Who bought American indulgence of China? Surprise--multinational corporations that fly the U.S. flag.
Robert DreyfussDec 19, 2001

Illustration by Bob Dahm
Just before the November election, concern about foreign influence
over U.S. trade policy suddenly emerged amid revelations that
the Clinton campaign had accepted (and then returned) illegal
donations from wealthy East Asian nationals. But as the media
focused on the connections of one fundraiser to the White House
and the debate became tinged with xenophobia, a bigger story of
influence-peddling got lost: the role of multinational corporations
that nominally fly the American flag.