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 2020
2020 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 Announces 2021 Priority Issues for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) (1/6/2021) - Washington D.C., January 5, 2020 — The United States Council for International Business (USCIB), which represents many of America’s leading… 
USCIB Encourages Biden Environmental Nominees to Engage on Multilateral Issues (12/21/2020) - New York, N.Y., December 18, 2020: The United States Council for International Business (USCIB) issued a statement today by its… News Stories
USCIB Warns Against Tariffs on Vietnam at USTR Public Hearing (1/6/2021) - As the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) conducts its Section 301 investigation on Vietnam’s currency valuation, USCIB Senior Director for Trade,… USCIB Announces 2021 Priority Issues for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) (1/6/2021) - Washington D.C., January 5, 2020 — The United States Council for International Business (USCIB), which represents many of America’s leading… Press Releases
USCIB Encourages Biden Environmental Nominees to Engage on Multilateral Issues (12/21/2020) - New York, N.Y., December 18, 2020: The United States Council for International Business (USCIB) issued a statement today by its… 
USCIB Statement on USMCA Entry Into Force (7/1/2020) - The U.S. Council for International Business (USCIB), which represents many of America’s leading global companies, welcomes today’s entry into force… Op-Eds and Speeches
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… 
Hampl Gives Testimony on US-UK Trade Agreement (1/29/2019) - Following USCIB’s submission on January 16 to USTR regarding negotiating objectives for a U.S.-UK Trade Agreement, USCIB Senior Director for… Chair
Charles R. (Rick) Johnston
Managing Director, Global Government Affairs
Citigroup Inc.
Staff
Eva Hampl
Senior Director, Investment, Trade, and Financial Services
(202) 682-0051 or ehampl@uscib.org
Shaun Donnelly
Senior Advisor
sdonnelly@uscib.org
Staff
Rob Mulligan
Senior Vice President, Policy and Government Affairs
Christopher Olsen
Policy & Program Associate, Washington
(202) 371-9235 or colsen@uscib.org
