Extract
Opportunity or Threat?
Next month, President Bush will make his first official visit to India. To most of the American media, it'll be just one more round of global terrorism discussions with a distant foreign nation, perhaps worthy of a brief.
The Indian press knows better. Six weeks ahead of Bush's trip, banner headlines about it ran in every newspaper.Al Hubbard knows better, too. Friends with Bush since their days at Harvard Business School, the president of Indianapolis-based E&A Industries is now Bush's chief international economic adviser.Hubbard said that building democracy and military cooperation are certainly motivating factors for the journey. But Bush is just as keen to strengthen U.S. economic relations with up-and-coming India."As with penetration into any new market, U.S. businesses will need to establish a strong global presence [there] so they can reach potential new customers be...See the full content of this document
Sponsored links
