Press Center

For nearly 80 years, USCIB has provided American business with a voice in the global arena, bringing our members’ views to bear on major public policy issues in the United States, other countries and international organizations such as the United Nations, the OECD and the International Labor Organization.

Our unique advocacy platforms enable American companies to help shape the laws, rules and policies that directly impact their international operations. We also provide a broad range of services to assist companies, both large and small, in accessing foreign markets and doing business overseas.

USCIB maintains an extensive roster of issue specialists who can address a wide variety of topics. Visit our Policy & Program staff page for contacts for your next story or contact below:

Kira Yevtukhova
Deputy Director, Marketing & Communications
(202) 617-3160 or kyevtukhova@uscib.org

Press Releases

The 13th WTO Ministerial Conference Falls Short But Delivers Some Wins for Industry (3/5/2024) - Renewal of e-commerce moratorium and intellectual property rights secured New York, N.Y., March 04, 2024—The United States Council for International Business (USCIB) welcomes outcomes from the WTO 13th Ministerial Conference in Abu Dhabi on two key objectives for U.S. industry: a two-year extension of the moratorium on customs duties on electronic transmissions and a rejection of efforts to waive intellectual […]
USCIB Supports First-Ever Multilateral Agreement on “Living Wage” (2/27/2024) - New York, NY, February 27, 2024–This weekend, the International Labor Organization (ILO), the UN entity responsible for setting international labor standards, reached the first-in-history multilateral agreement on the concept of a “living wage.” The alignment on the concept, negotiated between workers, employers and governments, was part of the outcome of a week-long expert meeting on wage policies, including living wages. […]

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USCIB in the Press

USCIB in the News: Bloomberg, Tax Notes Quote Rick Minor on New OECD Report on Amount B (2/22/2024) - SVP Rick Minor was quoted in both Bloomberg and Tax Notes this week following the February 19 release of the OECD’s new report on Amount B, one of the key components of Pillar One of the OECD’s global two pillar solution project. In Bloomberg Tax, Minor said: “I feel there remains a degree of uncertainty regarding the prospects for broad […]
Politico Cites USCIB in Article on USTR’s Extension of China 301 Tariffs (1/2/2024) - Politico’s Weekly Trade newsletter mentioned USCIB’s inclusion in an Americans for Free Trade (AFT) statement: USTR Extension of China Section 301 Tariff Exclusions. Americans for Free Trade (AFT) is a broad coalition of American businesses, trade organizations and workers. AFT was cited as delivering a rebuke, responding to a decision from USTR to extend tariff exclusions for another five months […]

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Op-Eds and Speeches

US Funding of the OECD is Critical to US Global Economic Policy Influence (11/2/2023) - by Whitney Baird, USCIB President & CEO  As Congress debates on whether to maintain the current levels of funding for the OECD, USCIB urges Congress to maintain the current level of U.S. financial contribution and stresses that diminishing funding will have consequences for U.S. economic interests and the U.S. role in multilateral policymaking.   Congress must maintain the current level of […]
USCIB Member Spotlight: EY’s Marna Ricker Writes About Implementing Pillar Two (10/26/2023) - USCIB member EY’s Marna Ricker authored a post on “Implementing Pillar Two Requires Resources, Flexibility,” in which she discusses the critical phase of the global minimum tax project. She writes: “Like businesses, governments should be focusing on the practical aspects of applying and administering the new rules. “The G20-led project on addressing the tax challenges of the digitalisation of the […]

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