional hearings this week in which the Bush Administration is expected to defend the proposed treaty against attacks by Democrats who say its environmental provisions are weak and will encourage manufacturers to exploit differences in the two countries' enforcement programs to gain a competitive advantage.

This is a gamble that the American companies might be unwilling to take if Japanese manufacturers could quickly exploit their present expertise.