THINK OF AMERICAN MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS

since the late 19th Century, really, as analogous to the French generals, under the Directory.

Remember the convenience store chain called Little General? Of course, these were not a MNC. But, think of MNCs each as a sort of 'Little General'.

That is something like what Vernon meant, re MNCs, in Sovereignty At Bay.

One can carry the analogy further, in many directions, it seems to me.

Re 'how Trump plans to punish firms that leave the US': kindof a bad joke, at this point.