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Asian Crisis
• As a result of the 1997-1998 Asian Crisis, MNCs realized
that they had underestimated the potential financial problems that could occur in the high-growth Asian countries. Country risk analysis had concentrated on the high degree of economic growth,even though the Asian countries had high debt levels and their commericial banks were typically not required to disclose much information about their loans. Some MNCs recognized the potential problems in Asia, though,and discontinued their exports to those Asian businesses that were not willing to pay in advance.
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• Second, a change in a foreign government
could result in new tax laws and other restrictions imposed on subsidiaries of U.S. firms or firms from any other country that are based there.