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DOING BUSINESS IN A
GLOBAL ECONOMY
– From Consumer to Human Resource
Development Manager
– What impact do you have on the global
economy?
– Most Americans own more imported items
than American made.
– The clothing, cell phone, accessories and
automobiles you own will demonstrate this.
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LESS MANUFACTURING
EQUALS FEWER JOBS
• U.S. TRADE DEFICIT JUMPT TO $28.5 BILLION
IN JANUARY 2002.
• AMERICANS BUY MORE IMPORTS THAN
FOREIGNERS CAN SEEK U.S. EXPORTS.
• U.S. DOLLAR VALUE IS 30% HIGHER THAN
OTHER CURRENCIES SINCE 1997.
• U.S. EXPORTS ARE MORE EXPENSIVE ON
FOREIGN MARKETS WHILE MAKING AUTOs,
TELEVISIONS AND OTHER FOREIGN GOODS
AMERICANS CRAVE CHEAPER.
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UNITED STATES STEEL
CORPORATION
• Headquarters in Pittsburgh,PA.
• Founded in 1901.
• Largest business enterprise ever
launched.
• Today is the largest integrated steel
producer in the United States.
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U.S. STEEL HISTORY
• 1982 ACQUIRED MARATHON OIL.
• 1986 ACQUIRED TEXAS OIL & GAS
• 1986 U.S. STEEL BECAME USX.
• 2001 REORGANIZED IN U.S. STEEL &
MARATHON OIL AGAIN, OPERATING
INDEPENDENTLY JAN 1,2002.
• MARCH 2002 U.S. IMPOSES 30% TARIFFS
ON FOREIGN STEEL.
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U.S. STEEL PRODUCES
• COAL MINING
• MINERAL RESOURCES
• TECHNOLOGY LICENSING
• ENGINEERING & CONSULTING
• LEASING AND FINANCIAL SERVICES
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Solutions?
• Given the views of Brazil, Japan, London on
U.S. 30% Tariffs on steel, what sanctions would
you impose on the U.S.?
• What solutions would you recommend for the
ailing U.S. steel industry to become completive
again?
• Tariffs on steel imports causes unemployment
in other countries.
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HEALTH CARE THE
PROBLEM
• THE RISING COST OF HEALTH CARE
COULD CAUSE 600 THOUSAND
STEEL WORKER RETIREES TO
LOOSE HEALTH CARE OR THE STEEL
INDUSTRY TO GO BANKRUPT
• IS THIS JUST A U.S. PROBLEM OR
GLOBAL?
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FOREIGN LABOR
CERTIFICATION P ROGRAM
H-1B VISAS
• Allows employers to hire foreign workers,
temporarily or permanently, when there are not
sufficient U.S. workers who are able, willing,
qualified, and available to perform the job.
• Employment of foreign workers will not
adversely affect the wages and working
conditions of U.S. workers that are similarly
employed.
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IS THIS PROBLEM?
• Georgetown University scholars estimate
as many as 710,000 H-1B permits hold
jobs in the U.S.
• The Black Data Processing Associates
and the Institute of Electrical Electronics
Engineers – USA Members who were
laid off in the past have yet to find new
jobs!
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191,000 VISAS APPROVED
LAST YEAR
• Technology companies are hiring foreigners
when hundreds of thousands of workers are
laid off in the U.S.
• American engineers see it as a giveaway of
jobs to less-expensive foreign labor.
• More than half of H-1b VISAS have been used
to fill engineering , programming and other
computer-related jobs.
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Who Else Hires Foreign
Workers
• Traditional manufacturing companies and
those in the financial services, health
care & biotechnology sectors also rely on
overseas workers.
• The Veterans Administration routinely
hire foreign doctors at substantially lower
wages.
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Are Americans Moving
Overseas to find work?
• Highly skilled workers are moving overseas to
lucrative high tech jobs at substantially higher
wages than in the U.S.
• What if you had to open a new manufacturing
business overseas or head a new division of
your company?
• Are you ready for the Global work
environment?
Notas del editor
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