Deputy Assistant USTR and ICC Present at Quarterly Trade and Investment Committee Meeting

Courtney Smothers, Deputy Assistant USTR for Latin America, was the featured speaker at this week's USCIB Trade and Investment Committee quarterly meeting, briefing members on the current US Latin America trade strategy. Members also received updates from Valerie Picard, Head of Trade at the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), on latest developments on WTO reform, ICC advocacy papers on plurilateral negotiations, transparency, and critical raw materials, and opportunities for USCIB members at the World Trade Organization (WTO) Public Forum in September.

Rick Johnston (Citi, USCIB Vice Chair, Chair of the USCIB Trade, and Investment Committee) and Sarah Schradin (Chubb, Vice Chair of the USCIB Trade and Investment Committee) opened the meeting with welcoming remarks.

Members shared views on USCIB engagement with the Administration on recent tariff actions and the renewal of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.

Alice Slayton Clark, Senior Vice President for Trade, Investment, and Digital Policy, discussed USCIB programming and speaking opportunities for the WTO Public Forum in Geneva and for the October 2026 OECD Trade Week in Paris.