Question

Countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Japan dominate in the share of total global stock of FDI and FDI outflows and in rankings of the world's largest multinationals because they

Answer 1

Answer: they were the most developed countries postwar and home to the largest and best capitalized enterprises

Explanation:

The options to the question are:

A. they were the most developed countries postwar and home to the largest and best capitalized enterprises.

B. they pursued a policy of blocking or restricting FDI inflow into their own economies.

C. they provided subsidies for their domestic firms to protect them from foreign competition.

D. they control much of the operating structure of the WTO which governs international trade.

E. they were the governing body of the International Monetary Fund.

The main reason for the dominance of countries such as the United States, France, the United Kingdom, Japan, Germany, and the Netherlands, in the share of total global stock of FDI and FDI outflows and in the rankings involving world's largest multinationals is because after the world war, they were the most developed.

Another reason is because they are the home to the largest and best capitalized enterprises. These countries mentioned in the question have the best technologies and are always innovative coming out with better ideas and technologies, hence their dominance in the world market.