Regulations
Smart regulations give businesses the rules of the road so they can operate, innovate, and invest with certainty. Regulatory overreach, on the other hand, stifles growth and innovation. Getting this balance right is essential to driving solutions that improve lives and fostering a vibrant and dynamic economy that creates opportunities for people.
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The U.S. Chamber works with governments at the state, federal, and global levels to create a regulatory environment in which businesses can innovate, compete, and thrive. From labor and finance to technology and energy regulations, we ensure the voice of business is represented in the rulemaking process. When rules are outdated, outmoded, or overreaching, we work to improve or eliminate them in the agencies, in Congress, or in the courts.
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Now is the time to modernize our regulatory system. Let’s put commonsense first and finally pass the Regulatory Accountability Act.
VIA ELECTRONIC FILING TO: The Office of Regulatory Policy and Management Office of Policy Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Mail Code 1803AWashington, DC 20460 RE: Response to EPA’s April 13, 2017, Request for Comments on Evaluation of Existing Regulations (Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OA-2017-0190)
It's time to reform the regulatory process itself.
VIA ELECTRONIC FILING The Office of Regulatory Policy and Management Office of Policy Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Mail Code 1803A Washington, DC 20460 Re: Response to EPA’s April 13, 2017, Request for Comments on Evaluation of Existing Regulations (Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OA-2017-0190)
President Donald Trump is cognizant of this fact and wants to unleash American energy.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce today released its latest antitrust practitioner survey, which sought feedback based on practitioner experiences in working with enforcement agencies on matters of transparency and due process in investigative proceedings. The survey measured practitioner views on adherence to guidance issued by the International Competition Network (ICN) in 2015. While practitioners indicated that the guidance was effective in establishing international recommended best practices, consistency with regard to adherence to the guidance was flagged as a concern across different case teams within an agency.
THE BRIDGE TO COOPERATION: GOOD REGULATORY DESIGN(The full report is available here.)
For the fourth consecutive year a practitioner survey has been conducted to solicit feedback intended to better inform competition authorities and the International Competition Network (ICN) of the views and experiences practitioners have when working with their respective competition authority. Earlier surveys supported the work of the ICN’s Investigative Process Project as part of the Agency Effectiveness Working Group as well as the ICN’s Recommended Practices for Merger Notification and Review Procedures.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce today released a report, Transatlantic Cybersecurity: Forging a United Response to Universal Threats, which proposes a set of recommendations that would more closely align the approaches of the United States and European Union regarding frameworks, standards, and practices for cybersecurity. The report was released as part of a business delegation led by the U.S. Chamber to Tallinn, Berlin, and Brussels to discuss transatlantic cybersecurity efforts.
The U.S. Chamber has helped lead the charge for the RAA, which would be the first significant overhaul of the regulatory process in 70 years
