Brave new world

Las compañías multinacionales provenientes de los países emergentes han llegado para quedarse y con certeza marcaran parte de la agenda de la globalización durante este siglo.

A new wave of foreign competitive pressure is beginning to ripple through the U.S. economy, from companies in emerging markets like Brazil, Russia, India and China. These companies are seeking to become world-spanning multinationals - just as Samsung Electronics emerged from South Korea and Toyota sprang from Japan in earlier phases of globalization.

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The new multinationals represent a far more complex phenomenon than a surge of imported products, which can be blocked or reduced by tariffs and quotas, experts say. These companies will be buying assets, and while political disputes may block some deals, as in the case of a Dubai group aiming to buy American ports or of Haier trying to buy Maytag, there does not seem to be any stopping of the broader trend.

Y desde aquí abajo uno no puede más que lamentar que hayamos rifado alegremente a empresas que con el apoyo correspondiente podrían haberla peleado en el mundo entero. De hecho, varias lo están haciendo, aunque ahora en manos de españoles y brasileños.

(PD: Daniel Altman propone discutir en torno al tema)