through consultants or accounting and financial firms
that can provide third party support in this risk area.
RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE UNITED
STATES AND OTHER COUNTRIES
The relationship that the United States has with the
country a company chooses to source from is a critical fac-
tor in the decision-making process. That relationship will af-
fect the partners, subsidiaries, parents, and operating units
the company has located in other countries. For example,
consider the North American subsidiary of a German com-
pany that wants to source product from a country with
which the United States has unfavorable political and eco-
nomic ties, such as Iran, North Korea, or Libya. Although
the German parent can do business there, the American sub-
sidiary will ...