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Foreign Investment in companies in the US
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| gehzumteufel |
Why is this so limited? Why can a company not own the US arm outright if they are based in another country?
2 examples:
Virgin America would have started 2 years prior to when they did but Virgin Atlantic could not own more than a certain amount.
DT (Deutsche Telekom) has too many shares in their US wireless arm (T-Mobile) and therefore has to fix this. |
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| Krypton |
| Perhaps to benefit American shareholders? |
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| gehzumteufel |
| quote: | Originally posted by Krypton
Perhaps to benefit American shareholders? |
So line the pockets of a select few? that just doesn't sound right. |
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| nchs09 |
| Because we love freedom? |
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| Krypton |
| quote: | Originally posted by gehzumteufel
So line the pockets of a select few? that just doesn't sound right. |
Anti-trust laws I suppose.
Doesn't Toyota own it's plants here in America? |
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| inconspicuous |
| quote: | Originally posted by Krypton
Anti-trust laws I suppose.
Doesn't Toyota own it's plants here in America? |
It Is Plants Florists |
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| Spacey Orange |
| quote: | Originally posted by gehzumteufel
Why is this so limited? Why can a company not own the US arm outright if they are based in another country?
2 examples:
Virgin America would have started 2 years prior to when they did but Virgin Atlantic could not own more than a certain amount.
DT (Deutsche Telekom) has too many shares in their US wireless arm (T-Mobile) and therefore has to fix this. |
to prevent ownership by people such as these:
ok sort of bad examples but you should get the point. |
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many countries don't allow us to own things in their countries either.
japan still has a very closed market.
china requires everything sold there to be built/made there by a chinese company (with government management) or, at most, as a joint venture - a partnership with a chinese company + a government manager.
but it's not all that different from taxes/tariffs really. |
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| Fledz |
| Croatia allowed foreigners to buy everything. Now absolutely nothing is owned by the people. It sucks balls. Don't let it happen to you! |
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| Dr. DAS |
| quote: | Originally posted by gehzumteufel
So line the pockets of a select few? that just doesn't sound right. |
It doesn't? |
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| gehzumteufel |
| quote: | Originally posted by Fledz
Croatia allowed foreigners to buy everything. Now absolutely nothing is owned by the people. It sucks balls. Don't let it happen to you! |
There are ways to combat that. In the instance of the airline industry, for every 1 foreign owned airline, you have to have 3 domestically owned airlines. |
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| elFreak |
It is not in a country's interest to let foreign investment have free reign.
Just think of it from a taxation point. If the company is not based in the US, it can pretty much avoid taxation by making claims that portions of capital were gained abroad when they were not. This is one of the many reasons...it also can not regulate these businesses effectively...giving them certain unfair advantages to businesses that must comply to stricter regulations and taxation. Regulated companies already use creative accounting techniques...what you suggest would be a nightmare for the US gov. |
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