Snowshoe, I'm a believer in voltage driving trade and that the lowest competent bidder should get the business. By that I mean, money flows like a river, downhill. So, rich Japanese hire poor Kiwis who hire poorer Chinese who get impoverished Indians to do the chores. It's immoral to stop poor people bidding for work though I'd draw the line at slave labour or criminal regimes who would get their paws on some or all of the money.
Our son can do computer stuff and Japanese. Here's a couple of websites he developed snowadventures.co.nz and eigokyoshitsu.com
We have friends in Cochin and the plan was going to be for Tarken [son] to get software development business from Japanese, and give it to the people in Cochin [or elsewhere] to develop. But there are lots of opportunities so he didn't do that one. There is a huge market for such activities though. Our friends prefer to live in India, being Indian, so having cross-border trade in software is great for everyone.
India, having English as a major language, has got a great advantage over other countries, but they are wasting that advantage. They are even reducing English teaching in many schools, which is stupid of them. The young ones soon realize how stupid when they try to get jobs. Question number one for good jobs "How good are you at English?" American is actually preferred, but they say English.
Cyberspace has zero transport cost around the world, so there's no need to have the manufacturing process near the consumer. Heck, even large goods have got a low transport cost component these days.
It's a global world! More or less anyway.
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