Rules of Engagement
When considering doing business overseas, it isn’t enough to just perform country and market research. To effectively explore a country for possible business opportunities, you have to take a scouting...
View ArticleNew Trade Pact Can Bring Holiday Cheer and Jobs to America
This week in Auckland, New Zealand, countries negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) received a little early holiday cheer as Canada and Mexico entered into their first full round of...
View ArticleThe Opportunity is there for a Transatlantic Trade Agreement
A transatlantic trade pact between the United States and the European Union is becoming more than a good idea tossed around by trade experts:After years of battling each other on trade issues, U.S. and...
View ArticleYour Internet Freedom at Risk
The 24-year-old U.N. telecom rules were updated today, but not without controversy. At one point the U.S., U.K., Canada, and other nations went so far as to walk out on the talks and ultimately refused...
View Article20 Years of NAFTA: A Growing North American Market
Somewhere in Mexico, there’s a dredge named after President Bill Clinton.A month after the North American Free Trade Agreement was signed into law, a Mexican road construction company bought two...
View ArticleNew York Times Backs Natural Gas Exports
Raymond Keating, chief economist for the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council explains why exporting liquefied natural gas (LNG) makes sense:Advancements in technology have opened up vast...
View ArticleTaxes and Foreign Business
As a general rule, the United States taxes U.S. citizens, resident aliens, and domestic corporations on their worldwide income. This may also include their foreign activities. As a result, some U.S....
View ArticleThe 3 P’s of Manufacturing Success
A colleague of mine recently said, “If U.S. manufacturing cannot compete in the world, the U.S. cannot compete.”Manufacturing isn’t just another business sector—it has an outsize impact on our broader...
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Dissecting America's Big Issues
I had the opportunity to lead a discussion with the current crop of scholars and fellows at the National Chamber Foundation (NCF), the U.S. Chamber’s public policy think tank. They spoke about their...
View ArticleAll That Glitters Isn't Gold
When doing business abroad, many things may appear to be glamorous, outsized, and profitable, but will lead you nowhere fast. In many developing countries, there’s talk of fast money from scammers,...
View ArticleCut Red Tape by Improving US-EU Regulatory Cooperation
What could be a better way to start the new year than with a commitment to work toward greater shared economic growth and job creation? The United States and European Union enjoy the world’s largest...
View ArticleLNG Exports Make a Lot of Sense
Not so many years ago, America was anxiously building new import liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals so that we would have adequate supply. Today is quite different. As U.S. Chamber President and CEO...
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In Global Commerce’s Wild West, There's a New Sheriff in Town
It's a brave, new, global world for business. Plenty of opportunity; plenty of risk. As e-commerce, free trade agreements, and modern infrastructure have opened the world's markets, many companies...
View ArticleAmerican Jobs and Growth Agenda
At the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, we begin the New Year by looking at how American business is doing, discussing the key challenges facing our economy, and identifying the top priorities we plan to work...
View ArticleAmerican Jobs and Growth Agenda, Part 4: Expanding American Trade,...
U.S. Chamber President and CEO Tom Donohue mentioned an important statistic in his State of American Business address: Ninety-five percent of all people live outside the United States. “We need to go...
View ArticleThe President Needs Trade Promotion Authority
With 95% of the world’s customers living outside the United States, one in three American manufacturing jobs supported by exports, and one-third of U.S. farm acreage going to overseas, there’s...
View ArticleHelp Shape the Conversation in Advance of #SOTU
The president will outline his second-term agenda during his State of the Union speech on Tuesday night. With 23 million people unemployed, underemployed, or who have stopped looking for work, the...
View ArticleEuropean Union on Board for Trans-Atlantic Trade Negotiations
I wonder if editors from the Washington Post and Bloomberg got together for brunch over the weekend to celebrate the news that the European Union wants a free trade agreement with the United...
View ArticleReaction to President Obama's State of the Union Speech
Here is what U.S. Chamber President and CEO Tom Donohue had to say following President Obama's State of the Union speech:The president’s return to a focus on jobs and growth is overdue and we welcome...
View ArticleThe Sugar Program Ruined My Valentine’s Day
Why do food companies have to pay so much to put sugar in their products? I thought about this yesterday when I had to empty my wallet to buy Valentine’s Day candy for my mother. I blame the U.S....
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