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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
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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