Two-Dimensional Graphs of Corporate Ties


Board Interlocks of 30 corporations, plotted with coordinates from non-metric, 2-dimensional scaling.  This is a direct representation of the Board of Director Interlocks these 30 corporations shared with each other in 1991-92.



Trade Advisory Affiliations -- where these corporations have a representative(s) to the U.S. Trade Representative's advisory committees, which are part of the Executive Branch.  The lines/arcs represent common membership among representatives of these 30 corporations in the committees, again plotted with coordinates from non-metric, 2-dimensional scaling.



Membership Overlap Among the same 30 Corporations in Eight Leading Business Advocacy Organizations (listed below), plotted with coordinates from non-metric, 2-dimensional scaling.

· Business Roundtable (1972)
· Council on Foreign Relations (1921)
· Council of the Americas (Rockefeller Founded, 1958)
· Emergency Cmte. on American Trade (1971)
· National Association of Manufacturers (NAM)  (1895)
      Trade Policy Cmte.
      NAM Executives
· MTN Coalition (1981)
· U.S. Council for International Business (1920)
· US-Mexico Business Cmte. (U.S. Chamber of Commerce managed entity)



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