But manufacturing accounted for only 8% of this increase, while services accounted for the lion’s share. Moreover, US multinationals in services increased their employment both at home and abroad – by almost 1.2 million workers in their domestic operations and more than twice as many in their foreign subsidiaries.
Cette sous-traitance sans lien de dépendance a pu être un facteur décisif derrière le bond de 84% des importations des multinationales américaines et l'augmentation de 52% des importations du secteur privé entre 1999 et 2009.