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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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"And by the time they got done, they created a new world order, and every nation on Earth … has actually benefitted."
Many small businesses across the country have benefited – and continue to benefit – greatly from NAFTA.
Twenty-five years ago this week, negotiations for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) were concluded.
Negotiators from the United States, Mexico, and Canada will begin Wednesday the formal process of modernizing one of the world’s most important trade pacts. By updating the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), they have the opportunity to spur a new era of growth that promises substantial benefits for American businesses, workers, and consumers.
In response to today’s Executive Memorandum on China’s forced technology transfer policies and intellectual property theft, U.S. Chamber Executive Vice President and Head of International Affairs Myron Brilliant issued the following statement:
A successfully modernized trade agreement will mean more opportunities for American companies, farmers, ranchers, and workers.
U.S. firms’ investments abroad bring real benefits to Americans, including on the jobs front
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce appreciates the opportunity to present the following comments to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative and the Department of Commerce as they prepare the “Administration’s Reviews and Report to the President on Trade Agreement Violations and Abuses” pursuant to Executive Order 13796 of April 29, 2017 (82 FR 20819).
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