trade council

Also trades coun·cil

[treyd koun-suhl]

noun

1. a central council composed of local trade unions.

Example Sentences

At a hearing, a lobbyist representing the trade unions called it a “law to suppress wages” and compared the policy to the Jim Crow era, while a local trade council director told lawmakers the bill “will compel our workers to be shackled and start singing chain-gang songs.”

From Slate

"He's playing the good cop," William Alan Reinsch, the former head of the National Foreign Trade Council, told the BBC.

From BBC

The former director of the White House National Trade Council reported to federal prison after Chief Justice John G. Roberts denied Navarro’s first attempt to avoid incarceration.

From Salon

The National Foreign Trade Council, whose members include major shippers such as FedEx, UPS and DHL as well as online retailers like Amazon and eBay, argue that restricting its use would make purchases more expensive for American consumers and small businesses.

From Seattle Times

John Pickel, a senior director at the National Foreign Trade Council, a trade association that represents a broad range of companies, said that doing as the senators are urging would increase the amount of time it takes for shipments to arrive as they go through a more cumbersome inspection process at the border.

From Seattle Times