One would rush into thinking ties referring to culture, history, religion, etc. and of course economics. They seem to go deeper than most of us had in mind:
“American assets in Britain came to a total of $2.3 trillion in 2005, which is more than combined American assets in Asia, South America, Africa and the Middle East.”
“The output of American affiliates in Belgium in 2005 came to $18.4 billion, which is more or less the same as the combined output of American affiliates in China and India the same year (at $18.8 billion).”
“American foreign direct investment in Switzerland in 2006 came to $10.4 billion, or half again as much as total American FDI in Africa and the Middle East.”
“In 2005, Texas received more than $11 billion in foreign direct investment from the nation of… France.”
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