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Old Jun 25, 2004 | 10:43 pm
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Originally Posted by AAaLot
That's right. It cannot be good for tourism.
Hey, the U.S.' recent hostile and irrational behavior towards "fuhrnurs" may not be good for tourism, but it sure has been good for business in other countries!! Witness the IT boom in India... largely started by Indian executives who lost their jobs in the U.S. and were sent packing when the U.S. tightened clamped down on work visas.

All sorts of interesting business models are presently being developed which build upon the impairment of movement between foreign nationals and business locations/activities which were traditionally sited in the U.S. and are now being compelled to locate offshore (what good does it do for a multi-national to call a meeting in the U.S. when half the management team may not even be able to get in to the U.S. in a timely fashion?)
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