Then, in May, the Pentagon's Defence Contract Management Agency announced an inquiry into allegations that the company was violating the (aptly-named) Berry amendment, which has prohibited the use of foreign materials in products bought by the Department of Defence for more than 50 years.
First, the high U.S. corporate demand for foreign labor and raw materials alone causes a trade imbalance.
Serious economic dislocations are emerging due to a 30-percent rate of inflation, a nationwide cash squeeze, shortages in foreign exchange and raw materials (particularly coal), and massive corruption.
The weakness of the rial has harmed the wider Iranian economy, as it means the country cannot afford to import as many foreign goods and raw materials which are priced in hard currency.
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More so than retailers and service providers, manufacturing companies have foreign suppliers and must import raw materials from around the world.
Investors, both domestic and foreign, are squeezed by costlier imported equipment and raw materials.
"There are no radioactive, biological, chemical and other dangerous materials on board the station, " the foreign ministry said.
At the moment, African medicinal plants are often ignored because foreign buyers have no guarantee of the quality of the materials they are purchasing.
Chinese foreign direct investment has long been characterized as focusing on securing raw materials in emerging markets like Africa and Latin America.
With the assistance of these individuals, Huang used the stolen materials to conduct unauthorized research with the intent to benefit foreign universities tied to the PRC.
Chinese firms are going global for the usual reasons: to acquire raw materials, get technical know-how and gain access to foreign markets.
Its purchases of foreign assets keep the cost of capital down and its appetite for raw materials keeps their price up, to the benefit of commodity producers wherever they sell their wares.
It is also home to many Chinese and foreign-invested companies in industries as diverse as electronics, defense, pharmaceutical and advanced materials.
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For the past decade, Beijing has been shaping its foreign policy around securing long-term low-cost supplies of oil and other raw materials that it needs to sustain its economic development.
He has surprised foreign capitalists by maintaining a market structure, allowing Brazil to gain from a commodities and basic materials boom.
Romney says that as a nation, the United States is going to have to start investing in energy technologies, fuel technologies, materials science and other basic areas that will help the country rid itself of dependency on foreign oil in the same way that it has historically invested in the space program and health care.
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