The path of least resistance.
a few interesting statistics:
The U.S. borrows more than $2 billion per day from foreigners to finance its huge trade deficits.
Foreigners already own half of the U.S. government's publicly traded debt. Currently $2.19 trillion in Treasury securities were in the hands of central banks, including China and Japan, and private investors abroad.
Total foreign direct investment in this country actual factories, office buildings and other tangible assets as opposed to stocks and bonds came to $1.53 trillion, 8.2 percent more than in 2003.
European nations accounted for $977 billion, or two-thirds, of the $1.53 trillion of foreign direct investment
Arab countries in the Middle East accounted for $9.3 billion, led by $4.7 billion in investment from Saudi Arabia. The United Arab Emirates was second among Middle East Arab countries with $1.8 billion in investments, according to the data.
Nearly one in five U.S. oil refineries is owned by foreign companies. Foreign companies also have a sizable presence in running power plants, chemical factories and water treatment facilities in the United States.