What the General Motors issue shows is that the multi-nationals are a law unto themselves.
通用汽车的声明说明跨国公司都自行其是。
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Just one year ago no one could imagine that the arrogant ones were Chinese companies and the self abasing ones were multi-nationals.
仅仅一年前，人们还无法想象，自大说的是中国公司，自卑说的是跨国公司。
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On that point, it appears that multi-nationals are held to a higher standard than domestic enterprises in some cases, simply because they must comply to retain their "license to operate".