Bribes. Europe has (or had in the past) very different rules about bribery, especially overseas. I know the American company I worked for lost bids we had won

Bribes. Europe has (or had in the past) very different rules about bribery, especially overseas. I know the American company I worked for lost bids we had won when we refused the kickback schemes the government that granted the bids expected us to include. Some American companies package/tie deals to other deals with other foreign entities so that the kickbacks happen on the side, but it's nothing like the bribery the Europeans did that we had to compete with.