My topic is US foreign policy and the influence of multinational organizations. It is basically about multi and transnational corporations and the ways in which they acquire outrageous amounts of profit by influencing how US foreign policies are made so that they are favored. This is especially true when dealing with cheap labor in third world countries. These companies spend thousands of dollars on lobbysits to ensure that favorable policies are passed.
I chose this topic because it often gets neglected or even hidden from public knowledge. We are made aware of the hunger stricken, poverty ridden and war torn countries of the third world, however we never find out about how trade and labor policies contribute to this chaos.
This topic connects to the theme of the class because more than any other factor, globalization is the cause of organizations becoming more international. Globalization being the theme of our class, I felt this topic was very related to most of our readings and discussions.
I hope to get educated on US foreign policy as well as help other become more aware of the issues that citizens of third world countries are facing due to corporations and finances controlling foreign policies.
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