| Many of the United States best trading partners put | | | | taxation revenue for those nations. |
| up barriers to entry as American companies try to | | | | Thus, they actually do better when there are |
| import their goods and services into those countries. | | | | American franchises within their country. Plus, other |
| This is rather a shame, and it is quite short sided. | | | | businesses learn from these efficiencies, and all small |
| These nations put up trade barriers destroying the | | | | businesses do better therefore, creating more |
| win-win situation that free trade opens up in the | | | | wealth, cycling more money, creating more tax |
| global marketplace. | | | | revenues, and this all becomes a path to economic |
| If we buy from their nation, and they buy from our | | | | prosperity. |
| nation, the money keeps going around in circles | | | | Recently, I was looking at one of the Asian |
| faster and faster and everyone does better; that is | | | | countries, which has a franchising rule for foreign |
| a definite win-win and that's why free trade works. | | | | corporations; A franchisor cannot sell franchises until |
| But free trade only works if it is free and fair, and | | | | they have operated in the nation for 2-years and |
| unfortunately, in the franchising industry it hasn't | | | | that business has been successful. Meanwhile, they |
| actually been a level playing field and I'd like to | | | | must also have a native born citizen partner to start |
| explain. | | | | a business in the first place. And in many nations it |
| Many nations have ridiculous rules when it comes to | | | | takes two years just to get a business license. |
| franchising in their country, especially when it comes | | | | Therefore, if a franchisor wishes to become |
| to foreign partners. Many Asian nations will not let | | | | franchisor in some of these Asian countries, it takes |
| you franchise in their country right away. Rather, | | | | four years to get going, that's just a start. |
| they want you to prove that your business is | | | | Meanwhile, often their trademarks are hijacked, their |
| actually viable before you sell it to anyone in our | | | | business models are stolen, and it becomes a |
| country. They also do not want American franchise | | | | lose-lose situation, rather than a win-win situation for |
| systems which are superior in efficiency to knock out | | | | both the franchisor, the United States trade deficit, |
| all their small businesses in that country. | | | | and the nation in question along with all the benefits |
| However, the reality is that franchises are owned by | | | | that franchising system might have brought to the |
| local business people and only the royalties are going | | | | country. It is for this reason many companies opt |
| to the franchisor and come back to the United | | | | out, and are even rude to franchise buyers in these |
| States. In turn it helps the local economy with more | | | | types of country. This hurts international business. |
| efficient businesses, lower prices, better competition, | | | | Indeed, I hope you please consider this. |
| and more employment. It also provides more | | | | |