Southeast Asian Governments

The fourth group of people that are positively affected by globalization and outsourcing is Southeast Asian country’s governments. The governments of Southeast Asian countries thrive because of the strong economies that succeed with globalization. There are a lot of products that are exported out of Southeast Asian countries to just the U.S. alone, nearly $120 billion. All of this trade means that they are able to highly tax all of their imports, which makes their government billions of dollars. These countries’ governments are most likely to be more stable because their economies are stable and can support the government and citizens without greatly going into debt. Also, there are thousands of American companies that have outsourced to Southeast Asia, like Wal-Mart, John Deere, and Nike. This creates a lot of job opportunities within Southeast Asian countries. Therefore, with all of the new incomes being created, the government can tax these incomes, which gives them even more money. Overall, Southeast Asian countries are greatly benefited by global trade and outsourcing. (Kim-See, http://forge.fh-potsdam.de/~IFLA/INSPEL/01-2kich.pdf, Feb 2005)