Consumers International is concerned that if the ampicillin resistance gene starts to be used in crops and enters the food chain, it could make its treatment of infections far less effective. CI calls for a ban on the use of antibiotic resistance genes in commercial food crops. One-third of world trade is composed of just internal transactions within multinational corporations. There were 7,000 multinational corporations 25 years ago. Today, there are 40,000 and they control 70 per cent of world trade.
Multinational corporations are often wealthier than the countries in which they operate.
Globally, an entire industry can be dominated by a handful of companies. Often, entire countries can depend upon a single company, even though these companies siphon off profits to their home countries and do not share their technical expertise with local companies. As for job creation, despite controlling over 33 per cent of the world's productive assets, multinationals account for only about 5 per cent of world employment. Increasingly, multinationals control rather than own the production chain and use sub-contractors. Their sprawling reach enables them to show profits in the country with the lowest taxes and to locate production in the country with the lowest wages.