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by throwawayaway 3919 days ago
Britain had an East India Company first:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_India_Company_%28disambig...

http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/politics/2014/04/worlds...

It's up for debate who was the first multinational. No doubt both set the bar very high for those to follow, but I do think blackwater spinoff dyncorp with child sex slaves will take some beating, particularly with respect to the prevailing moral climate of the time:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DynCorp#Bosnia_incidents

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> Britain had an East India Company first:

Actually the Portuguese one was founded in 1549, but I will leave out the usual type of "products" that were traded in those days.