Category: Press Releases and Statements

NFTC Statement on Departure of U.S. Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern

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Washington DC – Today, the National Foreign Trade Council (NFTC) issued the following statement in response to the announcement that Todd Stern, United States Special Envoy for Climate Change, will step down from his position next month.

“We appreciate Todd’s efforts over the past seven years to advance global environmental accords, including the landmark agreement reached in Paris last year, while ensuring that those agreements support American innovation,” said NFTC Vice President for Global Trade Issues Jake Colvin. “Todd has a keen understanding and awareness of how these agreements impact U.S. businesses and has been an advocate for advancing American innovation through green trade.”

“We thank Todd for all of his many contributions,” said Colvin. “We congratulate and welcome his successor, Jonathan Pershing, and we look forward to continue working with him in his new capacity.”

The NFTC co-chairs the U.S. business community’s Coalition for Green Trade, which is composed of a broad range of associations and companies doing business in the United States who seek to remove barriers to global trade in environmental technologies, and has participated in Conference of Parties to ensure that multilateral climate negotiations do not undermine global trading frameworks that support American innovators.

About the NFTC

Serving America’s Global Businesses Since 1914 – The National Foreign Trade Council (www.nftc.org) is a leading business organization advocating an open, rules- based global trading system. Founded in 1914 by a broad-based group of American companies, the NFTC now serves hundreds of member companies through its offices in Washington and New York.

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NFTC, USA*Engage Welcome Obama Administration Actions to Facilitate U.S.-Cuba Trade and Travel

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Washington DC – Today, in response to the Obama Administration amending several regulations that currently and unnecessarily limit trade and travel between the United States and Cuba, the National Foreign Trade Council (NFTC) and USA*Engage released the following statement. 

USA*Engage Vice President Richard Sawaya said: 

“We applaud the announcements made today and the Administration’s continued efforts to restore relations with Cuba and the Cuban people. By lifting restrictions in a number of areas – from allowing dollar transactions to putting in place measures to facilitate commerce, including new shipping and importation rules – the Administration is taking important steps to move the U.S.-Cuba relationship forward.”

 

NFTC Vice President for Global Trade Issues Jake Colvin said: 

“The new trade and travel rules announced today will go a long way in helping to remove unnecessary roadblocks to the flow of commerce and people between Cuba and the United States. We have long advocated for lifting the U.S. embargo, and the new rules address some of its most onerous restrictions.”

 

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About USA*Engage
USA*Engage (www.usaengage.org) is a coalition of small and large businesses, agriculture groups and trade associations working to seek alternatives to the proliferation of unilateral U.S. foreign policy sanctions and to promote the benefits of U.S. engagement abroad. Established in 1997 and organized under the National Foreign Trade Council (www.nftc.org), USA*Engage leads a campaign to inform policymakers, opinion leaders, and the public about the counterproductive nature of unilateral sanctions, the importance of exports and overseas investment for American competitiveness and jobs, and the role of American companies in promoting human rights and democracy worldwide.

 

About the NFTC
Serving America’s Global Businesses Since 1914 – The National Foreign Trade Council (www.nftc.org) is a leading business organization advocating an open, rules- based global trading system. Founded in 1914 by a broad-based group of American companies, the NFTC now serves hundreds of member companies through its offices in Washington and New York.

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