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Energy

Our nation’s energy demand is projected to grow by as much as 30% in the next 25 years. The U.S. Chamber is leading a national effort to encourage pro-growth energy action that increases diverse energy supplies, improves efficiency, and promotes environmental stewardship while putting Americans back to work. The availability of reliable and affordable energy is essential to running a business and safeguarding our nation’s competitiveness. Learn more

Legal Reform

The U.S. legal system is the most expensive in the world, costing small businesses alone nearly $98 billion annually in tort fees. The U.S. Chamber is the preeminent group in the country working to end lawsuit abuse and to ensure that businesses receive the fair, efficient, and consistent justice system they deserve. Learn more

International Trade

Eliminating export barriers and leveling the playing field for American products will stimulate the economy and lead to job creation. The U.S. Chamber advocates for a robust trade agenda so that U.S. companies can export their goods and services and create good jobs for American workers. Learn more

Labor Relations

An emboldened labor movement is pushing an aggressive agenda that would impose new and costly regulations on businesses, disrupt the way businesses are run, and delay economic recovery. The U.S. Chamber supports fair workplace rules that protect workers and promote employer flexibility and economic growth, while opposing harmful proposals and burdensome regulations that will generate litigation instead of jobs. Learn more

Capital Markets

Businesses depend on transparent and efficient credit markets. The U.S. Chamber works toward advancing America’s global leadership in capital formation by supporting capital markets that are the most fair, efficient, and innovative in the world. Learn more

Health Care

Skyrocketing health care costs are stifling economic recovery and are seriously impeding businesses’ ability to grow. The U.S. Chamber works to lessen the burden of the new government health care law while promoting strategies and solutions to help businesses get costs under control, improve quality, and increase coverage of the uninsured. Learn more

Taxes

The U.S. Chamber is committed to pro-growth tax policies that preserve America’s global competitiveness, and it opposes tax increases that reduce businesses’ ability to grow, invest, and create jobs. In these fragile economic times, it would be the height of economic folly to target business—or any group of Americans—for a major tax increase. Learn more

Intellectual Property

America’s IP-intensive industries employ nearly 18 million workers and represent 40% of the country’s economic growth. The U.S. Chamber works around the world to champion IP as vital to creating jobs, saving lives, advancing global economic growth, and generating breakthrough solutions to global challenges. Learn more

Workforce

To compete and win in a global economy, American companies need well-educated and well-trained workers and an efficient immigration system. The U.S. Chamber works to strengthen the nation’s educational standards, promote effective workforce training programs, and advocate for commonsense immigration reform. Learn more

Infrastructure

Without proper investment and attention to our infrastructure systems, the nation’s economic stability, potential for job growth, and global competitiveness are at risk. The U.S. Chamber is leading the charge to modernize and expand our nation’s transportation, telecommunications, energy, and water networks. Learn more

The U.S. Chamber places the full weight of its organizational capacities behind one overarching mission--strengthening the competitiveness of the U.S. economy to increase opportunity and prosperity for all Americans. We focus on 10 key challenges:
	Education and Workforce Energy and Environment Infrastructure Legal Reform Capital Markets	Health Care Trade Intellectual Property Taxes and the Economy Labor
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