Romney's Bain advisers aided China, Russia growth
Source: AP via Boston Globe
WASHINGTON (AP) As Bain & Co. head in the early 1990s, Mitt Romney presided over the corporate strategy firms expanding operations into China and Russia, helping their initial attempts to move into the worlds free market system.
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In 1993, under Romneys oversight, Bain branched out in Beijing, where the firms consultants held a series of management seminars for Chinese government trade officials, according to documents, interviews and media accounts. At the same time, Bain consultants were advising Russian officials and conducting seminars to aid the post-Soviet business privatization campaign, according to State Department files.
Bain joined a 1990s gold rush of U.S. consulting companies that tutored emerging post-Communist nations in Western management structure and strategy. Former U.S. diplomats and experts in the Chinese and Russian economic systems say Bains involvement came at a critical point when both governments sought Western intervention to absorb fundamentals of capitalism.
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Romney campaign spokeswoman Michele Davis would not respond to detailed questions about Romneys oversight of Bain & Co.s consulting work. She disputed the timing of his departure, saying it came in 1992 rather than a year later. Davis said Romney concentrated on working intensely to turn around the firm. She added that no individual businessman can level the playing field with China.
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Read more: http://www.boston.com/news/politics/2012/president/candidates/romney/2012/10/10/romney-bain-advisers-aided-china-russia-growth/XJKteWR36AsApxoz3e3o5J/story.html
The AP article notes that the Romney campaign didn't provide any documents to back up their claim that Romney left in 1992.
The AP found documents and news stories from the period showing that "Romney held a top role at Bain & Co. through late 1993."
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(49,006 posts)The tweet:
https://twitter.com/BenLaBolt/status/256127079173722112
Romney camp once again can't get their story straight on Bain, which was supposed to be premise of his candidacy http://bit.ly/QdKawx
That links to a story at BuzzFeed Politics, "Romney Campaign Timing Claim Contradicts Story Written By Romney Aide":
http://www.buzzfeed.com/zekejmiller/romney-campaign-timing-claim-contradicts-story-wri
Aides to Mitt Romney told the Associated Press this week that the Republican presidential candidate left Bain & Co. in 1992 and was therefore not responsible for efforts to aid economic growth in China and Russia.
But that statement contradicts by a contemporaneous account by none other than Romney senior adviser Eric Fehrnstrom, who worked as a a Boston Herald reporter before joining the Romney camp. The article was dug up by the pro-Obama group American Bridge.