TNCs

Many of jobs provided by TNCs are low skilled (and therefore low paid)

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• Host country negative

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more people with jobs leads to improved economic growth across the whole country

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• host country negative

• country of origin positive

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Investment can be very short term and TNCs can pull out of countries with very little notice

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• host country negative

• country of origin positive

• country of origin negative

Workforce may need to relocate overseas or make many trips to visit overseas operations

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• host country negative

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• country of origin negative

moving low skilled jobs overseas means there is a focus on high skilled (and higher paying) jobs (and developing the workforce skills to do this.

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• host country negative

• country of origin positive

• country of origin negative

TNCs exploit tax loopholes so don't repatriate the taxes owed to the country

• host country postive

• host country negative

• country of origin positive

• country of origin negative

Brings in foreign currency (which improves a country's balance of payments)

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• host country negative

• country of origin positive

• country of origin negative

Transfers new technology and ideas into the country

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• host country negative

• country of origin negative

• country of origin positive

increases employment and raises living standards.

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• host country negative

• country of origin positive

• country of origin negative

TNCs very powerful and negotiate preferential tax deals with countries competing to get the TNC to invest in them.

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• host country negative

• country of origin positive

• country of origin negative