October 11, 2005
The National Foreign Trade Council (NFTC) and USA*Engage today wrote leaders of the House of Representatives urging them to oppose H.R. 3184, a bill that would impose U.S. sanctions and aid restrictions on countries that have not signed, ratified and implemented certain nuclear protocols.
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September 22, 2005
The National Foreign Trade Council (NFTC) and USA Engage joined 21 other leading U.S. business organizations calling on the Bush Administration to reconsider moving forward with new export control regulations.
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August 16, 2005
The National Foreign Trade Council (NFTC) announced today that Jake Colvin has joined the organization as the new director of USA*Engage.
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April 27, 2005
USA*Engage endorsed bicameral, bipartisan legislation eliminating the strict travel ban the U.S. currently imposes on American citizens seeking to travel to Cuba. The Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 2005, S. 894, introduced by Senators Michael Enzi (R-WY) and Max Baucus (D-MT), and H.R. 1814, the Export Freedom to Cuba Act of 2005, introduced in the House of Representatives by Representative Jeff Flake (R-AZ) and 43 cosponsors including, William Delahunt (D-MA), Jo Ann Emerson (R-MO) and James McGovern (D-MA), contain identical language repealing the travel ban and have garnered broad bipartisan support.
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March 25, 2005
Nearly 30 organizations called on Congress to remove the barriers to agriculture exports posed by a new U.S. Treasury Department rule that went into effect on Thursday restricting the financial terms of cash sales for agricultural products being exported to Cuba. The rule, issued by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), threatens to disrupt exports to Cuba, undermine the U.S. agriculture community’s reputation as a reliable provider of quality products and disregards contract sanctity.
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