Contents
Contents
1. Welcome to Corporate Europe
2. Laying the Foundations: European PR Agencies and Think- Tanks
3. Writing the Script: The European Roundtable of Industrialists
4. UNICE: Industry's Well- oiled Lobby Machine
5. AmCham Chimes in with the Brussels Corporate Choir
6. Polishing the EMU: The Association for the Monetary Union of Europe
7. Doing Business in Amsterdam: The ERT, UNICE and the Treaty of Amsterdam
8. Oiling the Wheels: Lobbying for European Transport Infrastructure
9. Forcefeeding Europe: The Biotech Lobby
10. Globalisation: Corporate- led, EU- fed
11. The Transatlantic Connection
12. MAIgalomania: The Global Corporate Investment Agenda and the Citizens' Movement Opposing It
13. The WTO Millennium Bug: Corporate Control over Global Trade Politics
14. Landing on Planet Inc.
15. Global Elite Meetings: The Bilderberg Group, the Trilateral Commission and the World Economic Fo
16. Exploiting Sustainability: The World Business Council for Sustainable Development
17. The Weather Gods: Corporations Profit from Climate Change
18. The Corporate Cooptation of the United Nations
19. Challenging Corporate Power
Appendix 1. Navigating the Brussels Labyrinth: The European Union and its Institutions
Appendix 2. A Condensed History of the EU
Appendix 3. ERT Members and their Companies
Appendix 4. Resources
Notes