Cross-cultural business negotiations

Writer should have experience or familiarity with business negotiations and communication in a cross cultural environment. Please use sources from English language countries, institutions or major English language publications. The assignment should be written from the perspective of a US based company negotiating a merger with companies in two other countries. One of these should be a country in Europe or Canada, the other should be a country anywhere else in the world besides Europe or Canada. The writer may choose any country he or she feels qualified to write about but it should be a major global business center like China, India, Japan, Brazil, Mexico, Ireland, Germany, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, or various major middle eastern countries. Do not choose any countries which the US has restricted trade or hostile relations with like Iran, North Korea, et