The government's goal is to increase grain output in order to stop dependence on foreign markets. ... This would strengthen the countries defense base, reduce dependence on foreign markets, and enhance the country's national income. ... Here there is still little foreign investment and great suspicion of capitalism. ... Therefore making foreign investors somewhat reluctant to enter the country. ... China and India rank considerably high in global military power. ...

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In addition to the effects of import substitution policies, the post-World War II Argentine economy further struggled because of military rule and internal conflict. ... By pegging the peso to a strong currency like the U.S. dollar, the confidence of the international community began to grow because foreign investors believed they could invest in a growing economy without the fear that the purchasing power or value of their investments would shrink. Argentina started to attract a lot of foreign capital, which created stability, substantially reduced inflation, and promoted growth. ... Howev...

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Countries at the beginning of the 20th century had their international prestige based on their economic strengths, the amount of colonies it had acquired, the state of its industrial and technological developments, the size and power of its military and the stability of its political system. ... This had come from Japan's rapid industrial growth, a strong military and naval fleet, the stability of its political structure, its ever-growing economy and the people ability to adapt to social changes and reforms. ... China suffered similar problems to Russia, but their problem was caused by th...

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U.S. aided more than any nation through military and economic assistance. ... Without them foreign capital and technology into the economy is likely to be a wasted effort (Eckert et al., 1990, p. 400). The country's low standard of living and low pay invited and promoted foreign investments. ... Korea was in dire need of new sourced of foreign exchange. ...

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If foreign ownership buys it up, many jobs will also be lost, as well as many profits and products. ... A bracing wind is blowing through the open door: China follows the policies of its East Asian neighbours on foreign trade and investment. ... China will also receive a lot of foreign investment from countries, especially japan, which will hit poor parts of China. ... China is on its way. the West should prepare China's interests lay in foreign investment, trade and economic reform. ... If they continue to grow at the rate China grows, and keep improving their economy, and join the lik...

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Seapower was necessary to control foreign markets because a powerful merchant fleet would avoid the need to borrow ships of other nations and become dependent on the assistance of other nations as well. A power fleet could provide more prestige and military power to a nation. ... They prohibited foreign ships form entering Spanish colonial ports. ...

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It signed long term contracts with producers of bauxite prohibiting them to supply bauxite to any other American firm, it entered in agreement with foreign producers of aluminum not to export aluminum to each other's market and it went as far as purchasing electricity only from those firm which agree not to sell electricity to other aluminum producing firms. ... It was during the early 1990's when Russia's internal demand by its military and industrial complex vanished after the collapse of communism. ...

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Japan went to the peace conference at Versailles in 1919 as one of the great military and industrial powers of the world and received official recognition as one of the "Big Five" of the new international order. ... MITI worked closely with Japanese business interests, and was largely responsible for keeping the domestic market closed to most foreign companies (Japan 101). ... Polls in the United States have indicated that the Americans rank the Japanese economic threat higher than the Russian military threat. ...

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