National Foreign Trade Council

• Crosby v. National Foreign Trade Council, 530 U.S. 363 (2000)

OCTOBER TERM, 1999 Syllabus CROSBY, SECRETARY OF ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE OF MASSACHUSETTS, ET AL. v. NAT...

• U.S. Supreme Court

• National Foreign Trade Council, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. Andrew S. Natsios, in His Official Capacity as Secretary of Administration and Finance of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and Philmore Anderson, Iii, in His Official Capacity as State Purchasing Agent for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Defendants, Appellants., 181 F.3d 38 (1st Cir. 1999)

Thomas A. Barnico, Assistant Attorney General, with whom Thomas F. Reilly, Attorney General, and James A. Sweeney, Assistant Attorney General, were on...

• Federal Circuits

• Sen. Collins Meets Expected Sudan Divestment Lawsuit with a Protest

The main objective is to take a stand the same day that they are filing their lawsuit," [Jacqueline Collins] told the Defender Sunday." The lawsuit flies in the face of justice, flies in the face of the interests of our great state, and betrays our Sudanese sisters and brothers. Collins added that it's interesting that the National Foreign Trade Council "couldn't find any U.S. board members to be partners in the filing of the lawsuit," and instead has solicited the state's public pension funds members for the police and fire departments to act as plaintiffs. "Divestment is not about setting foreign policy, it's about not using taxpayers' money to support a country that practices genocide," Collins said.

• Chicago Defender
• August 11, 2009

• Time for a new approach? Federalism and foreign affairs after Crosby v. National Foreign Trade Council.

ABSTRACT On June 19, 2000, in Crosby v. National Foreign Trade Council--a much-anticipated decision involving the intersection of federalism and for...

• Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
• Vol. 35 Nbr. 1, January 2002

• The Boston Tea party revisited: Massachusetts boycotts Burma.

A Massachusetts law that imposes a 10% penalty on bids and contracts from companies that do business with Burma has been declared unconstitutional by federal court judge Joseph Tauro. Ruling in a case filed by the National Foreign Trade Council (NFTC), Tauro ruled that the law infringed on the federal government's right to regulate foreign affairs. The NFTC case, which had the support of European Union, will move on to the federal appeals court which may choose to affirm or reverse Tauro's ruling on the right of a state to impose sanctions against companies that do business with Burma.

• State Legislatures
• Vol. 25 Nbr. 5, May 1999

• Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez Delivers Remarks to the National Foreign Trade Council

SECRETARY GUTIERREZ DELIVERS REMARKS TO THE NATIONAL FOREIGN TRADE COUNCIL, AS RELEASED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE OCTOBER 2, 2007 SPEAKER: ...

• Political Transcript Wire
• August 21, 2009

• National Foreign Trade Council Lauds Senate Introduction of the U.S.- Cuba Trademark Protection Act

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The National Foreign Trade Council (NFTC) applauds the introduction of the bi-partisan U.S.- Cuba Trademark Protection Act (S. 2002) in the United States Senate. This bi-partisan bill will help U.S. companies protect trademarks registered in Cuba and prevent Cuba from becoming a haven for counterfeiting and trademark encroachment. We commend Senators Baucus and Craig for introducing this comprehensive legislation aimed at protecting the more than 5,000 American trademarks registered in Cuba. Currently, these trademarks are vulnerable to counterfeiting and infringement, thanks to a five- year-old special-interest law known as Section 211," said Bill Reinsch, president of NFTC.

• U.S. Newswire
• January 27, 2004

• Usa-Engage and National Foreign Trade Council Release Trade and Engagement Report Card for 109th Congress

To: National Desk, Business Reporter Contact: Jennifer Cummings, 202-822-9491, for USA-Engage

• U.S. Newswire
• October 16, 2006

• Shirley Puccino of CIGNA International Named to National Foreign Trade Council Board of Directors.

PHILADELPHIA -- Shirley Puccino, vice president of CIGNA International Health Strategies and Marketing, was named to the National Foreign Trade Counci...

• Business Wire
• November 06, 2008

• Terror's Lobbyist

This week, the Ohio Legislature will hold its second hearing on legislation designed to help the state make a real contribution to America's triumph in the War for the Free World. It would prevent investment by Ohio's public pension funds in companies that do business with the terrorism-sponsoring, nuclear weapons- and ballistic missile-building and genocide-threatening Islamic Republic of Iran. Unfortunately, the Iranian regime and the corporations partnering with it (almost all of them foreign-owned and -operated, since American companies are prohibited from participating directly in such dealings and only a few circumvent that by using offshore subsidiaries) are abetted by a well-heeled Washington lobby: the National Foreign Trade Council (NFTC). Its president is William Reinsch, and...

• The Washington Times
• April 24, 2007