Similarly, financial markets are intricately interlinked, causing movements and changes in one nation's stock markets to impact directly and immediately on equity markets in other parts of the world.
Vast business interrelationships span the globe.
Some companies have achieved annual sales levels larger than the gross national product of some countries in which they operate. Some express doubt that an enterprise can now grow and prosper entirely within the confines of its domestic market, partially because of international sources of competition. Others believe that failure to become part of the global market assures a nation of declining economic influence and a deteriorating standard of living for its citizens. It's a fact of life and it doesn't make any difference if you're making shoes or making cars. The rest of the world is just too big to ignore, either as a market or as a competitor.