Overview
As
a global company with operations in over 170 countries, and with about
60 percent of our revenue generated outside of the United States,
market access is a critical issue for IBM. To better serve our global
clients, IBM must be able to locate and operate near our customers, and
we need the flexibility to draw upon our worldwide resources to meet
our clients' needs in the most efficient and effective way, wherever
they are located. Trade barriers, cumbersome customs procedures,
unnecessary supply chain or other regulations, and underdeveloped
telecommunications infrastructure can deny access to, or artificially
raise the cost of, our leading-edge services, information technology
solutions, hardware, and software for potential clients.
Information technology plays an important role in promoting
innovation, improving productivity and enhancing competitiveness in
individual firms and throughout entire economies. Countries that create
barriers to these products and services place their own businesses and
governments at a competitive disadvantage in the global marketplace and
hinder their countries' economic development. Countries that open
markets and allow competition to thrive among all providers of
information technology solutions can enhance their economies'
productivity and competitiveness.
IBM promotes policies to open markets around the world for
information technology products and services, ensuring that any
organization can have access to the best available tools at
market-based prices. IBM also promotes a partnership between industry
and governments to secure supply chains against external threats, while
ensuring the smooth flow of legitimate trade.
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