Your team is a large U.S. corporation that manufactures rubber tires, and you want to begin manufacturing and distribution in Germany. As a team, choose a country in which you would like to start a manufacturing plant.

Treasurer: Research and write on the following issues:

• What competitive advantage does this country have?
• What are some of the foreign trade issues you will have to deal with?
• What are the determinants to foreign entry there, and how would you enter there?
• You will be embarking on the international negotiation.What are the 5 stages of negotiation, and how are you going to prepare for them?What cultural differences do you need to be sensitive to in the process?What would be some of the political, legal, economic, and ideological issues that may come up?How would you manage conflict if it should come up in the negotiations?What decision-making process would work better with the different cultures?Inductive or deductive reasoning?Is it a personal issue or a cultural issue?