It turns out that credit cards in many foreign countries include a special chip that American cards do not.
Likewise, ExxonMobil has access to oil fields and refineries in many foreign countries.
While many chose to criticise US interventionism, particularly in the Bush era, it appears that many European countries prefer to avoid entangling themselves in foreign trouble spots unless the US is in the lead.
They were also forced to confront a situation in which many crucial sub-contractors were located in foreign, and often unfriendly, countries.
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"Although migrant workers are to a large extent adversely affected by the slow growth in the global economy, remittance volumes have remained remarkably resilient, providing a vital lifeline to not only poor families but a steady and reliable source of foreign currency in many poor remittances recipient countries, " agrees Hans Timmer, director of the bank's Development Prospects Group.
They noticed that many travellers were able to justify eating fast food in foreign countries because it both made them feel at home while allowing them to feel that they were trying something new.
This means many potential foreign-born entrepreneurs would have to start businesses in other countries or not start them at all.
Many foreign companies listing in the US, particularly energy companies, have operations in countries under US embargo and will be affected by the new requirements.
In many countries (and not only in Europe's east) facing down foreign foes is a sign of virtue.
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In many cases, this alone eliminates U.S. tax liability, since many foreign countries already levy stiff income taxes on all within their borders.
Second, the problem that the BWS was attempting to address was a lack of US dollars outside of the US. Following WW II, with the economies of the rest of the world in shambles, a great many countries needed to trade with the US. How could foreign countries trade with the US if they did not have dollars?
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The problem that the Bretton Woods System was attempting to address was a lack of US dollars outside of the US. Following WW II, with the economies of the rest of the world in shambles, a great many countries needed to trade with the US. How could foreign countries trade with the US if they did not have dollars?
Many developing countries are running current-account surpluses, in order to be less dependent on foreign capital than they were a decade ago.
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It cannot even begin this process until receiving regulatory approval from countries that, in all too many cases, have little interest in promoting a more powerful foreign competitor, and by nature are achingly bureaucratic.
The second problem for the Democrats is that many Americans interpreted the Spanish election result as evidence that it is dangerous to put too much faith in foreign countries.
Why should there be so many men staying abroad and so few women, given that work, study, travel and marriage in foreign countries attract both sexes more or less equally?
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