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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...

A major water storage project for California moved ahead this month with the approval of additional funding to offset added costs. The Sites Reservoir project...

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California lawmakers should carefully balance efforts to regulate the state’s growing AI industry with ways to support its sweeping potential for economic growth, CalChamber’s...

Following are answers to common questions about the impact tariffs have on the U.S. and California economies. • How can tariffs affect trade between two...

California, Denmark Agree to Cooperate on Climate, Technology Efforts, CalChamber, California Show Support for Rebuilding Ukraine, Zambia-U.S. State-Level Partnership Roadshow 2025, European, Asian postal services to halt shipments to US after end of de minimis tariff exemption, Joint Statement on a United States-European Union Framework on an Agreement on Reciprocal, Fair, and Balanced Trade, Joint Statement on U.S.-China Economic and Trade Meeting in Stockholm, Meeting of the Advisory Committee on International Postal and Delivery Services, Department of Commerce Takes Action Against the Biden Administration’s Unlawfully Established Operator of the National Semiconductor Technology Center, “Natcast”, US and China agree to critical extension, preventing tariff surge on the world’s two largest economies, CalChamber Launches Statewide ‘Keep California Leading the AI Race’ Campaign

The status of trade and investment between California and Asia and the effects of U.S. trade tariffs were the focus of the first informational...

Denmark’s minister for foreign affairs visited California last week to oversee the signing of an agreement to cooperate on climate and technology efforts. Joining California...

Narrow Interpretation of Law Earlier this month, the California Supreme Court decided a case that determines whether federal law preempts a California law enacted in...