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site to complete the following exercises: 1. An important element of understanding the nature of international trade is identifying the breadth of nonfinancial transnational corporations (TNCs). Using the Largest Transnational Corporations, a series of rankings published by UNCTAD, locate a ranking of the world’s largest 100 non-financial TNCs by foreign assets. Then, identify the ten TNCs with the highest Transnationality Index (TNI). What are the home economies and industries of these TNCs? Also, where do they rank in the overall survey? 2. The number of member-nations of the World Trade Organization (WTO) has increased recently. In addition to nations with full member status, some non–member countries have observer status that requires accession negotiations to begin within five years of attaining this preliminary position. Identify the current total number of WTO members. Also, prepare a list of observer countries. |