Emerson Is a Global Manufacturing Company Headquartered in St

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Emerson is a global manufacturing company headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. The company employs almost 130,000 workers at its 250 manufacturing facilities located in five different continents. Emerson manufactures a wide range of products including air conditioning compressors, garbage disposers, and automotive parts. Emerson's Asian operations employ over 50,000 people at manufacturing facilities in Asia. Emerson needs to build a new manufacturing facility to produce automotive parts for cars manufactured in Detroit. Emerson executives are considering whether to build the new facility in China or in the U.S. Which of the following, if true, supports the argument to build a new Emerson facility in China?

• A) The Chinese courts recently ruled in favor of an MNC in an intellectual property rights lawsuit.
• B) The Chinese Commonwealth network is investing large amounts of capital into China.
• C) China has increased Internet controls and blocked most international search sites.
• D) China is revoking its membership from the World Trade Organization.

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