Why Has FDI Grown More Rapidly Than World Trade

question 10

Multiple Choice

Why has FDI grown more rapidly than world trade?

• A) Decline in trade barriers has made the fear of protectionist pressures redundant.
• B) Executives of business firms see FDI as a way of circumventing future trade barriers.
• C) There has been a general shift toward radical and totalitarian political institutions.
• D) Privatization has made developing nations less attractive for multinational enterprises.
• E) There has been a general shift toward centrally planned command economies.

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