U3 AOS2

U3 AOS2

1. USA Economic Power

   • 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."
         • http://www.globalresearch.ca/monsanto-controls- both-the-white-house-and-the-us-congress/5336422

2. USA National Interests

   • economic
     • Job preservation
     • decreased unemployment rates
   • cultural
     • cultural preservation
   • military
     • National Security

3. USA foreign policy

   • 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."

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