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| National Council of Industry | |
|---|---|
| Name | National Council of Industry |
| Type | Non-profit umbrella organization |
| Founded | 1934 |
| Headquarters | Washington, D.C. |
| Region served | United States |
| Leader title | Chair |
| Leader name | (various) |
| Website | (official) |
National Council of Industry The National Council of Industry is an American umbrella organization that convenes representatives from manufacturing, trade associations, labor groups, and financial institutions. It acts as a forum for coordination among stakeholders including corporations, think tanks, and advocacy organizations involved in industrial policy and sectoral competitiveness. The council has engaged with federal agencies, state governments, research universities, and international bodies through convenings, reports, and coalitions.
The council was established in the interwar period with links to actors such as the National Recovery Administration, New Deal, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and industry leaders who had ties to Chamber of Commerce of the United States, American Federation of Labor, and United Steelworkers. During World War II it coordinated with War Production Board, Office of Price Administration, Henry J. Kaiser, and William S. Knudsen while interacting with firms like General Motors, Ford Motor Company, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and Bethlehem Steel. In the Cold War era the council engaged with entities including Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Commerce, Advanced Research Projects Agency, and research centers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Stanford University. In the 1970s and 1980s it responded to shifts involving OPEC crisis, Volcker shock, Automotive industry, and firms such as Chrysler Corporation and General Electric. In the 1990s and 2000s it partnered with World Trade Organization, North American Free Trade Agreement, European Union, Council on Foreign Relations, and NGOs like Brookings Institution and Heritage Foundation. Post-2008 it worked with actors including Federal Reserve System, International Monetary Fund, World Bank, McKinsey & Company, Boston Consulting Group, and university centers like Harvard Kennedy School and Princeton University.
Membership comprises corporations, trade associations, labor unions, financial institutions, and academic centers such as Carnegie Mellon University, University of Michigan, Georgia Institute of Technology, and policy groups like American Enterprise Institute and Urban Institute. The council is organized into boards and committees similar to structures in National Association of Manufacturers, Business Roundtable, AFL–CIO, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and National Governors Association. Leadership roles have included chairs drawn from firms such as ExxonMobil, Chevron Corporation, AT&T, IBM, Intel Corporation, and Siemens. It maintains advisory ties to consortia like Manufacturing USA, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and standards bodies including International Organization for Standardization.
The council convenes stakeholders to address supply chains, workforce training, and innovation by collaborating with entities such as National Science Foundation, Department of Labor, Small Business Administration, and Commerce Department. It produces policy white papers and reports akin to outputs from RAND Corporation, Pew Research Center, and Resources for the Future', and offers recommendations that reference case studies from Toyota Motor Corporation, Samsung Electronics, Siemens AG, and Foxconn. It operates working groups on topics ranging from trade involving United States–China relations to investment relating to Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States and standards related to International Electrotechnical Commission.
The council lobbies on trade, taxation, tariffs, and industrial policy with contacts in United States Congress, Executive Office of the President, and agencies such as U.S. Trade Representative, Internal Revenue Service, and Environmental Protection Agency. It has participated in coalitions alongside groups like National Retail Federation, American Iron and Steel Institute, Business Roundtable, and National Association of Manufacturers while opposing or supporting legislation similar to debates over Tariff Act of 1930, Trade Act of 1974, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, and regulatory frameworks tied to Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act. The council has filed amicus briefs in cases before the Supreme Court of the United States and engaged with congressional committees such as Senate Committee on Finance and House Committee on Ways and Means.
Initiatives include workforce development programs modeled on partnerships with Community College, ApprenticeshipUSA, and foundations like Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Ford Foundation. It has run public-private partnerships with National Institutes of Health, DARPA, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Argonne National Laboratory, and consortia like SEMATECH and Renaissance Technologies-style research collaborations. The council has organized trade missions referencing partners like United States Commercial Service, bilateral ties with China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, European Commission delegations, and technology transfer initiatives similar to programs at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
The council maintains formal and informal relationships with federal agencies including Department of Defense, Department of Commerce, Department of Labor, and with state-level entities such as California Governor's Office, New York State, and Texas Economic Development. It liaises with corporations from sectors spanning Information technology, Aerospace, Automotive industry, and Pharmaceutical industry, engaging firms like Pfizer, Moderna, Johnson & Johnson, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, and SpaceX. Internationally it collaborates with organizations such as Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, International Monetary Fund, World Bank, Asian Development Bank, and trade partners including Japan External Trade Organization and UK Department for International Trade.
Critics have accused the council of prioritizing corporate interests and echoing positions of entities like Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, Koch Industries, and Monsanto in debates over subsidies, bailouts, and regulatory rollbacks reminiscent of controversies linked to 2008 financial crisis, Enron scandal, and Tobacco industry litigation. Investigations and reporting by outlets such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, ProPublica, and The Guardian have scrutinized its lobbying, funding, and revolving-door relationships with administrations including ties to figures from Reagan administration, Clinton administration, Bush administration, and Obama administration. Labor organizations like AFL–CIO and Service Employees International Union have contested the council’s stances on collective bargaining and manufacturing policy, while environmental groups including Sierra Club and Natural Resources Defense Council have challenged its positions on emissions and energy policy.
Category:Industry organizations