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State of American Business 2025: All Business Is Local
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- A small, specialty manufacturer in Tennessee struggles to survive as semi-finished copper tariffs strain their operations.Businesses, employees, and consumers pay the price of rising retail crime and cargo theft.The U.S. Chamber issued a statement on the administration's actions to lift tariffs on certain agricultural products not produced domestically.Balancing supply with growing demand is essential for improving affordability, driving economic growth, and supporting workforce mobility.Government shutdowns are harmful to the economy, the American people, and U.S. national security.'A strong community is really dependent on a strong economy and also a strong workforce. And in order to have those things you need an affordable home so that employees can easily get to their job.'A new white paper from the Chamber's Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness demonstrates commonsense solutions to increasing the accessibility and affordability of property and casualty insurance.See our analysis and interactive map to understand the shutdown impact on the 65,500 small business contractors across the U.S. who received over $155 billion in payment in 2024 for goods and services provided to the government.The main SBA loan programs for small businesses are not processing applications during the shutdown and congressional authority for key small business grants expired at the end of September, creating financing challenges.
