Usually means: Competitive decline in standards, quality.
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  1. race to the bottom: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. race to the bottom: Wiktionary
  3. Race to the bottom: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. race to the bottom: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (race to the bottom)

noun:  (economics) A situation in which competition between governments leads to very excessive (harmful) deregulation.
noun:  A situation in which competition between entities leads to elimination of perks or amenities, often in the interest of cutting costs.
noun:  Any situation in which multiple parties are seemingly competing to achieve the greatest level of mediocrity.

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