The issue focused on U.S. technology and technology companies, as well as where U.S. companies are working.

A 2013 report by the technology company Internet Foundry found that U.S. companies outpace their European peers in every technology category.

PepsiCo. said in a statement on Friday that it "argues that the number of U.S. companies that have held more than $1 billion in technology assets is one of the best data points to support the 2014