Whether or not America wants to own up to it or not, it is a global empire, for no other country in the world has as many military bases as America, in which it is estimated that America has a staggering 750 military bases, large and small, situated all over the world. While some might think that our bases are there in order to protect and defend our homeland, the reality is different, for one of the main purposes of having so many bases, spread all over the world, along with the necessary military personnel situated strategically, is not only to make sure that the trade routes are secure and safe but that they consistently remain open, so that international business can be fairly conducted without undue fear that something tragic will happen, as well as also representing a prominent warning sign to foreign nations, and especially those nations that lack any meaningful military might, that America is prepared to do whatever that it feels is appropriate to do to protect its interests, which definitely includes not just its intellectual property and trade, but also to make sure that whatever that the businesses of America needs to get done overseas, is done in a way and manner that American enterprise is secure and able to fully conduct their business enterprises. After all, when America invests time, materials, and labor into a foreign country they aren’t interested in seeing what has been structured for the benefit of American enterprise, being messed with, and one way to assure that this will not happen, is to make it their point, to let the host nation know that America takes care of its own, one way or another.
Indeed, it is always easier to conduct business overseas when that business enterprise knows that there is zero possibility that the billions of dollars invested into overseas enterprises are somehow ever going to be nationalized by the subject country, which is very bad for business, and makes those that suffer such a fate, business shy, in regards to their future endeavors. So then, American enterprises make it their principle to tell their government that they need to know for a certainty that what they have invested their time and materials in, no matter what changes within the political atmosphere of that foreign nation, won’t change the agreement already agreed to, so that knowing that their investment is secure, they can ramp it up, without undue concern that things might go sour, especially in those nations that are somewhat unstable. This is also why America takes a real interest in who the leader of a foreign nation is, and will interfere directly or indirectly in elections or coups to make sure that the result is always favorable for American enterprise.
So too, there are rare earth minerals and semiconductors that are vital to American enterprise, in which the absence or delay of these very things could wreak havoc on the economy of America, which is why. America makes sure that subject nations know that crucial items to America will necessitate, if so necessary, an appropriate response by that nation, which is the greatest military power in the world, bar none.