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Some European companies are cautious about sending their employees to the US
This happens against the backdrop of Trump’s changing policies, tougher immigration checks and a jerk in detentions and deportations.
Some CNBC companies talked, in areas, including equipment and accounting, stressed that their working trips to the US continued without receipt. But others are usually in more politically sensitive fields that indicate the problems of the well -being of employees.
Their answers ranged from issuing new trips – for example, the advice of workers to bring destroyed electronic devices or entering the United States through Canada – to encourage attendance in American events or conferences on the Internet where possible.
Business trips are an important source of profit for the US economy. According to a report published by the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) last year, the total expenses in the sector brought a total of $ 421 billion and $ 119 billion in tax revenue in 2022, in the last year in which full data was available. This happened with approximately 429.9 million businesses that support 6 million jobs.
Business trips are also a key revenue manufacturer for the aviation industry, which in many cases brings from 50% to 75% profit for the airlines.
In A overview Out of 900 global travel buyers, GBTA in April 29% said they were expecting a reduction in business trips to their companies in 2025 as a result of US policy and tariffs. The survey also had a decrease in overall optimism in the sector.
Any cooling effect will also be International tourism is expected to be killed this yearThe cost of $ 12.5 billion costs from the negative perception of trade and immigration policy.
Increasing anxiety about US travel
Border and foreign visa controls were very charged as President Donald Trump took over in January, with reports of tourists conducted in the detention center for a long period. White House promised in January that all foreigners seeking to enter the US will “verified and verified to maximum”.
Relations between the US administration and the academic community also went bad after the transition to Stop an international student visa issue and Visas are “aggressively withdrawn” for Chinese students as well Detention of some foreign students obviously political signs.
“We hear some international travelers expressing concern about visiting the United States because of a close attention visa, social media monitoring and detention or deportation, despite the real documents,” said the Consultancy Everest Group.
“Those who have a visible Internet, more careful, especially with the” catch and recall “policy that enhances observation,” Kala said.
On April 30, this policy means that anyone who has an American visa will lose their immigration status after one strike for violation of the US law, regardless of seriousness.
One head of the European Foundation, who often travels to the US, said he was concerned about the immigration authorities at the airports, could interfere with his plans for a change of political attitude, not politics.
“Business strokes on ESTA (Visa) are no longer what it used to be,” said the fund manager.
“These are the things I think when I go to China”
Head of the International Non-Governmental Organization with headquarters in London said CNBC that they had developed a new travel protocol for the United States
The policy goes beyond their usual requirements for employee movement information and contact details in the problems around physical and information security. NGOs produce investigations on topics that cover climate change, corporate violations and corruption.
CNBC staff speaking with this
“On one level for us, as a organization, it should not require us to break into sweat, we do it for many places that our employees go to,” said the NGO leader.
“But from a personal point of view it is very illuminated – not very pleasant – because these are the things I think when I travel, say, China or Azerbaijan, autocratic modes. The idea that we must apply this approach to the US is something that never came to me a few months ago.”
Examples include the use of phones or computers used only for the trip, and the preparation of employees for scripts in which they are aggressively questioned about their travel intention or things they published on the Internet, they said.
Separately, the University Academic Researcher in Switzerland said CNBC that they were provided with recommendations for the ideal of a trip to the United States through Canada, where it is possible or attend conferences to avoid any visa complications.
They noted that some of their colleagues still went to the United States without incidents, but others questioned the border longer, and some decided not to attend summer academic conferences. Visiting programs for US universities were particularly injured and even stopped, they added.
All these CNBC spoke in different branches of the industry, agreed that predominant climate around we had one of the uncertainty.
“Of course, there is a risk of overcoming this … by plowing more time and resources in preparation for this than the actual, material orders at risk,” said the NGO leader.
“There is always this question about how you separate the open unhealthy from what can be essential and can actually be valid.
– Ganesh rao in CNBC contributed to this story.
