1. How can any equity exist, as is required by sustainability, when the scale of corporate operations can be so much larger than their host governments?

2. Evaluate the idea of keeping foreign corporations out or nationalizing specific sectors, an approach that India and Mexico have followed in order to maintain control of valuable sectors of their economies. Are the trade-offs worth it?

The relationship between international corporations and countries is not an equal one. Many international corporations are larger than some countries, plus they have assets, skills, knowledge and management capabilities that countries or regions need. Given sustainability’s characteristic of equity, this situation can be problematic.