Flashcards in Synoptic themes - Players Deck (4)
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How do TNCs play a role in maintaining wealth and power?
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- Economic power influences trade patterns, and the location of areas of growth through FDI.
- If they decide to relocate, e.g US car companies moving out of Detroit, caused the area to fall into a period of decline
- Invest heavily in new technology and patents, earns money through new products and companies paying royalties to use their patents.
- 90% patents royalties paid to US, EU and Japanese companies
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Powerful countries role as global police
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- USA is a powerful country, expected to act as global policeman
- Many Americans reject this role.
- China do not wish to act in this way, despite their rising global power
3
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Examples of powerful countries taking global action as ‘global police’
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- 2014 Ebola epidemic, UK, USA and France led crisis response in Liberia, Sierra Leone. Sent medical and military assets
- War on terror, US led global effort against terrorism in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan.
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Role of emerging powers in changing relationships
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- Developing countries align themselves politically and economically with emerging countries like China, India and Russia
- Has significant impacts on global trade patterns
- China achieved this in Africa