Recent Testimony and Policy Statements

Select testimony, policy documents, reports, and articles by AACCLA, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and American Chambers of Commerce in Latin America and the Caribbean.

• Opening Markets, Creating Jobs: Estimated U.S. Employment Effects of Trade with FTA Partners, U.S. Chamber of Commerce study (May 2010)
• Testimony by Myron Brilliant, Senior Vice President of International Affairs at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, before the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade in support of steps to ease restrictions on exports & travel to Cuba (May 2010)
• Roundtable Summary: "Haiti Jobs and Growth: What Will it Take?" (March 12, 2010)
• The State of American Business 2010 (January 12, 2010)
• AACCLA's  2010 Advancing Business in the Americas
• Remarks by U.S. Chamber President and CEO Thomas J. Donohue delivered at the Michigan Chamber of Commerce (September 15, 2009)
• Trade Action or Inaction: The Cost for American Workers and Companies, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Study (September 2009)
• North American Competitiveness Council Statement to Leaders (August 2009)
• Joint report with the Canadian Chamber of Commerce Finding the Balance: Shared Border of the Future (August 2009)
• Testimony by Caterpillar Chairman and CEO Jim Owens on behalf of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement before the Senate Finance Committee (May 21, 2009)
• Written testimony by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on "Investment Protections in U.S. Trade and Investment Agreements" to the House Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade (May 14, 2009)
• Testimony by Adrean Scheid Rothkopf of AACCLA and the U.S. Chamber  before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection on the current status of U.S. trade with Cuba (April 27, 2009)
• "The Nexus of Climate Change and Trade: Don't Break the Rules" by Christopher Wenk and Stefanie Westerman of the U.S. Chamber (April 20, 2009)
• U.S. Chile Free Trade Agreement: A Partnership for Prosperity, by AmCham Chile (April 2009)
• Testimony by Liz Reilly of TradeRoots on "Stimulating the Economy through Trade: Examining the Role of Export Promotion before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection (March 17, 2009)
• Updated "U.S. Contribution to Economic Prosperity in the Western Hemisphere" Project Fact Sheets (March 2009)
• CAFTA-DR: A Resounding Success: Accord is a 'Win-Win' for Workers, Farmers, and Companies by John Murphy, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Vice President for International Affairs (December 2008)
• "Energy Security in Latin America" by Karen Harbert, Institute for 21st Century Energy Executive Vice President  (October 2008, first printed in AmCham El Salvador's Business)
• U.S. Trade Highlights: July 2008
•  "The Reality Versus Rhetoric of NAFTA," by Lt. Gen (Ret.) Daniel W. Christman (September 2008, first printed in McClatchy Wires)
• "Intellectual Property and Development," by John Murphy (May 2008, first printed in Latin Business Chronicle)
• Testimony by Angelo Amador of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on the Impact of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative before a subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (April 29, 2008)
•  "Meeting the Global Challenge: 2008 Report to Leaders from the North American Competitiveness Council (NACC)" (April 22, 2008)