Nobody said anything about liking or disliking, but there is something called economic strategy and geopolitical strategy the two do intertwine. Your free to come up with a better reason.
I dont know any Companies in world that would Investing in a country looking at Geopolitical strategy...Businessmen do Business for there profit not for geopolitical strategy of there country....
Study about globalization happened way back in the 90s. Companies like leyland entered way before you. 
