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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS, NEGOTIATING, & CULTURE

International business, on a macro level, is conducted within a framework of trade agreements derived from negotiations among governments. When a government, in such a negotiation, wins concessions from another government, these concessions are typically harmful to consumers in the country whose government "won" the concession.

Such concessions are usually agreements by other countries to limit the intensity with which foreign firms will compete in the export market. These concessions help special interests such as domestic firms by shielding them from competition, but harm the majority interests of the nation by imposing higher costs on domestic consumers. This is demonstrated through sugar prices in the U.S., or the retail price of rice in Japan – both of which are well in excess of world market rates (Boudreaux, 1995). A negotiation model which encompasses cultural dimensions could be an appropriate means for effectively......

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