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Global Commodity Chains
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A global commodity chain links workers and firms across borders to produce one product, organized by a multinational corporation conducting business across those borders.
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A product designed in one country, assembled from parts in several others, and supported by workers in another illustrates a global commodity chain.
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These chains concentrate wealth disproportionately in core nations and coordinating firms, which conflict theorists emphasize.