Group Seven

Well, who makes these decisions In the international arena, the decisions are made by states, but to use George Orwell's phrase, some states are more equal than others. The ones who are the most equal are the ones called G7, the seven rich industrial countries, and they have an overwhelming effect on states' decisions. And of the G7, the one that's far away the most equal is, of course, the United States, which since the Second World War has had a position of overwhelming international power. You know, historical presidents to then, and of course has used to design a world and the interests of powerful sectors within. Alongside the powerful states, there are the institutions that have designed the international financial institutions, the IMF, from world banks. World trade organization took over from a gap a couple of years ago. These are institutions of global dominance, global control, which are themselves controlled by the rich countries, primarily by the United States, which once again has an overwhelming influence.