Tariff Tumult Continues in April
As many as 100 governments around the world have indicated an interest in negotiating tariffs with the Trump administration following the rapid series of...
Business Groups Stop Bill Allowing Private Attorneys Into Tax Enforcement
A broad business coalition had an early victory yesterday in the California State Senate, when the Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee voted down SB...
Cost Cutter Energy Bill Clears First Committee with Unanimous Support
A bill strongly supported by the California Chamber of Commerce as a Cost Cutter that will reduce energy costs for Californians won unanimous support...
Bill Undermining PAGA Reform to Be Considered by Senate Committee Today
Legislation opposed by the California Chamber of Commerce and a large coalition as a Cost Driver that undermines a painstaking negotiation by business and labor to reach a historic agreement to reform the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) is scheduled to be considered by the Senate Judiciary Committee today.
Tiny Religious Figurines, Disciplining Rude Supervisors and More Recent Labor Law Helpline Questions
In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Associate General Counsel Matthew Roberts, Senior Employment Law Counsel Erika Barbara and Employment Law Subject Matter...
CalChamber on Tariffs: Unnecessary Cost Hikes Hurt Business, Impact Consumers and Disrupt Global Supply...
In response to ongoing news and announcements related to the Federal Administration’s actions on tariffs, and the Governor and Attorney General’s recent lawsuit challenging...
Common Mistakes to Avoid With California’s Pregnancy Disability Leave
In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Associate General Counsel Matthew Roberts and Senior Employment Law Counsel Erika Barbara cover common mistakes employers...
CalChamber Webinar to Explain What to Expect When Your Employee Is Expecting
Employers have many legal obligations when they learn that an employee is expecting a child, including notifying employees of their leave rights, providing accommodations...
Senate Committee to Consider 3 Cost Driver Bills Today
Three bills identified by the California Chamber of Commerce as Cost Drivers are scheduled to be considered today by the Senate Labor, Public Employment...
Trade Update – April 8, 2025
Trump Orders New ‘Reciprocal Tariffs’, Reciprocal Tariff Calculations, World leaders react to Trump's tariffs, Trump threatens additional 50 percent tariffs on China as markets slump, Report to the President on the America First Trade Policy Executive Summary, Further Amendment to Duties Addressing the Synthetic Opioid Supply Chain in the People’s Republic of China as Applied to Low-Value Imports, Senate Republicans nudge Trump's trade chief for a tariff end game, Statement from Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General of the WTO, EU offers Trump removal of all industrial tariffs, Trump’s tariffs may hurt CA’s budget
Cost Driver Bills Set for Hearing Today
Two bills identified by the California Chamber of Commerce as Cost Drivers are among the many CalChamber priority bills scheduled to be considered by...
Coalition Urges U.S. Trade Rep to Refrain from Imposing Proposed Anti-China Action
The California Chamber of Commerce joined more than 300 other organizations last week in urging the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to...
Trump Orders New ‘Reciprocal Tariffs’
President Donald Trump’s trade policy announcements continued to create uncertainty this week, as well as affecting consumer prices, the stock market and consumer confidence.
On...
CalChamber Announces 2025 Affordability Agenda
Rebrands Job Killer title to reflect CalChamber’s commitment to ‘good jobs, affordable living’
Yesterday, the California Chamber of Commerce announced its Affordability Agenda, a bold...
CalChamber Announces 2025 Affordability Agenda
Rebrands Job Killer title to reflect CalChamber’s commitment to ‘good jobs, affordable living’
For more than two decades, CalChamber has issued the “Job Killer” list,...
Tariffs Study Bill Moves with CalChamber Support
More information to evaluate the full impact of federal tariffs and reciprocal tariffs on the California economy will become available if a California Chamber...
Trade Update – April 1, 2025
Challenges/Opportunities for California’s Trading Relationships Across the Americas, US auto tariffs shake global industry as price hikes, job losses loom, Adjusting Imports of Automobiles and Automobile Parts into the United States, Coalition Urges U.S. Trade Rep to Refrain from Imposing Proposed Anti-China Action, Farmers, Dockhands and Shipowners Fight Against U.S. Fees on Chinese Ships, The Transatlantic Economy 2025, Update on the Business Secretary's meeting with US Administration, USTR Releases 2025 National Trade Estimate Report, Readout of Ambassador Jamieson Greer’s Meeting with China’s Vice Premier He Lifeng, Showdown Over CK Hutchison’s $22.8B Port Sale Threatens China’s Pro-Business Push
Coalition Urges U.S. Trade Rep to Refrain from Imposing Proposed Anti-China Action
The California Chamber of Commerce joined more than 300 other organizations last week in urging the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to...
Challenges/Opportunities for California’s Trading Relationships Across the Americas
With a gross state product of over $4 trillion representing 13.7% of the U.S nominal gross domestic product (GDP) in 2024, California ranks as...
Rana Ghadban to Head CalChamber Small Business Advocacy
Local chamber of commerce executive Rana Ghadban will be joining the California Chamber of Commerce next month as vice president of small business advocacy.
Ghadban...