In the case of Colombia, there is a revolving door between multinational corporations such as Occidental Petroleum anf the U.S. Embassy in Bogota.
Corporations are major players in setting U.S. policy toward Colombia.
The study, carried out by Gallup International Association, involved interviews with 779 private sector leaders from 14 emerging market economies-Indonesia, the Philippines, South Korea, Thailand, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Hungary, Poland, Russia, Morocco, Nigeria and South Africa. The U.S. government often exploits its superpower status to cajole foreign governments into granting lucrative business contracts to American corporations, a survey released Thursday said. The survey was made public by Transparency International, a global coalition that attempts to curb corruption. Among other findings, the survey concluded that companies from Sweden, Australia and Canada are the least likely among 19 countries listed to pay bribes to win or retain business in a given country. Companies which received the lowest ratings were from Taiwan, South Korea and China.