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The 2024 law imposed sweeping limits on the communications rights of employers FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: John Myers john.myers@calchamber.com | press@calchamber.com (Oct. 1, 2025) Sacramento, CA - A...

Consul General Explains Mexico’s Reaction to Changed Approach of US Trade Policy, Carney says Canada-US trade talks will move to USMCA review process, Canada and Mexico agree to deepen ties ahead of USMCA trade deal review, Letter to the Secretary of Commerce on the H-1B Program, Special Coverage of UNGA80, Kenya eyes US trade deal by end of year, seeks five-year extension to AGOA, Adjusting Imports of Timber, Lumber, and their Derivative Products into the United States, Fact Sheet: The U.S.-UK Special Relationship, US implements EU trade deal, 15% autos tariffs retroactive to Aug 1st, Commerce Secures $4.2 Billion Rail Commercial Deal, the Largest Locomotive Deal in History, USTR Seeks Public Comment on Unfair Foreign Trade Barriers for the 2026 National Trade Estimate Report, Assemblymember Jessica Caloza Convenes Statewide Forum on Strengthening Asia-California Partnerships in Trade and Investment, California and Kenya join in a historic partnership to curb emissions and boost trade, EU Unveils Deal With India as Russia Sanctions Package Looms

In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Associate General Counsel Matthew Roberts and CalChamber Senior Policy Advocate Ashley Hoffman discuss several employment-related bills...

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Business leaders trust California voters to decide how they will best be represented in Congress FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: John Myers john.myers@calchamber.com | press@calchamber.com (Sept. 19, 2025) Santa...

CalChamber Urges Congress to Renew African Trade Program, U.S. Chamber Advocates for Reauthorization of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), US-UK Nuclear Pact to Precede Tech, Whisky Deals on Trump Visit, Long-wrought WTO global agreement aimed at reducing overfishing takes effect, State of the Union: "This must be Europe’s independence moment.", Supreme Court agrees to hear Trump tariff case this fall, U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick Hosts Alaska Seafood Roundtable, USTR Seeks Public Comment on Section 301 Investigation of China's Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Technology Transfer, Intellectual Property, and Innovation, U.S. - Japan Finance Ministers’ Joint Statement, Japan to appoint first permanent representative focusing on WTO, EU and Indonesia agree trade deal, The Waiver: Colombia’s Hope to Regain US Drug Certification, IBank Announces Andy Nakahata as New Executive Director and CEO

This week the California Chamber of Commerce urged members of the California congressional delegation to support a last-minute push to renew a trade preference...

Lawmakers embraced Cost Cutter bills and rejected almost all Cost Driver bills (September 16, 2025) Sacramento, CA - The California Chamber of Commerce announced today...

Effectively handling employee discipline and termination is a challenging and risky responsibility for employers. CalChamber’s “Discipline and Termination: Do’s and Don’ts” webinar, set for...

The California Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday joined a broad coalition in supporting final amendments to a plan for the Golden State to participate...

Legislation that would have limited cost-cutting discounts for California consumers has been delayed to 2026 after it faced opposition from several groups including CalChamber...

Implementing The United States–Japan Agreement, USIBC 50th Anniversary Golden Jubilee Special Summit, California Trade Mission: Poland and Ukraine - Rebuild Ukraine, Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Modifies the Scope of Reciprocal Tariffs and Establishes Procedures for Implementing Trade Deals, Trumps Request to the Supreme Court, White House reverses course on WTO funds – White House quietly removes WTO from list of foreign aid cuts, American Apparel & Footwear Association urges Congress to immediately renew AGOA and Haiti HOPE/HELP before they expire, Governor Newsom proclaims California’s 175th Anniversary, California’s Legislature Has Waited Too Late to Extend Cap-and-Trade This Year

California business leaders expressed disappointment yesterday that no comprehensive, economically viable plan to extend California’s cap-and-trade climate program has emerged at the State Capitol. In...

Organizations representing a wide array of the state’s economic sectors urge lawmakers to reject any last-minute, hastily written proposals California Chamber of Commerce - In...

A CalChamber-led coalition of business groups, including local chambers of commerce, has stopped a Cost Driver bill that would have exposed employers to a...

A Cost Driver bill that in effect would have banned the use of technology to help set prices or manage supply levels was held...

As California legislators enter the home stretch of the 2025 legislative session, they are facing a handful of bills that seek to regulate the...

Members of the Senate and Assembly fiscal committees took final action last week on hundreds of bills during the biannual clearing of the “suspense...

China hosts more than 20 world leaders, including Russia and India, at annual summit - Video, Departments of Justice and Homeland Security Partnering on Cross-Agency Trade Fraud Task Force, The Top 100: Sixteen Years, Seventeen Lists –CalChamber’s Jennifer Barrera voted No. 10 on Capitol Weekly’s Top 100, Federal appeals court strikes down major chunk of Trump’s tariffs, Trump Looks To Slash $5 Billion In “Woke, Weaponized, And Wasteful Spending”, USTR Extends Certain Exclusions from China Section 301 Tariffs, Tariffs cause ‘unprecedented’ disruption to global trade rules, WTO chief says, Barrera: California Needs ‘Thoughtful’ Regulation of AI, Governor Newsom issues statement on court decision AGAIN ruling Trump’s tariffs as unlawful

A joint hearing of several legislative committees last week on Cal/OSHA processes provided an opportunity for the California Chamber of Commerce to flag a...