Trade Agreements
Trade Imperatives for American Manufacturers
U.S. industrial production has risen by two-thirds in the past 30 years. Manufacturing has bounced back from the pandemic recession and today employs 12.6 million Americans, with average earnings topping $30 per hour.
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The U.S. must work with allies and partners to push forward a vision for digital trade that can secure opportunities for American workers, small businesses, services industries, and others.
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The world is charging ahead in pursuit of new market-opening trade agreements, but in recent years Washington policymakers have been sitting on the sidelines. Here is why America must lead on trade.
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As other nations race to achieve their own market-opening trade deals, the United States cannot be left behind. The U.S. Chamber is dedicated to pursuing new trade and investment agreements that uphold and improve our standard of living and our standing in the world. Trade agreements must establish high standards, protect American innovation, and be fully enforceable.
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India and Africa offer relatively untapped markets and unique trade opportunities for U.S. businesses.
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Consulting with businesses that actually engage in international trade is indispensable to framing good trade policy.
The business community urges the world’s trade leaders to seize the moment and recommit to a pro-growth trade agenda.
This Coalition letter was sent to the Senate Committee on Finance and the House Committee on Ways and Means, opposing S. 1856 / H.R. 3882, the "Leveling the Playing Field 2.0 Act."
The administration deserves applause for challenging Canada’s discriminatory digital services tax (DST) proposal; other measures prepared by foreign governments that also unfairly target U.S. companies deserve the same strong response.
The Interagency Labor Committee of Monitoring and Enforcement recently released guidelines for the USMCA’s Rapid Respond Labor Mechanism, including three major changes.
The U.S. must work with allies and partners to push forward a vision for digital trade that can secure opportunities for American workers, small businesses, services industries, and others.
This Hill letter was sent to the Members of the Senate Committees on Foreign Relations and on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, and the House Committees on Foreign Affairs and on Financial Services, urging protection from lawsuits for U.S. companies who have complied in good faith with sanctions on Russia.
This Hill letter was sent to the Members of the House Committee on Appropriations, on the Fiscal Year 2024 State, Foreign Operations, And Related Programs Bill.
