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More than 95% of consumers live outside the United States. Selling more U.S.-made goods and services around the world is crucial to American jobs and will help businesses small and large grow. Expanding trade also enhances the competitiveness of U.S. manufacturers while boosting the buying power of American families. The International Affairs Division of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce leads the business community’s efforts to shape global policy.
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Members of the U.S.-Korea Business Council and the Korea-U.S. Business Council (the “Councils”) held the 32nd Annual Joint Plenary Meeting on November 16-17 EST (November 17-18 KST) in a hybrid—in-person and virtual—format due to public health and safety concerns amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Centered around the theme, “Fostering U.S.-Korea Commercial Relations and Promoting Economic Growth and Innovation,” the Councils assembled senior business leaders from the United States and Korea to discuss creative ways to enhance U.S.-Korea commercial collaboration and business resiliency and to promote sustainable economic growth.
WASHINGTON, D.C.— U.S. Chamber Executive Vice President and Head of International Affairs Myron Brilliant issued the following statement today regarding the recently signed Regional Comprehensive Partnership Agreement (RCEP):
The Chamber supports trade and investment policies on both sides of the Atlantic that are transparent, non- discriminatory, consistent with international obligations, and do not unduly restrict the free flow of goods, services, data, people, and capital. The Chamber submitted the attached set of comments in response to the European Commission's review of its trade policy, taking into account a variety of new global challenges and lessons learned from the coronavirus crisis.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and APCO Insight present key findings about citizens' attitudes towards U.S. businesses operating in Venezuela.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—An overwhelming majority of Venezuelan Americans, 80%, support U.S. companies operating in Venezuela, according to a new survey conducted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and APCO Insight. And 89% of Venezuelan Americans believe that U.S. companies will be critical to rehabilitating Venezuela’s economy when the political conditions change.
An overwhelming majority of Venezuelan Americans, 80%, support U.S. companies operating in Venezuela.
The Chamber is a longtime advocate for stronger commercial ties between the United States and the European Union. According to a recent Chamber study, the U.S. and EU are together responsible for more than 40% of global gross domestic product, and transatlantic trade and investment support 16 million jobs on both sides of the Atlantic. In the U.S.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The U.S. Chamber’s U.S.-Japan Business Council (USJBC) announced today that Doug Peterson, president and chief executive officer of S&P Global, has been elected chairman of the USJBC for a two-year term, effective October 27, 2020. Peterson, who has been president and chief executive officer of S&P Global since 2013, takes over the USJBC chairmanship from Chuck Robbins, chairman and chief executive officer of Cisco.
Redefining U.S.-Japan Business Priorities Amidst a Global Pandemic