News from BritishAmerican Business
BritishAmerican Business (BAB) Statement on the Use of Equipment from High-Risk Vendors in UK Telecoms Networks London/New York – Commenting on the decision by the UK Government to continue to allow Huawei to build 5G infrastructure in the UK, BAB CEO, Duncan Edwards said: “Today, we took note of the UK Government’s decision to allow…
BritishAmerican Business Welcomes Migration Advisory Committee Report on ‘A Points-Based System and Salary Thresholds for Immigration’ London/New York – Responding to newly-published findings and recommendations from the Migration Advisory Committee on the ‘points-based system’ of immigration proposed by the UK Government, BAB CEO Duncan Edwards said: “We welcome today’s publication of the Migration Advisory Committee’s…
BritishAmerican Business Comments on Elimination of £30,000 Income Threshold for EU Migrants “We welcome the news that the UK Government is considering eliminating the £30,000 income threshold for migrants from the European Union post-Brexit that were originally proposed in 2018. “This adjustment is something we have repeatedly called for to keep the UK open for…
BritishAmerican Business Responds to the USA and France Reaching an Agreement on Digital Tax We welcome the news that the United States and France have agreed to suspend their dispute on the French Digital Services Tax (DST) until the end of the year. We believe this decision can inform the discussions on the UK’s DST.…
Securing the Vote: Threats to Anglo-American Democracy The constantly changing complexity of data, online information, and social networks has rendered modern democracies greatly vulnerable to illegitimate influence. Malicious actors have developed several techniques of interfering in elections, ranging from information manipulation and dissemination through legitimate channels, to cyberattacks that access personal information or disrupt infrastructure.…
BritishAmerican Business Responds to United States Trade Representative (USTR) Request for Comments on the Enforcement of U.S. WTO Rights in Large Civil Aircraft Dispute If you would like a PDF copy of this response, please click here We are writing in response to the USTR’s request for comments on the Enforcement of U.S. WTO Rights…
BAB in 2020, a New Year message from CEO, Duncan Edwards We start the new year with a confident new government in the UK and bitter political struggle in the US which will reach a climax with the election in November. We took no party political position during the UK election but the Conservative manifesto…
For a PDF copy of this job description, please click here. Submit CV, Cover Letter and Writing Sample to: newyorkcareers@babinc.org Deadline for submissions: Monday 20 January 2020 BritishAmerican Business is the leading transatlantic trade association created as a result of the merger between the British-American Chamber of Commerce in the US and the American Chamber of…
For a PDF copy of this job description, please click here Submit CV, Covering Letter and Event History: Alice Mount amount@babinc.org Deadline for submissions: Monday 13 January 2020 The transatlantic economic relationship between the UK and the US is one of the world’s economic success stories. Yet it is also in a time of change. Within the…
BritishAmerican Business Statement on UK General Election Result 13 December 2019 London/New York – We congratulate the Prime Minister on his victory in the General Election. The transatlantic business community represents the UK’s single most important economic relationship; a relationship that is defined by jobs, innovation and growth for the UK. The success of American…