News from BritishAmerican Business
Wilson Del Socorro Announced as Next BAB Policy Steering Committee Co-Chair Wilson Del Socorro Global Director of Public Affairs Diageo Wilson Del Socorro, Global Director of Public Affairs at Diageo has been selected as the latest co-Chair of the BritishAmerican Business Policy Steering Committee, alongside Denise Peet, Head of Government Affairs UK, Caterpillar. Wilson will be…
BritishAmerican Business Signs Multi-Industry Letter to Secretary Ross Responding to Schrems II BritishAmerican Business has co-signed a multi-industry letter to U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross alongside 29 other trade bodies and associations in response to the European Court of Justice’s decision on the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield (see BAB CEO Duncan Edwards’ comment here). The…
Duncan Edwards, CEO, BritishAmerican Business Responds to European Court of Justice Decision on Data Transfers 16 July 2020 Contact: Dominic Parker, Communications Manager dparker@babinc.org | 020 7290 9882 | +44 7500 115 352 Duncan Edwards Chief Executive Officer BritishAmerican Business In response to the news that the European Court of Justice has invalidated the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield,…
Why BAB is Supporting the Trade Negotiations CEO Update – July 2020 Duncan Edwards Chief Executive Officer BritishAmerican Business If you believe, like we do here at BAB, that reducing financial and technical barriers to trade and investment is a fundamental driver of growth (and the historic evidence for this is overwhelming) then you will…
A Statement from Duncan Edwards, CEO, BritishAmerican Business on U.S. Visa Suspensions 25 June 2020 Contact: Dominic Parker, Communications Manager dparker@babinc.org | 020 7290 9882 | +44 7500 115 352 Duncan Edwards Chief Executive Officer BritishAmerican Business In response to the United States extending a freeze on a range of immigration visas including H-1B, H-2B, H-4, J-1,…
BritishAmerican Business Publishes ‘Building on a Solid Foundation – The Business Case for a UK- U.S. Free Trade Agreement.’ 15 June 2020 Contact: Dominic Parker, Communications Manager dparker@babinc.org | 020 7290 9882 | +44 7500 115 352 Click here to download ‘Building on a Solid Foundation’ argues that a comprehensive agreement will allow an already world-leading trade and…
A Statement from Duncan Edwards, CEO, BritishAmerican Business on the Investigation by the United States into Digital Services Taxation 3 June 2020 Contact: Dominic Parker, Communications Manager dparker@babinc.org | 020 7290 9882 | +44 7500 115 352 Duncan Edwards Chief Executive Officer BritishAmerican Business “Since we published our position on the Digital Services Tax, the world has…
Notes from the CEO – June 2020 Duncan Edwards Chief Executive Officer BritishAmerican Business As we’ve just been through the first of the summer public holidays on both sides of the Atlantic I wanted to update members, partners and friends of BritishAmerican Business on our current and future program of work and how we are faring ourselves…
A Statement from BritishAmerican Business in Response to the UK and US Completing the First Round of FTA Negotiations 18 May 2020 Contact: Dominic Parker, Communications Manager dparker@babinc.org | 020 7290 9882 | +44 7500 115 352 Our transatlantic business community is pleased to see the first round of negotiations for a UK-US Free Trade Agreement successfully…
BritishAmerican Business Signs Coalition Letter Calling for the Exclusion of J-1 Visas from Future Restrictions on Employment-Based Immigration 6 May 2020 Contact: Dominic Parker, Communications Manager dparker@babinc.org | 020 7290 9882 | +44 7500 115 352 London/New York – Today, BritishAmerican Business co-signed a letter to Secretary Pompeo alongside other 105 organisations from a range of…