You have to consider that local competitors and other foreign competitors may not have any issues with bribery, maybe they’re both from cultures where bribery i

You have to consider that local competitors and other foreign competitors may not have any issues with bribery, maybe they’re both from cultures where bribery is normal. Now you’re asking a local executive to paddle up river while their competitors go down river. Unless you have a somewhat leveled playing field it’ll be an uphill battle. I believe there were espionage scandals in Europe by US intelligence where US companies were given confidential info on other negotiations —this was ab attempt to level the field in the face of what the US saw as unfair competition brought on by bribery.