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ECAT Applauds President’s Decision to Seek Congressional Approval of Korea-U.S. Trade Agreement - June 28 2010

ECAT Statement to ITC on Intellectual-Property and Indigenous-Innovation in China - June 22 2010

ECAT Identifies Economic Harms from Expanded Buy American Provisions - Jan 14 2010

ECAT Comments on Interim Buy America Federal Acquisition Regulations - June 02 2009

ECAT Joins Business, Development and Faith-Based Community Call for More Open Trade, Not Protectionism - Mar 20 2009

ECAT Applauds Modernization of Trade Adjustment Assistance Program Included in Stimulus Package - Mar 13 2009

ECAT Urges Negotiation of a Strong Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement - Mar 11 2009

ECAT Calls on G-20 Leaders to Take Bold Steps to Shore Up the International Economy - Nov 14 2008

Strong Investment Rules Matter to America - Oct 09 2008

ECAT Urges Redoubled Efforts to Break Impasse on U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement - Apr 10 2008

ECAT Comments on CFIUS and Implementation of FINSA - Dec 07 2007

ECAT Bulletin on Peru TPA and Enforcement - Nov 01 2007

ECAT Urges Swift Congressional Approval of U.S.-Peru TPA - Sept 11 2007

ECAT Statement on Pending China Trade Legislation - Aug 01 2007

ECAT Bulletin on U.S.-Peru TPA - July 10 2007

ECAT Comments on U.S.-Korea FTA to ITC - June 27 2007

ECAT Comments on Duty-Free, Quota-Free - Mar 15 2007

ECAT Paper on China Currency Legislation: The Wrong Tool at the Wrong Time - Sept 10 2006

ECAT Chairman Urges Congressional Approval of Vietnam PNTR, Peru and Colombia Trade Agreements, and AGOA and GSP - Sept 07 2006

ECAT Comments on S. 3495 - A Bill to Authorize the Extension of Normal Trade Relations Treatment to the Products of Vietnam - July 11 2006

ECAT Bulletin on Trade and Investment: National Security Reviews of Foreign Investment - Mar 14 2006

Business Petition Supporting Progress on the Doha Development Agenda - Apr 30 2004

Proposed Model BIT Substantially Weakens Protections for U.S. Investors - Feb 17 2004

Joint Business Community Statement on FTAA Negotiations - Nov 18 2003

ECAT 332 Post-Hearing Brief - June 27 2003

ECAT Steel 332 Prehearing Brief - June 04 2003

ECAT Statement on Effects of the Steel 201 Safeguard before House Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee - Apr 09 2003

H. McGraw III: Trade negotiators need credibility at table - July 21 2002

Bulletin #24: Corzine Amendment #3461 will keep foreign services markets closed - May 24 2002

Bulletin #23: Ten Reasons - plus one - to support the Trade Act of 2002 - May 23 2002

Bulletin #22: Ten Reasons to Support the Baucus-Grassley Bipartisan Trade Package - May 22 2002

Bulletin #21: Kerry Amendment #3430: Too Expensive - May 21 2002

Bulletin #20: Kerry Amendment #3430: Limiting Protections for Expropriation - May 20 2002

Bulletin #19: Investment: A Democrat's Perspective - May 19 2002

Bulletin #18: Dodd Amendment: Beyond Jordan - May 17 2002

Bulletin #17: Lieberman Amendment: Upsetting an unprecedented consensus - May 15 2002

Bulletin #16: Kerry Amendment: High costs, no benefits - May 11 2002

Bulletin #15: Bipartisan TPA Act vs. Kerry investment - May 10 2002

Bulletin #14: Durbin Amendment: Undermining investment protections - May 09 2002

Bulletin on TPA #13 - May 08 2002

Bulletin #12: Durbin Amendment: Elevating "core labor standards" over U.S. law - May 07 2002

Bulletin #11: Durbin Amendment: Upsetting the bipartisan balance - May 06 2002

Bulletin #10: Dayton-Craig trade remedy amendment will undermine U.S. interests - May 05 2002

Bulletin #9: Dorgan-Craig Amendment #3387: An unnecessary mandate - May 04 2002

Bulletin #8: Why mandating outcomes - on trade remedy laws, investment or other issues - will undermine U.S. interests - May 03 2002

Bulletin #7: Setting the record straight on investment - Apr 30 2002

Bulletin #6: Setting the record straight on Chapter 11 & environmental protection: Mexico - Apr 27 2002
Please find attached the sixth ECAT Bulletin on TPA, which presents the facts on NAFTA Chapter 11 and environmental protection in Mexico.

Bulletin #5: Setting the record straight on Chapter 11 & environmental protection: Canada - Apr 26 2002

Bulletin #4: How does H.R. 3005 seek to make investment disputes more open? - Apr 25 2002

Bulletin #3: Setting the record straight on Methanex - Apr 24 2002

Bulletin #2: What improvements does H.R. 3005 make to investment provisions? - Apr 23 2002

Bulletin #1: What are the investment provisions? - Apr 22 2002

Agricultural and Business Groups Urge the President and Congress to Maintain TPA Principle of "No Mandated Outcomes" - July 12 2001

Introduction to ECAT 2001 Agenda - Apr 01 2001

Summary of ECAT Positions on Issues - Apr 01 2001

ECAT Letter to Senate Urging Opposition to Thompson-Torricelli China Nonproliferation Sanctions Bill - July 11 2000

Supporting Facts

Steel Quotas Steal Jobs: Fact of the Day - June 18 1999
Fifteen major farm associations, representing the vast majority of American Agriculture, today announced their opposition to steel quotas.

Steel Quotas Steal Jobs: Fact of the Day - June 17 1999
April inports of steel mill products, which fell for the fourth time in five months, were 39 percent below November 1998's peak levels.

Steel Quotas Steal Jobs: Fact of the Day - June 15 1999

Steel Quotas Steal Jobs: Fact of the Day - June 07 1999
"Come summertime, you are going to have a hell of a time finding steel." - Kenneth Hoffman, Prudential Securities as quoted in American Metal Market, May 6, 1999

Steel Quotas Steal Jobs: Fact of the Day - June 04 1999

Statement of Ernest S. Micek on Annual Extension of China's Normal Trade Relations (NTR) Status - June 03 1999

Steel Quotas Steal Jobs: Fact of the Day - June 01 1999
In 1998, the United states exported agricultural products worth more than $53 billon dollars, accounting for one-third of America's total agricultrual production and nearly one million jobs.

Steel Quotas Steal Jobs: Fact of the Day - Apr 28 1999

Steel Quotas Steel Jobs: Fact of the Day - Apr 28 1999
The March increase in steel imports was led by imports by the U.S. steel mills themselves, which increased 64 percent.

Statement of Ernest S. Micek on China's Accession to the World Trade Organization - Apr 09 1999

U.S. China Market Access Agreement - Apr 08 1999

Statement Of Calman J. Cohen On China's Accession To The World Trade Organization - Mar 26 1999

ECAT's Priorities - Mar 16 1999

ECAT letter to President Clinton Urging Positive Trade Agenda - Jan 06 1999


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