International Outsourcing/Offshoring of Services Beginning in the 1990s, firms in the United States and other industrialized countries increasingly shifted service activities and jobs to developing countries, especially India. 1- How large is this type of offshoring? 2- How large could it be in the future? 3- Why has it been controversial in the United States and other industrialized countries? 4- Is it different from regular international trade? 5- Should the government in these countries limit the ability of firms to send these jobs to other countries