Diplomacy, Trade & Aid

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Roughly 61 percent of Americans favor re-establishing relations with Cuba
February 2008

About 57 million American workers are employed by firms that engage in international trade
U.S. Treasury Department

Nearly 60 percent of Americans say that U.S. diplomacy with Iran is needed
November 2007

Polls: Americans Support Trade & Global Engagement

More than 75 percent of Americans think that the United States should do its share in efforts to solve international problems together with other countries
August 2007

More than 80 percent of Americans agree that when countries are doing things the United States opposes, the U.S. should be willing to talk with them because isolating them often provokes them to increase the behavior the U.S. opposes.
December 2006 

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Trade

The National Foreign Trade Council
Founded in 1914, NFTC is the premier business organization advocating a rules-based world economy

TradeRoots
Dedicated to raising public awareness of international trade on a local level. 
From the U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Trade Resource Center 
Brought to you by Business Roundtable 's International Trade and Investment Task Force

Organization for International Investment (OFII)

National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) 

U.S. Council for International Business

American Petroleum Institute 

Diplomacy 

U.S. In the World
Pulls together facts and arguments and the most effective ways to put them across for advocates of pragmatic, principled, effective and collaborative U.S. global engagement

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
A nonpartisan institution, supported by public and private funds, engaged in the study of national and world affairs

Citizens for Global Solutions
Educating Americans about our global interdependence, communicating global concerns to public officials, and developing proposals to create, reform, and strengthen international institutions such as the United Nations

U.S. Global Leadership Campaign
A broad-based, nationwide coalition of businesses, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and community leaders that advocates for a strong U.S. International Affairs Budget 

International Assistance

The International Committee of the Red Cross

Mercy Corps
Through its Emergency Assistance to Vulnerable Populations program, Mercy Corps provides lifesaving humanitarian assistance.

Catholic Relief Services
Headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland, Catholic Relief Services provides humanitarian relief and development assistance to the poor and marginalized in over 100 countries and territories around the world.

UNICEF
UNICEF mobilizes political will and material resources to help countries, particularly developing countries, ensure a "first call for children" and to build their capacity to form appropriate policies and deliver services for children and their families.

World Health Organization (WHO)
WHO is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system. It is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries and monitoring and assessing health trends.