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11.04.2006 - In China And India, IT Workers Fiddle While Paris And Rome
<p>Were I an Indian or Chinese IT worker or engineer, I'd be smiling after reading Monday's editions of <em>Le Monde</em> or <em>Il Tempo</em>. That's because I'd know that a job currently located in France or Italy is coming my way. I'd also be secure in the knowledge that after this week's events, there's almost zero chance that a multinational I might want to work for--say, IBM or Siemens--is going to choose Western Europe (with the possible exception of the U.K. or Ireland) over my country as the place for their next big round of job-creating investments. Here's why U.S. politicians and lobbyists need to pay attention to the two latest examples of European countries pressing their own delete buttons.</p>
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