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Wednesday, 28 September 2016 |
USA*Engage Condemns JASTA Vote |
Tuesday, 27 September 2016 |
USA*Engage Urges Senate Support for JASTA Veto |
Tuesday, 27 September 2016 |
USA*Engage Letter Urges Senate Support for JASTA Veto |
Wednesday, 13 July 2016 |
USA*Engage Urges House to Oppose Unilateral Iran Sanctions Legislation |
Friday, 17 June 2016 |
NFTC & USA*Engage Welcome Senate Appropriations Committee Passage of Cuba Amendments |
Tuesday, 15 March 2016 |
NFTC, USA*Engage Welcome Obama Administration Actions to Facilitate U.S.-Cuba Trade and Travel |
Tuesday, 16 February 2016 |
NFTC, USA*Engage Welcome Restoration of Scheduled U.S.-Cuba Passenger and Cargo Flights |
Tuesday, 12 January 2016 |
NFTC, USA*Engage Urge House to Oppose Unilateral Iran Sanctions Bill |
Friday, 24 July 2015 |
NFTC & USA*Engage Welcome Senate Appropriations Committee Approval of Cuba Amendments |
Tuesday, 14 July 2015 |
NFTC, USA*Engage Statement on P5+1 Nuclear Agreement |
USA*Engage, was established in 1997 to address the recurring imposition of unilateral economic sanctions as a substitute for the rigors of diplomacy. A broad-based coalition of manufacturing, agricultural and services producers, USA*Engage continues to advocate that the people-to-people intelligence and understanding conferred by commercial engagement trumps the demonstrable failure – witness Cuba and Iraq – of interdictions on commercial activity. |
Wednesday, 13 January 2016 |
US-Iran Sanctions Add Layer of Conflict To Relationship |
Wednesday, 14 October 2015 |
Cuban Oil: Black Gold or Black Hole? |
Wednesday, 15 July 2015 |
For U.S. Businesses, It’s Safer on the Sidelines of Iran Debate |
Friday, 3 April 2015 |
What Airbnb Will Mean for Cuban Entrepreneurs and American Travelers |
Thursday, 2 April 2015 |
Iran Deal Doesn’t Mean a Green Light for Business |
Wednesday, 28 January 2015 |
Cuba Trade Backers in Senate Take Small Steps First |
Thursday, 18 December 2014 |
Editorial: A Beneficial Move on Cuba |
Monday, 15 December 2014 |
President will sign Russia sanctions bill |
Saturday, 9 August 2014 |
U.S. Companies in Burma: Doing Business Responsibly |
Thursday, 17 July 2014 |
Hawks Looking To Sanction Iran Face Opposition From U.S. Businesses |
Tuesday, 4 July 2017 |
How Russian sanctions could cost US energy dominance |
By Richard Sawaya |
An obscure provision tucked into the Russia sanctions legislation under consideration by Congress could have the unintended consequence of giving Russian energy firms a competitive edge over American companies. The provision in question could exclude U.S. oil and gas firms from over $100 billion in investment opportunities over the next 10 years, costing Americans well-paying jobs and hurting the 401(k)s and investment portfolios of nearly every American. |
Monday, 1 June 2015 |
The Way Forward With Cuba |
By Richard Sawaya, Vice President of USA*Engage |
The May 20 Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing “Cuba: The Way Forward” provided a valuable, if rare, moment of clarity about U.S. hemispheric policy. In his testimony, Ambassador Thomas Shannon, one of our most able and accomplished career diplomats, quoted Hans Morgenthau: “Our purpose is not to defend or preserve a present or restore a past, it is to create the future,” emphasizing that U.S. global engagement is meant to defend one kind of future against another kind of future. |
Wednesday, 11 March 2015 |
The New Status Quo and U.S.-Cuba Relations |
By Richard Sawaya |
The position of those in high dudgeon about President Obama’s negotiated change of policy with the Cuban regime can be summed up by former Texas governor Rick Perry’s declaration: “We got a bad deal. This administration basically empowered the Castro regime with no thought of the Cuban people.” While this may work as an applause-seeking sound bite, does it stand up to reason? The U.S. embargo and its bilateral appurtenances are more than a half-century old. Brothers Fidel and Raul have seen nine U.S. presidents from both political parties come and go. During that time, the challenges born by the Cuban people are inarguable. But the embargo has compounded the problem. |