21.   It also has subsidiaries in France and Italy.

22.   It has subsidiaries in Germany, Switzerland, France, the U.K, Luxembourg, Spain and Denmark.

23.   It has subsidiaries in several European countries, including France, Germany and Italy, that also sell insurance plans directly.

24.   It has subsidiaries in the United States and New Zealand.

25.   It has marketing subsidiaries in the United States and New Zealand.

26.   It is unclear how many other American companies have German subsidiaries that used forced laborers.

27.   Japanese companies could be hurt by barriers relating to labor standards, as many of them have subsidiaries in fast-expanding southeast Asian economies.

28.   New England Electric also has subsidiaries in Massachusetts, where it is the largest retail utility, and New Hampshire.

29.   One company that lobbied hardest for this, lawmakers said, was General Electric Co., which has subsidiaries that would benefit from it.