假设一家美国公司建了一个海外工厂生产一种产品，而其竞争对手在美国国内生产同样的产品。

Suppose a United States-owned company establishes an overseas plant to manufacture a product while its competitor makes the same product in the United States.

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科因认为，要让美国公司在海外开展业务、保持自己在全球经济中的竞争优势，上述调整是有必要的。

Coyne believes that the change is necessary to allow American companies doing business abroad to maintain their competitive edge in the global economy.

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世界500强中只有7%的总监是外国人，而且根据一项几年前的调查，不超过1%的美国公司拥有海外分部。

Only 7% of directors of S&P 500 companies are foreigners—and, according to a study a few years ago, less than 1% of all American companies have any foreign operations.

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Smoking is a key example, it took America decades to mobilize after the catastrophic consequences smoking were clear, but when it did, American tobacco companies exploited overseas markets, particularly in the developing world.

吸烟就是一个重要的例子,美国人在吸烟的灾难性后果,已经明确的几十年之后,才采取行动,但在行动时,美国烟草公司已经开拓了海外疆土,尤其在发展中国家

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