Backed by the Chinese government, Chinese companies have been acquiring equity stakes in natural resource companies, extending loans to mining and petroleum investors, and writing long-term procurement contracts for oil and minerals. These activities have aroused concern that China might be locking up natural resource supplies, gaining preferential access to available output, and extending control [...]

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Are multinational corporations in the United States relocating their manufacturing sites overseas, abandoning workers and communities at home? And are their investments abroad “hollowing out” America’s productive capacity? At a time of global economic and financial turmoil, these questions are as controversial as ever.  The 2008 election rekindled the debate over the practices of multinational [...]

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