Yeah, that's certainly one of the rhetorical tricks. If we can get people to abstract the term "corporation" into a thing that they can imagine having free will and acting on its own, we can then demonize them by ascribing all sorts of evil motives to them. We can "tax the corporations" and "screw the corporations" without noticing all the employees and shareholders inside screaming, "Wait! Don't shoot! It's just us!"
It's an interesting commentary on how the human mind works that people will demand that "the corporations" provide them with jobs, and then turn right around and vote to tax the Hell out of them or regulate them out of existence. Like the Holy Trinity, it is a mystery. Or maybe it's just a mental defect. I don't know. Either way, it's one of the "givens" that people will do this, so we have to plan around it.
Or we could plan to it, which is sort of how Democrats make their way in the world. Their whole scheme for acquiring power and money for themselves revolves around tricking people into having the 'consumer' side of themselves beat up, and steal money from, their own 'producer' side. The Democrats take a cut off the top as the proceeds go by, and they have turned this into a nice niche for themselves.
Some people, when they see a corporation go by, see a big box on wheels belching pollution and roaring down the road, tearing up the pavement and terrorizing the armadillos. Inside the corporation, people think they're on a bus, riding down the road together, enjoying life, and hoping the bus doesn't break down. They aren't surprised the roads are there, because they all pay taxes to maintain the roads, and so do all the other people in all the other buses, who collectively pay pretty much all the taxes.
What's amazing is that when the Sun goes down and the bus pulls into a hotel, the people inside will go into their rooms, turn on the TV, and listen to some guy tell them that they should throw logs into the paths of buses, because buses are evil. And they will think, "Yeah! Let's blow up the buses!"
And then the next morning, they'll get back on the bus. Go figure.
You're right. I'm sorry. Corporations are just big, stupid animals. There are no people making decisions anywhere at all. Clearly this is true since, humans generally exhibit loyalty. Loyalty to those with whom they deal, and a sense of patriotism for their nation. Hell, some humans even squeeze a little Christianity into their daily lives, actions, and decisionmaking processes.
No humans are involved anywhere in the exporting of industry, just cheaper MeatBots.