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Research into how South African food companies, particularly large transnationals, go about shaping public health policy in their favour found 107 examples of food industry practices designed to influence public health policy.

From Salon • Apr. 25, 2024

There were also “spacemen,” Chinese transnationals with their wives and children who stayed in Monterey Park while shuttling back and forth between China and the U.S.,

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2023

From the mid-80s on, a number of leading dairy transnationals such as Fonterra, Nestlé, Danone and Arla made major investments in China to grow their brands there.

From The Guardian • Mar. 29, 2019

"We have not given up on the transnationals," says UAW president Ron Gettelfinger, who claims that "fear, intimidation and threats hold workers back" from inviting unions into transplant factories.

From Time Magazine Archive

Another, obviously aimed at the international news agencies, recommends "effective legal measures designed to circumscribe the action of transnationals by requiring them to comply with specific criteria and conditions defined by national development policies."

From Time Magazine Archive