Amid intensified competition for foreign investments, the global economy is undergoing a significant transformation.
For decades, actually centuries, trade was the world’s beating heart as countries participated in a win-win exchange. Developing countries with huge populations lowered their drawbridges to multinationals in the pursuit of development, while the advanced nations that created these firms profited from cheaper goods and saw their standards of living rise.
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