White House Leads Call for USMCA
July 10, 2019
The White House is leading a national call to action for the passage of the USMCA trade agreement. The White House Office of Public Liaison is encouraging stakeholders, including organizations like AAEI which is a member of the USMCA Coalition, to help in the national call to action by using the hashtag #USMCAnow in their social …
AAEI Joins USMCA Coalition
March 4, 2019
AAEI has joined the USMCA Coalition, a group of more than 250 businesses and associations united in support of passage of the United-States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). The new agreement still contains many of the benefits of the original North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Improvements to the original include modernized customs rules, and ways to address …
Sec. Wilbur Ross Unable to Deliver Keynote at AAEI Annual Conference
July 10, 2019
U.S. Commerce Secretary Secretary Wilbur L. Ross, Jr. was called by President Trump to attend the G20 Summit in Japan in June, the same week the Commerce Secretary was scheduled to be the keynote speaker at the 98th Annual AAEI Conference and Expo in Washington, DC. Secretary Ross is the principal voice of business in …
Data Shows Trump Tariffs Cost U.S. Businesses $Billions
February 14, 2019
U.S. businesses paid an additional $2.7 billion in tariffs in November 2018. That’s what the Tariffs Hurt the Heartland coalition determined after examining the latest data released by the U.S. Census Bureau. The coalition, which includes Americans for Free Trade, says the numbers are proof that the “many billions of dollars pouring into our treasury” …
Registration Closed for #AAEI2019 Conference
July 11, 2019
Registration is closed for the 98th Annual AAEI Conference & Expo, which was held in Washington, DC June 26-28, 2019. The featured keynote speakers were Under Secretary of Commerce Gilbert B. Kaplan and CBP Executive Assistant Commissioner Brenda B. Smith. AAEI’s conference theme was, Trade in a Shifting World. Everyone involved in trade is challenged …