The U.S. Chamber’s International Affairs Division advocates for free enterprise, competitive markets, and rules-based trade and investment as the path to opportunity and prosperity for all. The Division’s staff of 70 regional and policy experts advances these principles before the U.S. and foreign governments as it works to shape trade and investment policies and help companies succeed in international markets.
The International Affairs Division of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce leads the business community’s efforts to shape global policy.
Headquartered near the White House—and with representatives in key foreign capitals—the U.S. Chamber’s International Affairs Division is a powerful advocate for international economic engagement. Our experts work with leaders in business and government to vigorously advance pro-business trade and investment policies that create jobs and spur economic growth.
With unparalleled access to key decision makers in the United States and abroad, we are working to expand U.S. companies’ access to the 95% of the world’s population that lives beyond our borders. We have made significant progress in recent years, but there is still much work left to do.
This is an exciting time to be conducting business internationally, and I encourage you to join with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in this great work. Together, we can create new opportunities around the globe.
Myron Brilliant
Executive Vice President and Head of International Affairs
The U.S. Chamber’s International Affairs Division has 70 policy experts and advocates based in our Washington, D.C. headquarters, as well as in Belgium, Brazil, China, Ghana, India, and Korea.
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Increasingly, the Chamber is representing its members’ interests around the world, and has established a presence in critical global markets to extend its reach. From Beijing to Brussels, the Chamber is actively engaged in shaping the international business environment.
As we celebrate Earth Day this year, a new initiative is under way that promises to lower the cost of environmental goods and make them more widely available.
As Prime Minister Abe and President Obama prepare to meet this week, the signatory organizations above call on both leaders to pursue conclusion of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement with renewed focus, vigor and purpose at this critical time in the negotiations. Failure to do so runs the risk that the TPP will founder.
One of the U.S. Chamber’s partner organizations is working to educate Washington’s congressional delegation and other elected officials on the vital role that trade plays in creating jobs and growing the state’s economy.
Air Force One will take President Obama to Asia next week. He will make stops in Japan, Korea, Malaysia and the Philippines. By any standard, this visit is hugely important for U.S. relations in the region and an example of this administration’s commitment to the rebalance to Asia.
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The time is now for the United States and Europe—our policymakers and business leaders—to stand together and show the world that we continue to lead.
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From America’s heartland to the Wild West, the chorus of influential voices urging policymakers to move forward on trade and renew trade promotion authority (TPA) is getting louder.
A new momentum is on the rise in the home to the first Arab spring revolution of 2011.
News, opinion, and insights on the latest economic legislative and regulatory developments and policy debates raging in Washington, D.C., the states, and overseas.
News, opinion, and insights on the latest economic legislative and regulatory developments and policy debates raging in Washington, D.C., the states, and overseas.