Not whether the producer is within the same national boundaries as ourselves or not.
And yes, the Internet exists in a place where national boundaries are all but meaningless.
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Some of its troubles are not of its own making artificial national boundaries crafted by British colonial overlords.
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Financial markets move swiftly, firms' holdings and exposures change every day, and financial transactions do not respect national boundaries.
The old national boundaries are supposed to be no more important than the county lines inside a US State.
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Unlike national boundaries, linguistic boundaries should form only in the valleys of his colour globe, never over the hills.
Increasingly, the forces that produced financial centres are ignoring national boundaries, gathering up financial businesses in ever greater concentrations.
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And Grockit is not only enabling social learning within the U.S. it also makes collaboration possible across national boundaries.
But it is limited to finance, a part of the economy where monetary union has already swept away national boundaries.
Should this upheaval intensify further, that country's desperate poverty and rampant inflation may fuel an explosion that crosses national boundaries.
All three nations are involved in long-running maritime disputes with China over national boundaries in the East and South China Seas.
The jurors' findings outlined by Adams all related to count one -- conspiracy to commit acts of terrorism transcending national boundaries.
And taking those decisions early would, they said, bring rewards in a world where many companies were not constrained by national boundaries.
Video games like Re-Mission transcend national boundaries and cultures, he told CNN.
As the industry morphs into a private-sector play area, it is attracting a new class of managers--young, idealistic and unmindful of national boundaries.
Mad-cow disease is clearly no respecter of national boundaries: cattle and cattle-feed are traded (and cows sometimes actually walk) across borders in the Union.
All three nations named in the sign are involved in long-running maritime disputes with China over national boundaries in the East and South China Seas.
Competition is bound to suffer if the opportunity to do business across Europe's national boundaries is stymied by governments blocking deals or engineering mergers at home.
International standards are increasingly important as on-line career counselling can be provided across national boundaries and therefore be immune from regulation by most, if not all, countries.
The Network builds international links between cities that share a common creative history, thereby promoting the sharing of cultural and creative knowledge across national boundaries and economic divides.
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Farish Noor, a professor at Singapore's Nanyang Technological University, argues that in many instances, these conflicts are caused by old customs butting up against arbitrary modern national boundaries.
And national boundaries seem to shrink, as companies get bigger.
Peter dragged a backward Russia into the modern age by exploiting Western technology--shipbuilding in particular--and creating a formidable navy, as he reformed the economy and enlarged national boundaries.
But other surveys found the problem knows no national boundaries.
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The telegraph and the telephone, followed by the airplane and radio, empowered corporations to vault national boundaries, conduct their business globally--and shift their wealth to the least onerous tax system.
As global regulators look for ways to reduce risk, CLS Bank offers an interesting model, although one that shows how much thought, time, and determination is required across national boundaries.
The journey takes them, for instance, to Taganak, one of the Turtle Islands, where the creatures (oblivious to such niceties as national boundaries) heave themselves ashore to lay their eggs.
The arrival of the new vessel comes at a time when China is in dispute with a number of neighbouring countries over national boundaries in the East and South China Seas.
The findings showed that China was the main beneficiary, with more than half of the projects - accounting for 91% of the 2011 investment - being located within its national boundaries.
The evidence of this can be seen almost everywhere life-cycle of products, number of patents filed in the US Patent Office, amount of cell phone activity across national boundaries on and on and on.
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