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International Engagement

Open markets for international trade and investment are essential for supporting U.S. economic growth and jobs. Business Roundtable supports policies that promote U.S. trade and investment, and create a level playing field for U.S. companies competing in global markets.

Recent Activities in International Engagement

January 9, 2014
Media Resource

Today, bipartisan legislation to update Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) was introduced in the House and Senate. In a McClatchy newswire op-ed that has run in nearly 40 newspapers across the country, including the Los Angeles Times and USA Today, Doug Oberhelman, Chairman and CEO of Caterpillar, Inc., and Chair of Business Roundtable’s International Engagement Committee, detailed why updated TPA is needed now.

January 2, 2014
Media Resource

In an op-ed for McClatchy-Tribune News Service, Caterpillar Chairman & CEO Doug Oberhelman urges Congress to seize the opportunity to shore up the benefits of current and future trade agreements—increased U.S. investment, growth and jobs—by passing updated TPA legislation.

December 14, 2013
News Release

BRT applauds U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman and his counterparts from the other Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) countries for making substantial progress toward completing the TPP.

December 6, 2013
News Release

Doug Oberhelman, Chairman and CEO, Caterpillar Inc., and Chair of Business Roundtable’s International Engagement Committee, today released the following statement on the outcome of the Ninth World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference in Bali, Indonesia.

December 5, 2013
News Release

In 2011, trade – exports and imports – with the 11 other countries participating in the U.S. Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations supported nearly 278,000 jobs in Arizona, according to new economic data released today by the Business Roundtable.

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