On June 19, 2001 over 250 giant corporations from across the country came together in the Ronald Reagan International Trade Building in Washington DC to announce a new business coalition, USTrade, that will work to push the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), a new round of the WTO, and especially FAST TRACK in the U.S. Congress. A preliminary analysis of those present at the meeting indicates large numbers of wealthy Caucasian males wearing expensive suits.

A Sierra Student Coalition operative, disguising himself as an elite, infiltrated the meeting and emerged with important documents, including a contact list with direct phone, fax, and emails for the 30 or so members of "steering committee" of the coalition from groups like the American Chemistry Council (chemical industry, also biotech), National Association of Manufacturers, Coalition of Service Industries, and more.

The steering committee contact list is below, as well as a list of all the corporations that are members of USTrade. It is also pasted below.

While the Sierra Student Coalition offers this information to you only as a public service, a little birdie has told us that this list could be used to send large numbers of emails, faxes, and phone calls to these corporate free-traders. The little birdie thinks that blasting faxes, emails, and phone calls to these people from 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. EST during the week of June 25, 2001 and asking them about their true intentions with their trade policies might inconvenience them a whole lot.

They are pushing Fast Track hard, and the Fast Track situation is heating up. The Republican leadership is pushing for a vote on Fast Track in the House of Reps. as early as July. After you fax and email these corporate free-traders, fax and call your representative in Congress. Fast Track would vastly increase the odds that Bush will be able to ram a new WTO round and the FTAA through Congress - it too must be stopped!

Tell your representative to oppose the Free Trade and Fast Track Proposal that's been put forth by Rep. Crane!!! Call the Capitol switchboard at 202.224.3121, ask to be connected to your representative (look it up at www.congress.org), ask to speak with the aide that deals with trade, and tell them unequivocably that they should reject Fast Track!!!. Also, set up a meeting or protest during the July 4 recess when your member of Congress is in their home district.

Both the Sierra Student Coalition and the little birdie agree that we CANNOT let those wealthy white men from USTrade win this fight! Don't let them forget that we are living in a post-Seattle, post-Quebec world - don't let them or Congress ignore our movement! We beat Fast Track in '97 and '98. Let's do it again.

Go to www.ssc.org for more info on Fast Track.

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USTrade Coalition Steering Committee Contact List

Courtesy of the Sierra Student Coalition's "Student Action on the Global Economy" campaign. Contact: 1.888.JOIN.SSC / www.ssc.org

The majority of these numbers appear to be direct. USTrade is a new business coalition formed in order to facilitate corporate efforts to push Fast Track, the FTAA, and a new round of the WTO. One interesting note - the McGraw-Hill Companies, whose CEO chaired their press conference, is a educational materials corporation that is presumably into trade for the potential privatization of education.

NAME / COMPANY / TELEPHONE / FAX / EMAIL

William Lane / Capterpillar Inc / 202.466.0672 / no fax / Lane_william@cat.com

Bob Vastine / Coalition of Service Industries / 202.289.7460 / 202.775.1726 / Vastine@uscsi.org

Cal Cohen / ECAT / 202.659.5147 / 202.659.1347f / Cchoen@ecattrade.com

Linda Menghetti / ECAT / 202.659.5147 / 202.659.1347 / Lmenghetti@ecattrade.com

Chris Padilla / Eastman Kodak Co. / 202.857.3463 / 202.857.3401 / Chris.padilla@kodak.com

Scott Shearer / Farmland Industries / 202.783.5330 / 202.783.4381 / Psshearer@farmland.com

Peter Iovino / Ford Motor Co. / 202.962.5361 / 202.336.7223 / Piovino@ford.com

Kitty Brims / NAM / 202.637.3143 / 202.637.3182 / Kbrims@nam.org

Bill Primosch / NAM / 202.637.3145 / 202.637.3182 / Brimosch@nam.org

Frank Vargo / NAM / 202.637.3144 / 202.637.3182 / Kvargo@nam.org

Mary A. Irace / National Foreign Trade Council / 202.887.0278 / 202.452.8160 / m.irace@nftc.org

Erik Autor / National Retail Federation / 202.626.8104 / 202.626.8197 / Autore@nrf.org

Cynthia K. Johnson / Texas Instruments Inc / 202.662.2469 / 202.628.2980 / Ckjohnson@ti.com

Meggan E. Abboud / Boeing / 703.465.3228 / 202.465.3045 / Meggan.e.abboud@boeing.com

Theodore Austell / Boeing / 703.465.3876 / 703.465.3018 / Ted.austell-III@pss.boeing.com

Brigitte Gwyn / The Business Roundtable / 202.467.3258 / 202.466.3509 / Bgwyn@brt.org

Johanna Schneider / The Business Roundtable / 202.467.5263 / 202.466.3509 / Jschneid@brtable.org

Cynthia Braddon / The Mcgraw-Hill Companies / 202.383.3701 / 202.383.3718 / Cindy_braddon@mcgraw-hill.com

William Jordan / The Mcgraw-Hill Companies / 202.383.3404 / 202.383.3718 / William_jordan@mcgraw-hill.com

Scott Miller / Procter & Gamble / 202.393.3404 / 202.393.4606 / Miller.rs.@pg.com

William Workman / U.S. Chamber of Commerce / 202.463.5455 / 202.463.3114 / Wworkman@uschamber.com

Timothy Deal / U.S. Council for Int't Business / 202.371.1316 / 202.371.8249 / Tdeal@uscib-dc.org

Scott Shearer / Agriculture Trade Coalition / 202.783.5330 / 202.783.4381 / Psshearer@farmland.com

Claude Boudrias / American Chemistry Council / 703.741.5915 / 703.741.6070 / Claude.boudrias@americanchemistry.com

Bill Pryce / Council of the Americas / 202.639.0724 / 202.639.0794 / Wpryce@as-coa.org

Patrick Killbride / Council of the Americas / 202.639.0724 / 202.639.0794 / Pkilbride@as-coa.org

Mary Sophos / Grocery Mnfts..Assn. / 202.337.9400 / 202.337.4508 / Mcs@gmabrands.com

Gary Blumenthal / World Perspectives / 202.785.3345 / 202.659.6891 / Garyblum@agrilink.com

NAM - National Association of Manufacturers ECAT - Emergency Council on American Trade

USTrade Info:
1331 Pennnsylvania Ave NW
Suite 600 Washington, DC 20004
202.637.3074
202.637.3182 fax
ustrade@nam.org
www.us-trade.org
 
 

Member Corporations of USTrade:

3M
A.J. Antunes & Co.
ABB, Inc
Accenture
Advanced Medical Technology Association
Aerospace Industries Ass'n of America
Agilent Technologies, Inc.
AJ Autunes & Co.
Alcoa, Inc
Alliance Management Group
Aluminum Association
Am. Chamber of Commerce for Brazil/Rio de Janeiro
American Chamber of Commerce and Ind. of Panama
American Chamber of Commerce for Brazil/ Sao Paulo
American Chamber of Commerce in Guatemala
American Chamber of Commerce Mexico
American Chamber of Commerce of Bolivia
American Chamber of Commerce of El Salvador
American Chamber of Commerce of Jamaica
American Chamber of Commerce of Nicaragua
American Chamber of Commerce of Peru
American Chamber of Commerce of the Dom. Rep.
American Chamber of Commerce of Trinidad & Tobago
American Chemistry Council
American Council of Life Insurance
American Electronics Association
American Forest & Paper Association
American Hardware Manufacturers Association
American International Group Inc.
American Meat Institute
American Petroleum Institute
AMT- The Assn. For Manufacturing Technology
AOL-Time Warner
APL Limited
Armstrong World Industries, Inc.
Assn. of American Chambers of Commerce
Associated Industries of Massachusetts
Association of Intl Automobile Manufacturers
AT&T Corp.
Automotive Trade Policy Council
BASF Corporation
Bechtel Corporation
Bergner, Boyette, Bockorny & Cloughs
Biotechnology Industry Organization
C & M International
Cargill Incorporated
Caribbean/Latin American Action
CaseNewHolland Inc.
Caterpillar Inc.
Cato Institute
Chamber of Commerce of the US in Argentina
Chamber of Commerce Uruguay-U.S.A.
Chilean-American Chamber of Commerce
Citigroup Citizens for a Sound Economy
Cleveland- Cliffs Incorporated
Coalition of Service Industries
Colombian-American Chamber of Commerce
Compaq Computer Corporation
Construction Industry Manufacturers Association
Coors Brewing Company
Costa Rican-American Chamber of Commerce
Council of the Americas
DaimlerChrysler Corporation
Deere & Co
Distilled Spirits Council of the US
Domestic Petroleum Council
Dow Corning Corporation
DTB Associates, LLP
Duberstein Group
DuPont
Dykema Gossett
Eastman Chemical Company
Eastman Kodak Company
Eaton Corporation
Ecuadorian-American Chamber of Commerce/ Guayaquil
Ecuadorian-American Chamber of Commerce/Quito
EDS
Emerson
Electronic Industries Alliance
Emergency Council for American Trade (ECAT)
ENRON
Equipment Manufacturers Institute
Excel Foundry and Machine, Inc.
ExxonMobil Corporation
Farmland Industries Inc.
Flour Corporation FMC
Corporation
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.
French & Company
General Electric Company
General Motors Corporation
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Glass Packaging Institute
Global Trade Information Services
GPC International
Griffin Johnson
Grocery Manufacturers of America
Guardian Industries Corp.
Haitian-American Chamber of Commerce
Halliburton Company
Hasbro Inc.
Hewlett-Packard Company
Honduran-American Chamber of Commerce
Honeywell Inc.
IBFI
Information Technology Association of America
Information Technology Industry Council
International Assn. of Drilling Contractors
International Business Machines
International Housewares Association
International Mass Retail Association
International Paper
IPC
ITT
Jefferson Waterman International
John B. Shlaes & Associates
Johnson & Johnson
Lunde & Burger
Manchester Trade
Manufacturing Jewelers & Suppliers of America
Marlock, Inc.
Matsushita Electric Corporation of America
Motor and Equipment Manufacturers Association
Motorola Inc
National Association of Manufacturers
National Electrical Manufacturers Association
National Food Processors Association
National Foreign Trade Council
New York Life Insurance Company
Nike Inc.
Nortel Networks
NPES
O'Melveney and Myers
OBC Group
Pacific Basin Economic Committee
Packaging Machinery Manufactures Institute
Paraguayan-American Chamber of Commerce
Pepsico Inc
Pet Food Institute
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America
Philippi-Hagenbuch, Inc.
Phillip Morris Companies
Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc.
PolicyComm
Prosper International Prudential
R A Pearson Company
Raytheon Company
Reebok International
Rockwell Automation
Rockwell Collins
Rohm and Haas Company
Rolls-Royce North America Inc.
Salt Institute
SBC Communications, Inc.
Schering-Plough Corporation
Sears, Roebuck and Company
Secondary Materials and Recycled Textiles
Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International
Service Tool & Die Two, Inc.
Shelby Industries, Inc
Siemens
Small Business Exporters Association
Solutia Corp
St. Maxens Company
StorageTek
Sun Microsystems, Inc
Target, Inc
Spiegel Group
Telecommunications Industry Association
Texas Instruments, Inc
Textron
The Boeing Company
The Bretton Woods Committee
The Business Roundtable
The Chubb Corporation
The Dow Chemical Company
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
The McGraw-Hill Companies
The Motion Picture Association of America
The Port Authority of NY & NJ
The Procter & Gamble Company
The Quaker Oats Company
The Rushford Report
The Wexler Group
Tooling and Manufacturing Association
Toy Industry Association
TradeCom International, Inc
TRW Inc.
U.S Wheat Associates
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Council for International Business
Unisys Corporation
United Parcel Service
United States Council for International Business
United Technologies Cooperation
UNOVE, Inc.
Venezuelan-American Chamber of Commerce
Wainwright Industries, Inc.
Warnaco Inc
Waste Equipment Technology Association
Westvaco Corporation
Wheat Export Trade Education Committee
Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce
World Perspectives, Inc.
Xerox Corporation