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Securing the Vote: Threats to Anglo-American Democracy The constantly changing complexity of data, online information, and social networks has rendered modern democracies greatly vulnerable to illegitimate influence. Malicious actors have developed several techniques of interfering in elections, ranging from information manipulation and dissemination through legitimate channels, to cyberattacks that access personal information or disrupt infrastructure.…
BritishAmerican Business Responds to United States Trade Representative (USTR) Request for Comments on the Enforcement of U.S. WTO Rights in Large Civil Aircraft Dispute If you would like a PDF copy of this response, please click here We are writing in response to the USTR’s request for comments on the Enforcement of U.S. WTO Rights…
BAB in 2020, a New Year message from CEO, Duncan Edwards We start the new year with a confident new government in the UK and bitter political struggle in the US which will reach a climax with the election in November. We took no party political position during the UK election but the Conservative manifesto…
For a PDF copy of this job description, please click here. Submit CV, Cover Letter and Writing Sample to: newyorkcareers@babinc.org Deadline for submissions: Monday 20 January 2020 BritishAmerican Business is the leading transatlantic trade association created as a result of the merger between the British-American Chamber of Commerce in the US and the American Chamber of…
For a PDF copy of this job description, please click here Submit CV, Covering Letter and Event History: Alice Mount amount@babinc.org Deadline for submissions: Monday 13 January 2020 The transatlantic economic relationship between the UK and the US is one of the world’s economic success stories. Yet it is also in a time of change. Within the…
BritishAmerican Business Statement on UK General Election Result 13 December 2019 London/New York – We congratulate the Prime Minister on his victory in the General Election. The transatlantic business community represents the UK’s single most important economic relationship; a relationship that is defined by jobs, innovation and growth for the UK. The success of American…
BAB Director of Policy & Trade Emanuel Adam Responds to WTO Digital Trade Moratorium Extension Emanuel Adam, Director of Policy & Trade published the following statement in response to news that World Trade Organisation (WTO) members had agreed an extension on a digital trade tariffs moratorium. “We welcome the news today that WTO members have…
BAB CEO Duncan Edwards Speaks to Yahoo Finance on Brexit and The UK General Election BAB CEO Duncan Edwards joined Yahoo Finance’s On The Move to discuss Brexit and the upcoming General Election in the UK. Commenting on his economic predictions for the outcome of the election, Duncan said: “I think Sterling and equities are…
Notes from the CEO – December 2019 With the UK General Election just a week away we can be certain that, whoever wins, there will be loosening of fiscal constraints and a significant amount of money will be pumped into the UK economy by the new government. But the scale in which this will happen will…
BritishAmerican Business Publishes its Position on Digital Services Taxation: Taxing the 21st Century Economy – Towards a Multilateral Approach 2 December 2019 Contact: Dominic Parker, Communications Manager dparker@babinc.org | 020 7290 9882 | +44 7500 115 352 London/New York – Today, BritishAmerican Business (BAB) published its position paper on taxing digital services, including a…
