Hearings on this start tomorrow ⬇️

The Americas Act offers some good Ideas, but more work is needed before it's ready for congressional action
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I'm delighted to report that Ivana Zuzul has been promoted to Executive Director of the US Chamber's Europe Team. Well deserved and well done!!!

Counterfeit goods undermine sustainable development worldwide. Luckily, there are things we can do to stop them. Learn more in Executive Assistant Commissioner AnnMarie Highsmith’s blog post for U.S. Chamber. uschamber.com/intellectual-p…

People ask after noncompetes, what else the FTC might want to use their new-found power to regulate or ban

The FTC has a handy list of things they say might violate the 'spirit of antitrust laws'

It includes 'loyalty programs.'
Keep an 👀on your points
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.U.S. Chamber CEO Suzanne Clark on last night’s vote: “What happens around the world directly impacts the US, and we ignore it at our own peril. We applaud those Members of Congress in the House and Senate who came together” to approve the aid package. More: uschamber.com/improving-gove…

.U.S. Chamber to Sue FTC Over Unlawful Power Grab on Noncompete Agreements Ban uschamber.com/finance/antitr…

The U.S. Chamber urges the Senate to approve the security supplemental appropriations bill before it today (aid for Ukraine, Israel, and the Indo-Pacific) uschamber.com/security/u-s-c…

The U.S. Chamber has filed comments to the USTR in response to its notice seeking input on 'Promoting Supply Chain Resilience' uschamber.com/international/…

On #EarthDay , the U.S. Chamber outlined our Sustainability Agenda that will be covered at this year's Summit.

A few of our priorities include:

✔️ Growing the Hydrogen Economy
✔️ Streamline Federal Permitting
✔️ Foster Regenerative Agriculture
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The U.S. Chamber urges the House to approve the security supplemental appropriations bills:
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Great to see Department of State Chief Economist Dr. Chad Bown with The White House Sarah Beran, U.S. Chamber John Murphy, DFCgov Jane Rhee, and APEC Secretariat Matt Murray engaging with staff on strategic economic competition, combatting economic coercion, and building resilient global supply chains.

• HIMARS from Florida
• C-4 from Tennessee
• Abrams tanks from Ohio

Ukraine aid is invigorating 122 defense production lines across 65 congressional districts, even in those whose representatives voted against it.

Very pleased to join Chad Bown, chief economist EconDiplomacy@State, the NSC's Sarah Beran, the DFCgov's Jane Rhee, and US APEC leader Matt Murray to discuss trade and supply chains at the Department of State Economic Leadership Day 2024. Appreciate State's commercial diplomacy every day...

Great news from Geneva- agreement on a great new facilitator to shepherd the WTO dispute settlement reform process--Mauritius' WTO Ambassador Usha Dwarka-Canabady. Hopeful she can help us meet MC12 pledge of “fully functioning dispute settlement system accessible to all by 2024”

Many thanks to our partners Department of State, U.S. Commerce Dept., USAID, and everyone else contributing to yesterday's Ukraine Partnership Forum. We are continuing to engage with Congress to ensure that America does not flag in our support for Ukraine.

Yesterday the USTR told the Senate Finance Committee FTAs “are inherently divisive because they ‘pit’ farmers and other groups that benefit against industrial workers who don’t” (per Politico). But does anyone benefit as much from FTAs as US manufacturers? uschamber.com/international/…

Global consequences of a rising dollar