Under Secretary of State
for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs Stuart Eizenstat before
the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the subject the use of sanctions
as policy tools.
July 1, 1999 - The Administration has a clear position, Mr. Chairman,
on the role of economic sanctions. Properly designed, implemented and
applied as a part of a coherent strategy, sanctions--including economic
sanctions--are a valuable tool for enforcing international norms and
protecting our national interests. At the same time, sanctions are a
blunt instrument. They are not a panacea nor are they cost free. Indeed,
used inappropriately, they can actually impede the attainment of our
objectives and come at a significant cost to other U.S. policy objectives.
Under Secretary of
State for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs Stuart Eizenstat
on-the-record briefing with Rick Newcomb Director, Office of Foreign
Assets Control, Treasury Department
Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs,
Stuart Eizenstat, recently conducted a briefing with Rick Newcomb, Director
of the Office of Foreign Assets Control at the Treasury Department on
the subject of the Clinton Administration's recent actions regarding
the easing of U.S. unilateral sanctions on shipments of food and medicine
to certain countries.
Testimony of Richard J.
Swift Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Foster Wheeler
Corporation
March 4, 1999
On Behalf of the National Foreign Trade Council, Inc. Before the Subcommittee
on International Trade Committee on Ways and Means U.S. House of Representatives
Testimony of Frank Kittredge Vice
Chairman of USA*ENGAGE
10 September 1998 -- Before The Subcommittee On International Economic
Policy And Trade House Committee On International Relations
Testimony of Richard Haass Director
of the Foreign Policy Studies program at Brookings
9 September 1998 -- Before the Senate Task Force on Economic Sanctions
Testimony from Bill Lane,
Chairman of USA*ENGAGE and Washington Director of Caterpillar Inc.
September 9, 1998, before the Senate Task Force on Economic Sanctions,
Washington DC
While sanctions -- even unilateral ones -- may be appropriate at times,
we should all recognize that engagement can be a powerful force for
positive change when pursued at all levels -- political, diplomatic,
economic, charitable, religious, educational, and cultural. In contrast,
a unilateral sanction can isolate America, taking away the influence
and credibility we gain by being involved. The Lugar Sanctions Reform
Act (S.1413) provides reasonable reforms that would provide a more disciplined,
deliberative process for considering unilateral sanctions. With greater
focus on prevention, process and accountability we believe the U.S.
will have a more effective foreign policy. We ask that you make passage
of S.1413 a top priority for the reminder of this Congress.
Testimony from Tom Donohue,
President and CEO of The U.S. Chamber of Commerce
September 9, 1998, before the Senate Task Force on Economic Sanctions,
Washington DC
"And in virtually all meaningful instances, those actions failed to
alter materially the target countries' objectionable behavior. Instead,
erstwhile "allies" castigate U.S. foreign policy, while the regimes
we target gain support and U.S. businesses and their workers bear the
burden of market opportunities lost to Asian and/or European competitors,
whose own countries have chosen not to embark on similar unilateral
courses of action. Various studies have indicated that unilateral sanctions
have cost the American economy between $15 billion and $20 billion a
year in lost export sales, and up to 250,000 export-related jobs. And
this may be an understatement, as it is often difficult to quantify
business that was lost because it was never sought."
Testimony from William Sprague,
President of the Kentucky Farm Bureau Federation
September 9, 1998, before the Senate Task Force on Economic Sanctions,
Washington DC
"America's farmers and ranchers depend on sales to the export market
for over one-third of our production. American agriculture is more than
twice as reliant on foreign trade than the U.S. economy as a whole.
Only four percent of the world's consumers live within the United States
borders. To grow and be economically stable American farmers and ranchers
must have free and open access to the 96 percent of the world's consumers
who live beyond our borders."
Statement by Under Secretary
of State Stuart Eizenstat
June 3, 1998, Washington DC
Used in an appropriate way, economic sanctions can be an effective means
to further U.S. policy goals. Used under inappropriate circumstances,
they can actually impede the attainment of our objective and come at
a significant cost to other U.S. policy objectives.
Statement by Senator Chuck Hagel
June 2, 1998, Washington DC
One element of our foreign policy--sanctions--needs to be reviewed.
Sanctions without our allies' support do not work. We are living in
a different world. Sanctions are of limited value.
International Trade Commission
Hearing
May 14, 1998, Washington DC
Hearing included the testimony of USA*ENGAGE Chairman William C. Lane
of Caterpillar and National Foreign Trade Council President and USA*ENGAGE
Vice Chairman Frank Kittredge.
Statement by Representative
Lee H. Hamilton
May 14, 1998, Washington, DC
Mr. Chairman, we all agree that the United States should do more to
promote religious freedom around the world. I think everyone in this
Chamber wants to do that. I believe that the bill that is before us
is brought forward with the very best of intentions. The question is,
what is the best way to accomplish our objective? I do not believe this
bill, as presently drafted, is the best way. I will oppose it.
Testimony of William C. Lane
March 25, 1998, Washington, DC
Washington Director -- Governmental Affairs Caterpillar Inc., On Behalf
of USA*Engage, Before Subcommittee on International Economic Policy,
Export and Trade Promotion, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Honorable
Chuck Hagel, Nebraska, Chairman.
Statement of Frank D. Kittredge
February 26, 1998, Washington, DC
President, National Foreign Trade Council, and Vice Chairman, USA*ENGAGE,
Before the Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs Committee
on Foreign Affairs.
Statement of Ernest Z. Bower
February 26, 1998, Washington, DC
President of the U.S.-ASEAN Business Council before the U.S. Senate
Foreign Relations Committee Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Relations.
Oral Testimony of Arthur T. Downey
February 26, 1998, Washington, DC
Vice President, Government Affairs, Baker Hughes Incorporated on behalf
of the National Association of Manufacturers, Before the Subcommittee
on East Asian and Pacific Affairs of the Committee on Foreign Relations,
United States Senate.
Testimony of Arthur T. Downey
February 26, 1998, Washington, DC
Vice President, Government Affairs, Baker Hughes Incorporated on behalf
of the National Association of Manufacturers, Before the Subcommittee
on East Asian and Pacific Affairs of the Committee on Foreign Relations,
United States Senate.
Statement of Ernest H. Preeg
February 26, 1998, Washington, DC
William M. Scholl Chair in International Business, Center for Strategic
and International Studies. Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee,
Subcommittee on East Asian Pacific Affairs.
Statement of Secretary of State
Madeleine Albright
February 11, 1998, Washington, DC
Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Statement of Richard Albrecht
October 23, 1997, Washington, DC
Richard Albrecht, Senior Advisor to the Boeing Company on behalf of
USA*ENGAGE.
Statement
of Stuart Eizenstat, Under Secretary of State
October 23, 1997, Washington, DC
Stuart Eizenstat, Under Secretary for Economic, Business and Agricultural.
Remarks before the U.S. House of Representatives, Ways and Means Trade
Subcommittee.
Statement of Representative
Lee H. Hamilton
October 23, 1997, Washington, DC
Before A Hearing on the Use and Effect of Unilateral Sanctions Subcommittee
on Trade, October 23, 1997.
Statement of Frank D. Kittredge
October 23, 1997, Washington, DC
I am Frank D. Kittredge, President of the National Foreign Trade Council,
an association of 550 U.S. companies engaged in international trade
and investment. I am also appearing today as Vice Chairman of USA*ENGAGE,
a broadly-based coalition of about 650 American companies and trade
and agricultural organizations that has formed to encourage policy-makers
to find alternatives to unilateral economic sanctions as a foreign policy
tool.
Statement of Charles Kruse
October 23, 1997, Washington, DC
President of the Missouri Farm Bureau and a member of the AFBF Board
of Directors.
Statement of Representative Jim
Kolbe
October 23, 1997, Washington, DC, Subcommittee on Trade of Committee
of Ways and Means.
Speech given by Kimberly Ann Elliott
October 23, 1997, Washington, DC
Research Fellow, Institute for International Economics, Before the Subcommittee
on Trade of the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Statement of the Honorable
John Shattuck
September 9, 1997, Washington, DC
Assistant Secretary of State John Shattuck on H.R. 1685 'The Freedom
from Religious Persecution Act of 1997' before the House International
Relations Committee.
Speech
given by Jeffrey J. Schott
July 23, 1997, Washington, DC
Senior Fellow, Institute for International Economics.
Testimony of John E. Pepper
March 18, 1997, Washington, DC
John E. Pepper (CEO of Procter & Gamble Company), on behalf of the
National Foreign Trade Council, Inc.
Testimony of Michael H. Jordan
March 18, 1997, Washington, DC
Michael H. Jordan (CEO Westinghouse Electric Corp.), on behalf of the
Emergency Committee for American Trade.
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