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Another Group claims religious authority over all Muslims. Between June 2014,
when ISIL self-proclaimed itself to be the Islamic State, and
- Risk related to property ownership: e.g. Bolivia nationalized February 2018, ISIL has often made claims of responsibility for
the unit of Spain's Red Electrica in 2012
140 terrorist attacks in 29 countries outside Syria and Iraq, that
- Risk related to governmental intervention to organizations were "conducted or inspired" by the group, while the evidence of
(on international business): e.g. Vietnam import quota on sugar, those claims is not verified. Hundreds of other attacks were also
salt and poultry eggs
carried out since 2018. Also, there were so many well-known
- Risk related to fund transfer/project: currency ancient sites ISIS has damaged and destroyed.
inconvertibility and transfer restriction risk: e.g. The Cuban
Peso (CUP) is not traded internationally. It cannot be bought in Lê Nguyễn Minh Hằng 1911155031 ―
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advance outside Cuba, and it is strictly forbidden to take Cuban
Pesos out of Cuba.
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- Political violence risk: war, riots, terrorism: e.g. As of August
2021, the Taliban re-established their rule over Afghanistan Nguyễn Ngọc Minh - 1911155051 ―
NGUYEN MINH
following the withdrawal of the U.S
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FTU.CS2 NGUYỄN QUANG PHÚC HẢO

Yêu đi học chi Hoàng Thị Phương Bảo Nhi - 1911155062

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FTU.CS2 HOÀNG THỊ PHƯƠNG BẢO NHI
1. Risk relating to property ownership

An example of this is the expropriation by the Venezuelan

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FTU.CS2 ĐẶNG THỊ THẢO NGÂN
government of four heavy oil upgrading projects in 2007. The
government has compensated companies reasonably for
nationalizations carried out in other sectors, but those
Nhóm NCGDN
agreements were for assets valued far less than the oil projects.

1. Risk relating to property ownership

2. Risk relating to government intervention to the organization
(on international business)
targeted those domestic companies associated with the Gulen
In 2017 the Tanzanian government banned the export of certain
raw materials including gold and copper concentrates.
International gold mining company Acacia Mining, which
operates three of the largest mines in Tanzania, late last year
said it was considering suing the Tanzanian government after it
had been prevented from exporting for some 20 months. Acacia
also has been faced with fines and accusations of unethical
Following a coup attempt in 2016, the Turkish government has
movement, which it claims was behind the attempt. The actions
have included arbitrary impositions of regulatory requirements
up to outright expropriation. The impact to Canadian companies
has been that they have needed to add a further level of
counterparty due diligence to any business dealings with
Turkish companies to determine their relationship with the
government.

behavior which it alleges are unfounded. The dispute between 2. Risk relating to government intervention to organization

the mining company and the government continues.

After Donald Trump came into power in the U.S. during 2015,
there have been several changes in the trading policies. There
3. Risk relating to fund transfer/project
has been the imposition of import duties primarily on Chinese
For instance, the Chilean peso is floating, but with certain goods, which caused a trade war kind of situation, causing a
limitations and restrictions that effectively keep it non- business slowdown for the Chinese companies, further adding
convertible for many practical purposes. Likewise, Brazil's pressure to the Chinese investors. The Trump government also
currency is still non-convertible due to exchange rate volatility imposed strict regulations on the USFDA, which is the governing
and high inflation, but the country's government has committed body of the pharmaceutical sector. Thus, this kind of change in
to full convertibility over the next several years.
the scenario results in the macro risks for the investors.

3. Risk relating to fund transfer

4. Political violence risk

Faced with lower oil prices and consequently dwindling foreign
ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria), also known as ISIL (Islamic exchange reserves, in 2015 the Nigerian government started
State of Iraq and the Levant), is a Sunni jihadist group with a imposing capital controls and prevented Nigerian importers
particularly violent ideology that calls itself a caliphate and from obtaining foreign currency through the banking system. By
2016, this resulted in Nigerian companies being unable to pay 1. Property Ownership: 

Canadian suppliers in a timely manner.

Expropriation risk, (1=low, 7=high), 2019 - Country rankings: The
4. Political violence risk
average for 2019 based on 173 countries was 3 index points.The
Starting in September 2017, violence erupted in parts of Ethiopia highest value was in Afghanistan: 7 index points and the lowest
as certain ethnic groups demonstrated against state value was in Australia: 1 index points. The indicator is available
discrimination. Following months of confrontations between from 1960 to 2021.

security forces and protests, the country had to declare multiple

state of emergencies. Some international companies, who are 2. Governmental Intervention: 

perceived as receiving favoritism from the state, were

specifically targeted by protesters. 

The US has imposed restrictions on Cuba. Imports and

exports of goods, services, and technology from and to Cuba
are generally prohibited without licences. Exports and
Nguyễn Ngọc Thảo Nhi - 1911155065 ―
NNTNHI040301 direct financial transactions with entities on the Cuba
Restricted List are generally prohibited. Investment is
Nguyễn Trúc Mai Phương - 1911155069 generally prohibited.
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FTU.CS2 NGUYỄN TRÚC MAI PHƯƠNG

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3. Fund Transfer/ Project: 

The World Bank predicts that the COVID-19 pandemic will

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hugely impact the world’s money transfer habits, with the
largest decline in recent history anticipated. The impact will be
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felt differently across the globe. For example, money transfers to
Nguyễn Quang Khải - 1911155040 ―
FTU.CS2 NGUYỄN QUANG KHẢI Europe and Central Asia are anticipating drops of around 28%.
On average, they’re expected to drop by an average of 20% due
to the economic crisis and loss of wages caused by shutdown
International Players procedures around the world.

1. Risk relating to property ownership: An example of this is the 4. Political violence risk: 

expropriation by the Venezuelan government of four heavy oil Political violence risk, (1=low, 7=high), 2019 - Country rankings:
upgrading projects in 2007
The average for 2019 based on 194 countries was 3 index
2. Risk relating to governmental internvention: In the trade points.The highest value was in Afghanistan: 7 index points and
war between USA and China: US government reduces the the lowest value was in Andorra: 1 index points. The indicator is
investment of Chinese companies into US territory and also US available from 1960 to 2021.
companies to Chinese territory. Besides, companies with more
than 25% of equity from China are not allowed to merge or Nguyễn Thị Trà My - 1911155052 ―
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acquire with technological companies in US

3. Risk relating to fund transfer and project: Dumping in China Nguyễn Nhật Trường - 1911155092 ―
ANONYMOUS
in the China - US trade war makes the Yuan lower value in
comparison to the US dollar so that US companies can not Liêu Võ Khánh Huy - 1911155039 ―
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compete with Chinese companies because of higher price

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4. Political violence risk: Afghanistan is in the time of darkness
when Taliban is governing the country with extremely strict
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regulations such as the discrimination between man and women
so it is not possible to invest in these countries because of Nguyễn Duy Minh - 1911155049 ―
ANONYMOUS
political unstability
Vũ Thành Nam - 1911155053 ―
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Võ Hải Nhi - 1911155066 ―
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The only 1
Bùi Lê Phương Hoa - 1911155035 ―
ANONYMOUS • Risk relating to property ownership: Expropriation may
generate some funds for the owners. However, procedures to
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get paid from the government are sometimes protracted and the
final amount remains low. Furthermore, if no compensation is
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paid, conflicts may erupt between the host country and the
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country of the expropriated firm. For instance, the relations
between U.S. and Cuba acknowledge such situation, since Cuba
does not offer compensation to U.S. firms that have their assets
sized.

Minh Luận và 6 nữ thám tử

• Risk relating to governmental intervention on international
trade: An example of an ad valorem tariff would be a 15% tariff
levied by Japan on U.S. automobiles. The 15% is a price increase
on the value of the automobile, so a $10,000 vehicle now costs
$11,500 to Japanese consumers.
numerous delays along the way. The government of Canada then
• Risk relating to fund transfer/project:  A communist country
may want to prevent citizens from capital influences, for
instance, and block currencies from nations they deem
undesirable. China has frequently used blocked money in its
financial practices. Depending on how large of a player the
country blocking currency is on the global market, a blocked
currency can have a widespread economic impact.
Norway, Canada and Australia. The imposition of the ban was a
• Political Violence Risk: Protests in Myanmar, known locally as
the Spring Revolution, began in early 2021 in opposition to the
coup d'état on 1 February, staged by Min Aung Hlaing, the
commander-in-chief of the country's armed forces, the
Tatmadaw.
Huỳnh Khánh Linh - 1911155044 ―
FTU.CS2 HUỲNH KHÁNH LINH Korea and Iran.” On June 7, the U.S. ended the ban.
Nguyễn Long Nhật - 1911155060 ―
FTU.CS2 NGUYỄN LONG NHẬT 3. Risk relating to fund transfer/project
Cao Ngọc Quỳnh Hương - 1911155037 ―
ANONYMOUS
Phạm Thị Quỳnh Mai - 1911155047 ―
FTU.CS2 PHẠM THỊ QUỲNH MAI
Nguyễn Thị Ánh Linh - 1911155045 ―
ANONYMOUS the country's government has committed to full convertibility
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NGUYỄN HOÀNG TUYẾT NGHI 4. Political violence risk: 
Butterfly players
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Nguyễn Thị Minh Hoàng - 1911155036
Tôn Nữ Thục Oanh - 1911155067
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Nguyễn Tấn Tấn - 1911155076
•Risk relating to property ownership: An example of
expropriation that took place between the United States and a
foreign country happened in 1938 between the U.S. and Mexico.
Mexican president Lázaro Cárdenas signed off an order that
expropriated nearly all of the foreign oil companies that were
operating on Mexican soil. This severely impacted the Mexican
economy in a negative way when major oil companies chose to
boycott any oil exports from Mexico. When the United States
government learned of President Cárdenas’ plan, it responded by
creating a policy that supported the efforts of American
companies that attempted to get paid for their expropriated
properties. Simultaneously, the policy worked to support
Mexico’s right to expropriate foreign asset, so long as Mexico
provided the U.S. with prompt and appropriate compensation
from their expropriation efforts.
dragged on, and the international court declared that the image
In Canada, Kinder Morgan, a major North American energy
infrastructure company,  attempted to expand an oil pipeline
that ran from Canada’s interior to its shores. The pipeline
expansion is intended in order to boost oil exports to countries
in Asia, where consumption was expected to rise. The potential
environmental impact of the construction of the pipeline caused
many regulatory delays and triggered protests throughout
Canada. It encountered regionalized obstacles and suffered
decided to buy the pipeline, in effect nationalizing it, to expedite
and ensure its construction.
2. Risk relating to governmental intervention to organization
On 7 August 2014 the Russian government imposed an import
ban on agricultural and processed food exports from the
European Union (EU), the United States of America (USA),
retaliatory measure by the Russian government in response to
the sanctions previously imposed by Western economies.
U.S. Sanctions on China: Most recently, the U.S. and China are in
trade war—each responding with their own tariffs. On April 16,
2018, the U.S. imposed a seven-year ban on exports to ZTE, a
Chinese telecom company. The Washington Post explained that
ZTE was reprimanded for “illegally exporting U.S. goods to North
The Chilean peso is floating, but with certain limitations and
restrictions that effectively keep it non-convertible for many
practical purposes. Likewise, Brazil's currency is still non-
convertible due to exchange rate volatility and high inflation, but
over the next several years.
The risk of being kidnapped throughout Afghanistan remains a
very high and constant threat. At least 4 foreign nationals have
been kidnapped in Kabul since July 2016, some of whom remain
in captivity:
+ In January 2020, an international commercial contractor was
kidnapped in Kabul or in a nearby province: the victim remains
missing
+ On 2 August 2018, 3 international workers were killed shortly
after kidnap in Kabul
Chợ Nhỏ
Risk relating to property ownership
Longevity & Ong Tho milk line in Vietnam
Before 1975, Foremost Multinational Dairy Company had
businesses in the South of Vietnam, they produced milk with
Longevity brand called Ong Tho. After 1975, Foremost's
production was nationalized by the Vietnamese government and
handed over to Vinamilk. In the following period, Foremost 
returned to Vietnam and decided to reclaim their milk brand
with the image of an old man holding a fairy peach. The lawsuit
of the old man holding a fairy peach was Foremost's (but did not
include the word Ong Tho). After winning the lawsuit, Foremost
Company promoted this milk brand again with the name
Longevity and the image of an old man holding a fairy peach as
before. However, they received a backlash because Vietnamese
are now familiar with the word Ong Tho of Vinamilk. Consumers
in Vietnam think that Longevity is a fake brand, so Ong Tho milk Sixy
even more popular. To salvage this wrong strategy, Foremost
changes Longevity into "Truong Sinh", and this brand still exists - Risk related to property ownership:

reluctantly till today.

Ex: On July 19, 1969 in India 14 banks were nationalised and six
more were nationalised in April 1980, under the Banking
Risk relating to government intervention on international Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act 1970,
trade
thus bringing 91 per cent of banking under government control.

In October, 2020, after having won an arbitration award in
airplane manufacturer, the EU announced $3.99 billion in tariffs
on U.S. aircraft and a range of agricultural and industrial goods,
including dairy. This is the latest move in a long line of moves
related to a dispute between the U.S. and the EU over the
subsidizing of aircraft production. The disagreement between
these two countries boils down to the EU and the U.S. each
claiming that the other’s airplane manufacturer is unfairly
subsidized
diligence to any business dealings with Turkish companies to
- Risk related to governmental intervention to organizations
(on international business): Ex: Following a coup attempt in
2016, the Turkish government has targeted those domestic
companies associated with the Gulen movement, which it claims
was behind the attempt. The actions have included arbitrary
impositions of regulatory requirements up to outright
expropriation. The impact to Canadian companies has been that
they have needed to add a further level of counterparty due
determine their relationship with the government.

Risk relating to fund transfer/project: Currency - Risk related to fund transfer/project: currency
inconvertibility and transfer restriction risk inconvertibility and transfer restriction risk:

Afghanistan’s currency extended losses to a record low as the Ex: Chinese nationals are only given a foreign exchange quota of
departure of the acting central bank governor added to political fifty thousand dollars per year, and to make a transfer into Yuan,
turmoil weighing investor sentiment. documentary proof of an underlying transaction must be
According to Bloomberg, the Afghani dropped 1.7 percent to 83.5 provided.

per dollar on Tuesday, marking the fourth consecutive day of The Brazilian Real is still not fully convertible and FX spot
decline. transactions must be both carried out onshore, as well as
Ajmal Ahmady on Twitter said, "Currency spiked from a stable 81 registered with a central bank.

to almost 100, then back to 86...That was one day before the fall South African residents are not permitted to open ZAR accounts
of Kabul. "  abroad, the Indonesian Rupiah is a non-convertible currency,
The central bank was told there would be no more dollar and foreign exchange remittals by Indian nationals, in rupees,
shipments on Friday, which curtailed its ability to supply are capped at $250k dollars per annum.

currency and led to more panic, acting Governor Ajmal Ahmady - Political violence risk: war, riots, terrorism: Ex: Two decades
wrote in a Twitter thread. ago, Osama bin Laden officially launched al-Qaeda's struggle
against the United States. 
Political Violence Risk: war, riots, terrorism
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FTU.CS2 NGUYỄN KHÁNH TRINH
On Sunday, July 18, 2021, thousands of Thais took to the streets
to protest to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Prayut
Lê Thị Mai Trinh - 1911155090 ―
LÊ THỊ MAI TRINH
Chan O Cha because of poor handling of the epidemic. The
protest also happened to coincide with the one-year anniversary Nguyễn Ngọc Phương Uyên - 1911155097 ―
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of the Thai pro-democracy movement.
Protesters accuse the government of stagnating in providing Phan Đỗ Quyên - 1911155072 ―
PHAN ĐỖ QUYÊN
vaccines, while the country is facing the worst wave of the
Covid-19 epidemic since the beginning of the season, leaving Nguyễn Trần Thúy Vy - 1911155106 ―
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hospitals in a state of overload.
Up to now, Thailand has recorded a total of 403,000 infections Trần Thẩm Quỳnh- 1911155074 ―
ANONYMOUS
and 3,341 deaths from Covid-19. On Sunday, Thailand recorded a
record number of new infections of more than 11,000 people
within 24 hours, a day after a record number of 141 deaths. Dream Team
Risk related to property ownership

Trần Trúc Thiên - 1911155081 ―

ANONYMOUS
After

On August 6, 1960, Cuba nationalized all American owned oil

Lê Nguyễn Bình Minh - 1911155048 ―
FTU.CS2 LÊ NGUYỄN BÌNH MINH
refineries located within Cuba's national borders - causing the
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ANONYMOUS US to officially impose an embargo on Cuba.

Nguyễn Ngọc Anh Thư - 1911155083 ―

ANONYMOUS Risk related to governmental intervention to organizations (on
international business)

Lăng Ngọc Thúy Hằng - 1911155030 ―

ANONYMOUS Japan's srict restriction on import of veggie, fruits, and
processed products by the implementation of regulations and
Lê Nhật Quyên - 1911155071 ―
FTU.CS2 LÊ NHẬT QUYÊN
procedures regarding import customes, plant protection, and
food sanitation.

Risk related to fund transfer/project: currency inconvertibility expropriation. The impact to Canadian companies has been that
and transfer restriction risk
they have needed to add a further level of counterparty due
Venezuela with inflation rate of 2,355.15% threatens the foreign diligence to any business dealings with Turkish companies to
investors' convertibility of domestic currency into other strong determine their relationship with the government.
currency.

3. Risk relating to fund transfer/project

Political violence risk: war, riots, terrorism
In 2015, the Nigerian government imposed capital controls and
Myanmar's military conducted a coup d'état on 1 February 2021, prevented Nigerian importers from obtaining foreign currency
turning Myanmar from a young democracy in to a stratocracy. through the banking system due to lower oil prices and
This situation threatens the presence of FDI companies in shrinking foreign exchange reserves. As a result, in 2016,
Myanmar. Nigerian companies were unable to pay Canadian suppliers.

Vuong Tu Vy - 1911155107 ―
VƯƠNG TÚ VY 4. Political violence risk
Violence appeared in parts of Ethiopia when certain ethnic
Nguyễn Phạm Thu Uyên - 1911155098 groups showed against state discrimination in September 2017.
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FTU.CS2 NGUYỄN PHẠM THU UYÊN
The country had to declare many state of emergencies after
months of confrontations between security forces and protests.
Nguyễn Thành Vinh - 1911155103 ―
ANONYMOUS
Several foreign companies, who are known for receiving
Nguyễn Quang Sĩ - 1911155075 ―
ANONYMOUS favouritism from the state, were specifically targeted by
protesters. One lesson that enterprises in Canada can take is to
Lê Ngọc Thanh Vân - 1911155100 ―
ANONYMOUS recognize the importance of working with local communities
and not just the government.

Cộng đồng
1. Risk relating to property ownership Nguyễn Đan Thi - 1911155080 ―
FTU.CS2 NGUYỄN ĐAN THI
The expropriation by the Venezuela government of four heavy
oil upgrading project in 2007 Nguyễn Hồng Gia Hân - 1911155028 ―
GIA HAN NGUYEN HONG

2. Risk relating to government intervention to the organization Nguyễn Quý Thương - 1911155087 ―
FTU.CS2 NGUYỄN QUÝ THƯƠNG
(on international business)
Lê Thanh Tùng - 1911155093 ―
ANONYMOUS

The Turkish government has targeted those domestic companies

Chung Ngọc Nhã Thi - 1911155079 ―
FTU.CS2 CHUNG NGỌC NHÃ THI
associated with the Gulen movement, which was claimed to be
behind the coup attempt in 2016. The actions have included
arbitrary impositions of regulatory requirements up to entire

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