| Jobs 6 |
June 19, 2019
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| In this modern society, many products and services are produced in different countries and are shared. The most typical one is oil. The number of oil producing countries are very limited, and there are no countries that don't use oil. Coffee production is the same. In the case of wine, people all over the world enjoy drinking inexpensive, good tasting wine that is produced in a suitable climate and good soil. If a country doesn't produce these things, then they have to import them; and for that, they need money. If they have some natural resources, then they can buy these products. In other cases, they have to produce something like food or some industrial products. But, they need to be competitive against other countries' products ~better quality or cheaper. But what if a country doesn't have competitive products? "They have cheap labor," he thought. He wasn't a social discriminator. In poor countries, there are many people who don't have suitable jobs. They are willing to work for low salaries. If the government could  offer safe areas and a certain level of workers, have trust about commercial contracts, then many companies in the world might think to come to these countries. That era was now. Here is a list of the nationality of the three biggest companies by category. They are worldwide, having branches and workers in each country: ・Pharmaceutical company: 1. Switzerland, 2. USA, 3. Switzerland ・Car maker: 1. Japan, 2. Germany, 3. Germany ・Food company: 1. Switzerland, 2. USA, 3. Brazil ・Airline company: 1. USA, 2. USA, 3. USA ・Shipping company: 1. Denmark, 2. Switzerland, 3. France ・Construction company: 1. China, 2. China, 3. China ・Electric Appliance maker: 1. USA, 2. Korea, 3. Germany ・Retailing company : 1. USA, 2. USA, 3. USA ・Clothing company : 1. Spain, 2. Sweden, 3. Japan ・Smartphone company: 1. Korea, 2. USA, 3. China ・Bank : 1. China, 2. China, 3. China ・Publishing company : 1. UK, 2. Canada, 3. UK ・Beef production company : 1. USA, 2. Brazil, 3. China ・Petroleum production company : 1. USA, 2. Saudi Arabia, 3. Russia ・Wheat production company : 1. China, 2. India, 3. Russia Switzerland is interesting. Of course, people in Switzerland don't use that much medicine and food. They don't even have any seaports for shipping. If your country make cars, and cars from other countries are of better quality and are cheaper than your country's, your country's government could impose tariffs. Because, if not, your country's car business would have a big loss, and, in the worst case, go bankrupt; and many employees would lose their jobs. The government would lose chances to get tax from the company and their employees. The employees and their families would consume less; it would make the whole economy worse. Eventually there would be a bad ripple effect to other industries. If the tariff was 25%, the importing company would have to raise their prices because normally their profit percentage is less than 25%. If they sell their cars at that price, there would be no profit. As the imported cars would become rather more expensive than before, your country's car industry would be enough competitive and safe, or, at least, they could gain time in order to improve their cars' quality and cost structure. In this case, the foreign car makers normally would think to make their factories in your country to avoid a 25% tariff. If they employed workers from your country and paid taxes to the government, it would become a win-win situation. The companies would still have a profit. The companies might think to get parts from this country. Parts companies would probably grow. The government might construct a port and improve infrastructure. These types of things could happen between companies and countries. Disney make animation movies thinking about viewers' preference all over the world. They want to release their movies to as many countries as possible. So they dislike some expressions that would make friction. Like this, international companies tend to avoid friction among countries, they could be termed, 'cosmopolitan'. Although it doesn't seem easy, but what if a government blocks imported products from other countries? Consumers in the country want to see movies that are popular all over the world. They want to play Nintendo games. They want to use smartphones. Only a few countries make smartphones, if they refuse to import them, the citizens would start to complain. Once citizens experience fun and convenience, citizens can't easily give them up. They can't accept inconvenience any longer. So their anger would be aimed at their governments. Thus, it might change the government's stance. (To be continued ...) |
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*what if :もししたとしたら
*discriminator :差別する人
*be willing to :進んでする
*commercial :商業の
*pharmaceutical :医薬品の
*shipping :海運業
*petroleum :石油
*tariff :関税
*ripple :さざ波
*cosmopolitan :国際人