After President Donald Trump signed an executive order imposing a $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas, tech companies began exploring alternatives such as hiring remote international workers instead of bringing them to the U.S.

Experts say this shift could accelerate the globalization of the workforce, changing wage structures and bargaining power both in the U.S. and abroad. Companies are increasingly turning to firms like Globalization Partners to legally employ foreign workers remotely at far lower costs than visa fees.

Even if the U.S. government decides to financially punish companies for offshoring jobs to countries with cheaper labor, Devashish Mitra, Gerald B. and Daphna Cramer Professor of Global Affairs, says it still might be worth it.

“Let's say a company offshores programming work to India, they would probably be paying a quarter of what they pay here, or even less,” says Mitra. “So even if the U..S government taxes them 100% for what they're paying foreigners abroad, it's still going to work out well for the Big Tech companies.”

Read more in the Business Insider article, “After the H-1B visa fee hike, global teams are looking like the future of work.”