Is the credit crunch forcing firms to retrench directly ?
信用紧缩会直接迫使企业紧缩开支吗？
International firms could decide it is not cost-effective to keep open their other european offices and retrench to london .
国际企业会觉得在欧洲开办事处不划算而为节省开支而来到伦敦。
The downturn in profitability will redraw the industry landscape , analysts and executives say , forcing traditional producers to retrench and consolidate , and accentuating the rise of china as an aluminium powerhouse .
