The once mighty General Motors, unable to survive by meeting the needs of customers turned to the taxpayers for a bailout in the U.S.  In Europe its Opel subsidiary required similar life support from the German government. However, GM wanted to get help in a way that enabled it to continue to benefit from Opel.

Address the following in your paper:

What are the costs and benefits of FDI inflows for a host country such as Germany?

Will foreign fims such as GM always make decisions in the best interest of the host country?

In an effort to preserve German jobs, the Magna plan would close a more efficient plant in Spain. What would you do if you were a Spanish governmen official? What if you were a German government official?

How would you vote if you were a member of the GM board regarding the fate of Opel?

Requirements:

Write between 750 – 1250 words (approx 3 – 5 pages) using Microsoft Word in APA style

Include a cover and reference page.

Use at least three references

Cite all reference materials and list on reference page.

Refrerences must come from sources such as CNN, onine newspapers such as The Wall Street Journal, Govt websites, etc.  Sources such as Wikis, Yahoo Aswers, eHow, blogs, etc are not acceptable.