subsidiaries

Foreign subsidiaries of US companies are much less vulnerable to subpoena than domestic subsidiaries.

Many fine foods and beverages that were once prepared by other, independent businesses that are now Nestle subsidiaries.

In terms of total sales, Wlmt (including subsidiaries) is close to $500B, while Amazon is approaching $100B.

Plus France would know lots of subsidiaries were being created and just implement additional safeguards.

Most US software companies with on-the-ground operations in Japan will want to have Japanese subsidiaries.

Many American companies with PR departments spread the practice to Europe when they created European subsidiaries as a result of the Marshall plan.

It would adversely affect any other companies as well that are not subsidiaries.

LG has over a hundred local subsidiaries, of which LG USA is one.

China has some odd laws in terms of how Chinese subsidiaries work from what I understand.

I assume these companies have subsidiaries in Greece where they can receive the money in cash.

Alternatively borrow money for the buybacks from their own foreign subsidiaries either at zero percent or very low or at prime and then default?

Realize that Apple could theoretically spin these foreign cash-holding subsidiaries off into independent entities that will never pay any taxes to the United States.

And before you attempt to limit the rules to "subsidiaries" consider that although "Apple Ireland" is somehow affiliated with "Apple, Inc" in the US, they are wholly separate companies with a contract to behave in certain ways.