Inter-Industry Advisory Council for Trade Negotiations

Established in late 1972, the Inter-Industry Council for Trade Negotiations (IIAC-TN) by National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) staff director for International Economic Affairs (IEA) Nicholas E. Hollis- was initially designed to mobilize an industry-wide study of non-tariff barriers (NTBs) to bolster industry support for stronger participation in the multilateral trade negotiations process. == Early Development == IIAC-TN was launched as a project of NAM's Task Force on NTBs chaired by Samuel E. MacArthur, chairman and chief executive of Federal-Mogul Corporation - a Fortune 500 ball bearing manufacturing company headquartered outside Detroit - and began mobilizing during a conference held on November 10, 1972, in Washington, D.C. The convened group of industry trade association executives, representing some twenty major sectors were encouraged by Peter M. Flanigan, assistant to President Nixon for international economic affairs and also heard a proposed action plan presented by N.E. Hollis, who provided survey kits for NTB fact-finding to each attendee which could be replicated by each association as their own project == Creation of Inter-Association Trade Group (IATG) == At a follow-up conference on April 24, 1973, the association presidents expressed their approval of a more ambitious plan based on the apparent success of their respective NTB project survey returns- and their industry members’ response—and the Inter-Association Trade Group (IATG) was formed later that year.

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Inter-Industry Advisory Council for Trade Negotiations

Established in late 1972, the Inter-Industry Council for Trade Negotiations (IIAC-TN) by National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) staff director for International Economic Affairs (IEA) Nicholas E. Hollis- was initially designed to mobilize an industry-wide study of non-tariff barriers (NTBs) to bolster industry support for stronger participation in the multilateral trade negotiations process. == Early Development == IIAC-TN was launched as a project of NAM's Task Force on NTBs chaired by Samuel E. MacArthur, chairman and chief executive of Federal-Mogul Corporation - a Fortune 500 ball bearing manufacturing company headquartered outside Detroit - and began mobilizing during a conference held on November 10, 1972, in Washington, D.C. The convened group of industry trade association executives, representing some twenty major sectors were encouraged by Peter M. Flanigan, assistant to President Nixon for international economic affairs and also heard a proposed action plan presented by N.E. Hollis, who provided survey kits for NTB fact-finding to each attendee which could be replicated by each association as their own project == Creation of Inter-Association Trade Group (IATG) == At a follow-up conference on April 24, 1973, the association presidents expressed their approval of a more ambitious plan based on the apparent success of their respective NTB project survey returns- and their industry members’ response—and the Inter-Association Trade Group (IATG) was formed later that year.

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