> Which is about one-half of Walmart's employee base,
This doesn't take away the fact that there is interest in having these companies operating in the future.
> but the USA doesn't base its foreign policy on the whims of the Walton family.
If by "the USA" you mean the government, yes you are right, because it doesn't have to. Companies as big as Walmart, Lockheed Martin, McDonald's are fully capable of influencing the 'outside world' by their own means.
This doesn't take away the fact that there is interest in having these companies operating in the future.
> but the USA doesn't base its foreign policy on the whims of the Walton family.
If by "the USA" you mean the government, yes you are right, because it doesn't have to. Companies as big as Walmart, Lockheed Martin, McDonald's are fully capable of influencing the 'outside world' by their own means.