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The key leadership role of a few corporate executives in mobilizing and organizing free trade coalitions confirms Useem’s theory about the ‘inner circle’ of corporate power. This table shows some key business leaders (past and present) in the trade arena.
| People | Corporations | Free Trade Coalitions | Other |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Freeman | Vice President, American Express | Executive Director, MTN Coalition Founder and Chair, CSI Media liaison, Alliance for GATT Now |
Chair, Mark Twain Institute |
| Andrew Buxton | CEO ‘92-99 and Chair ‘93-99, Barclays Bank Director, Bank of England, CapitaLand UK Holdings Ltd, Xansa UK Ltd, United Bank of Kuwait PLC etc |
Founder and Chair, ESF Founder and Co-chair FLG Founder and chair, High Level LOTIS Group |
President, British Bankers Assn |
| Donald V. Fites | Chairman and CEO, Caterpillar Inc ‘90-99 Director, Mobil, AK Steel, AT&T Wireless, Georgia-Pacific, Oshkosh Truck Corp. etc |
Chair, Business Roundtable Chair NFTC Member, Business Council |
Chair US-Japan Business Council Director, NAM President’s Advisory Committee on Trade Policy and Negotiations 1998-CWT award |
| William C. Lane | Director, Government Affairs, Caterpillar Inc. | Chair, USA*Engage Co-chair, US Trade Co-chair, U.S.-Chile Free Trade Coalition Founder, Zero Tariff Coalition Founder Illinois NAFTA Coalition VP Alliance for GATT Now Co-Chair, American-Australian Free Trade Agreement Coalition, AAFTAC |
Member, US Industry Advisory Committee for Trade Policy |
| Jerry R. Junkins | Chair (1988-96) and CEO (1985-1996), Texas Instruments Director of Caterpillar Inc., Proctor & Gamble Company and 3M |
Chair, Alliance for GATT Now Chair, Business Roundtable’s International Trade and Investment Task Force International Leadership Award from USCIB Member, Business Council |
President’s Advisory Committee on Trade Policy and Negotiations |
| Dean O’Hare | CEO and Chair, Chubb Corporation ‘88-2002 Director of Fluor Corporation and H.J. Heinz Company |
Chair, CSI Chair, USCIB Co-chair, FLG |
President’s Advisory Committee on Trade Policy and Negotiations Past chair, American Insurance Association Chair, Services Working Committee, Pacific Basin Economic Council |
| Edmond T. Pratt Jnr | CEO and Chair, Pfizer Director of General Motors, International Paper, Chase Manhattan, etc |
Chair, Business Roundtable Co-founder, Intellectual Property Committee (IPC) Member, Business Council |
Chair, Advisory Committee on Trade Policy and Negotiations Assistant secretary of the Army for Kennedy administration |
| Frank Kittredge | Vice President of General Electric’s Asia-Pacific Division Director, Crane and Company, Inc, |
President, NFTC Vice chair, USA*Engage |
Committee Member, U.S. State Department Advisory Committee on International Economic Policy Advisory Board Member, Trade Law Study Group Board Director, Singapore Trade Development Board, The National U.S.-Arab Chamber of Commerce Chairman, US-ASEAN Center for Technology Exchange |
| Philip M. Condit | Chair ‘97-present and CEO ‘96-present, Boeing Director, Hewlett-Packard Company | Board of Trustees, USCIB Co-Chair, TABD Chair, Business Roundtable and Chair, Business Roundtable’s International Trade and Investment Task Force |
Chair, US-China Business Council Member, Council on Foreign Relations, World Economic Forum, President’s Export Advisory Council, Council on Competitiveness, US-Japan Business Council, Board of Hewlett-Packard |
| Anne Wexler | Chair of Executive Committee, Wexler & Walker | Clients include NFTC, USA*Engage, USA*NAFTA, Alliance for GATT Now | Top policy aide to President Carter Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce Member, Council on Foreign Relations |
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