| Abstrakt: |
The article states that the exports of computers and other high-technology products from the U.S., are still huge, but the long-term prospects are in question. In areas of medium technology, mini-computers in particular, developing countries are adapting or stealing U.S. technology or licensing it cheaply to manufacture on their own. Many of the resulting products are flooding right back into the U.S. Free trade is something Americans believe in until it clashes with what is regarded as vital national economic interests. Time was when technology spread slowly. Embargoes on the export of technology were eventually breached. Because of the nationalistic policies, foreign-owned firms are banned from competing in Brazil's personal computer and minicomputer market. This is why it makes little difference whether the dollar is cheap or dear. In this mighty clash between nationalism and free trade, nationalism seems to be winning. |
