The Impact Of Divestment Acts Of Transnational Corporations On International Relations

With the development of economic globalization, transnational corporations, as the carrier of globalization, play an important role in the international relations. Transnational corporations have come out of their own countries to the world, and most countries can see the shadow of transnational corporations. However, transnational corporations increase foreign direct investment, at the same time, and a phenomenon which is contrary to foreign direct investment makes a tremendous impact on international relations. More and more countries pay attention to the phenomenon around the world, which is the divestment acts of transnational corporations.There is the significance to study the impact of divestment acts of transnational corporations on international relations for any host country of investment, especially for China which accepted the world's largest investment. Now, however, the studies on the divestment of transnational corporations are not many, some of which are only in economics, management studies and other fields. In the field of international relations, although there are many studies of transnational corporations, most only sum up the role of transnational corporations, and little involved divestment acts of transnational corporations. The article is like to open up the relationship between disciplines to study the impact of divestment acts of transnational corporations on international relations. The full text is divided into five parts, as follows:The first section is the introductory part. It mainly introduces the significance of this paper, status quo at home and abroad, as well as the major research methods in this article.The second section is the divestment acts of transnational corporations. First of all, we define the definition of divestment acts of transnational corporations, then sum up the characteristics, methods of the divestment acts of transnational corporations, and lastly analyze the reasons why caused divestment acts of transnational corporations.The third section is the impact of divestment acts of transnational corporations on international relations. First we introduce the international relations theory on the role of transnational companies. Then we combine with the second part of divestment acts of transnational corporations and international relations theory on the role of transnational companies to analyze the impact of divestment acts of transnational corporations on international relations: international politics, resources, technology flows, industrial structure, employment, trade flow, capital flow, the global division of labor, and other aspects of the home country.The fourth section is the empirical analysis of the impact of divestment acts of transnational corporations on international relations. Brazil automobile industry is a typical case of divestment of transnational corporations. We analyze the impact of divestments, and propose the policy measures. Then we combine with the status quo of the divestment of transnational corporations in China and Brazil, and summarize the measures to deal with the divestment of transnational corporations for China.The fifth section is the conclusion of the paper. This part is the summary of the divestment acts of transnational corporations on international relations. The most important of all is to summarize the impact of the divestment acts of transnational corporations on international relations and the enlightenment to China.