<Li> 1998: The first Pakistani McDonald's opens in Lahore immediately followed by a branch in Karachi after one week . </Li> <Li> 1998: Disney / Pixar and McDonald's begins their 7 - year promotional partnership . </Li> <Li> 1999: First McDonald's restaurant opens in Tbilisi, Georgia . Jack Greenberg is elevated to Chairman and CEO . </Li> <Li> 1999: leftist activist José Bové and others gain worldwide attention when they destroy a half - built McDonald's franchise in Millau (Aveyron). The incident follows a European Union ban on American meat imports, on the grounds that they use hormone treatments; in response the U.S. had increased import duties on French Roquefort cheese and other European Union products . Bové was sentenced to three months in prison for his role in the incident . </Li>

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