Undue control of industries and sectors by transnational corporations

Many key agricultural commodity trade sectors are dominated by oligopolies of three to five large companies, including wheat, coffee, cocoa, tropical fruit and soya. This means that primary agricultural producers have virtually no influence on prices set in the world's major trading centres and futures markets.

1. Undue industrial control
2. Oligopolies

1. Restrictive control of marketing and distribution channels by transnational corporations
2. Irresponsible private control of communications mass media
3. Excessive exploitation of raw material reserves by transnational enterprises
4. Excessive control of raw materials markets by transnational corporations
5. Domination of the shipping industry by transnational corporations
6. Domination of the copper industry by transnational corporations
7. Domination of the automobile industry by transnational corporations
8. Domination of agricultural equipment industry by transnational corporations
9. Domination of advertising by transnational corporations
10. Domination by transnational corporations of the domestic name-brand food sector
11. Dependence on import of staple foods due to transnational corporations
12. Control of national economic sectors by transnational enterprises

1. Sectoral imbalances
2. Non-responsiveness of transnational corporations to pharmaceutical needs
3. Global financial crisis
4. Discrimination in lending by transnational banks
5. Discrimination against transnational banks

1. Increasing intra-firm trade
2. Inadequate diversification of loans to vulnerable countries

1. Monopolistic activity by transnational enterprises
2. Instability of the commodities trade

1. Researching armament - petroleum coalition

1. Undue
2. Self-control