TNC's: A large number of TNC's are based in the US
Shell
Political Influence
NIGERIA: Shell is able to keep tabs on the Nigerian government’s dealings
with other oil partners China and Russia in part because "Shell had
seconded people to all the relevant ministries and that Shell consequently
had access to everything that was being done in those ministries."
Monsanto
Political influence
Moreover, Monsanto also controls key
appointments to the US Department of
Agriculture (USDA) and the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA)
"While there are numerous points of
overlap between Monsanto and the
United States Government under the
Obama administration, the three most
important connections are that of
Michael Taylor, Roger, Beachy, and
Islam Siddiqui—all three of these
Monsanto affiliates were appointed to
high level positions within the
government by the Obama
administration."
Definition: the way in which it interacts with foreign
nations and sets standards of interaction for its
organizations, corporations and individual citizens
"to build and sustain a more democratic, secure, and prosperous world for
the benefit of the American people and the international community."
Jurisdictional Goals
"export controls, including nonproliferation of nuclear technology and nuclear
hardware; measures to foster commercial intercourse with foreign nations and to
safeguard American business abroad; international commodity agreements;
international education; and protection of American citizens abroad and expatriation."