Providing an insight into the ways in which transnational corporations have influenced a wide range of policies of the EU and other international institutions, this book analyses the structural and political factors which have enabled corporate political power to dominate.

The featured case studies examine corporate influence on transport, biotechnology, climate change policies, as well as key economic globalization projects such as the Transatlantic Economic Partnership and the Multilateral Agreement on Investment.

Corporate Europe
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
II Going Global
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
III Planet Inc.
14. Planet Inc.
15. Global Elite Meetings: The Bilderberg Group, The Trilateral Commission And The World Economic Forum
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
IV Challenging Corporate Power
19. Challenging Corporate Power
V. Appendices 1. Navigating The Brussels Labyrinth: The European Union And Its Institutions 2. A Condensed History Of The EU 3. List Of ERT Members And Their Companies 4. Glossary Of Abbreviations 5. Resources.