Global Business 3rd Edition by Mike Peng

Exercise 8

Consider PengAtlas Map 2.3 showing US FDI, and then look at PengAtlas Maps 2.1 and 2.2. Given the possibility that some US imports are from operations in which US firms have made FDI, how does that affect your view of the trade deficit? Does it make the deficit seem like less of a problem or greater? Explain your answer.