PROFILE OF AN SKILLFUL INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS NEGOTIATOR

Introduction USA is geographically large and isolated. Only two nations, Canada and Mexico, are on its borders. A sizable minority of people along the Mexican border speak Spanish, and some people near the Quebec border speak French. But most Americans speak only English. On the other hand, European nations are much smaller in size. Each nation is relatively close to several other nations. Television and radio programs (with different languages) cross national borders there, and so most Europeans are exposed from an early age to foreign cultures and languages. Even though many metropolitan areas in the USA have several non-English broadcast and print media, most Caucasian and African-Americans, who make up the great majority of the population in the USA, do not read, watch, or listen to these foreign-language media.