Firms look to upgrade overseas reputations

John Bryson (second from left), US secretary of commerce, at the 22nd US-China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade in Chengdu, Sichuan province, on Nov 21. Bryson encouraged Chinese business leaders to invest - by establishing factories, facilities, operations and offices - in the United States, the largest consumer market in the world. More than 5 million Americans are directly employed by foreign companies in the United States, he said. Nelson Ching / Bloomberg