Trends and Challenges Facing U.S. Business:
- Opening global markets for trade and investment can generate much needed economic growth and job creation in the U.S. and around the world if policymakers take the steps needed to address protectionist policies.
- Without investment, both inward and outward, economies stagnate and citizens suffer.
Eva Hampl delivers testimony on
behalf of USCIB at U.S. Department of Commerce
Committee Chair Rick Johnston (Citi); USCIB CEO Peter Robinson;
and Rob Mulligan discussing trade with OECD and BIAC leadership
Shaun Donnelly speaking at the OECD
Global Forum on International Investment
Read the USCIB Trade and Investment Agenda 2021
2021 AgendaUSCIB’s Response:
- Stress the importance of U.S. engagement and leadership in creating and enforcing rules for international trade and investment in forums such as the WTO and OECD.
- Press for progress on advancing 21st century standards for the full range of services trade.
- Discourage counter-productive measures that undercut our international commitments or could lead to retaliatory measures that hurt U.S. companies and workers.
- Advocate for broad policies and for specific investment agreements which strengthen the policy and legal environment for FDI.
Magnifying Your Voice with USCIB:
- USCIB is the only U.S. business association formally affiliated with the world’s three largest business organizations where we work with business leaders across the globe to extend our reach to influence policymakers in key international markets to American business
- Build consensus with like-minded industry peers and participate in off-the-record briefings with policymakers both home and abroad.
Positions and Statements
USCIB Welcomes Commitment by G7 to Inclusive Global Recovery (6/16/2021) - Following the G7 Leaders’ Summit in Cornwall, UK, the United States Council for International Business (USCIB) welcomes the G7’s resolute… 
USCIB Defends Foreign Direct Investment at OECD (4/14/2021) - USCIB has led private sector participation at a series of recent events organized by the OECD’s Investment Committee. Kimberley Claman,… News Stories
WTO and UN Host Global Dialogue on Trade and Food (7/14/2021) - USCIB Senior Vice President, Innovation, Regulation, and Trade Brian Lowry participated in an outreach event on July 6 convened by… 
Wilmer’s Lauren Mandell Speaks for Business on FDI Screening (6/23/2021) - The OECD’s Investment Promotion Agency (IPA) Network organized seminars on the important issue of Government screening of inward Foreign Direct… Press Releases
USCIB Supports New Public Education Initiative to Combat Black Market Trade (6/9/2021) - USCIB joined United to Safeguard America from Illegal Trade (USA-IT) in launching a new public education initiative designed to provide… 
USCIB Announces New Policy Leadership (2/3/2021) - Brian Lowry New York, N.Y., February 01, 2021: The United States Council for International Business (USCIB) announced that Brian Lowry,… Op-Eds and Speeches
Donnelly Co-Authors Op-Ed in The Hill on Commercial Diplomacy (2/3/2021) - USCIB Senior Advisor Shaun Donnelly and his longtime State Department colleague Ambassador (ret.) Tony Wayne recently co-wrote an op-ed in… 
Op-Ed: Business Must Come Together to Respond to COVID-19 Now (3/30/2020) - Earlier this month, nearly 500 experts in public health, law and human rights wrote an open letter to U.S Vice… Chair
Charles R. (Rick) Johnston
Managing Director, Global Government Affairs
Citigroup Inc.
Staff
Shaun Donnelly
Senior Advisor
sdonnelly@uscib.org
Staff
Rob Mulligan
Senior Counsel
Christopher Olsen
Policy & Program Associate, Washington
(202) 371-9235 or colsen@uscib.org
