Asia Program
The Chamber's Asia Department gives voice to policies that help American companies compete and prosper in Asia's dynamic marketplace. Our expertise allows companies to actively shape policy debates in Asian countries and in Washington. The Chamber helps companies gain greater access to senior government officials and corporate representatives in a way few organizations can.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Chamber President and CEO Thomas J. Donohue today issued the following statement on the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement (KORUS): “The U.S. Chamber welcomes today’s announcement from the United States and South Korea regarding KORUS, restoring certainty to one of our most important economic and national security relationships.
The U.S. economy faces one real policy threat in 2018, and that’s a trade war.
U.S. exports of both goods and services to South Korea hit record levels in 2017.
The U.S. Chamber's U.S.-Pakistan Business Council (USPBC) joined a number of associations in the U.S. and Pakistan in sending a letter to Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi encouraging the Government of Pakistan to embrace the immediate and long-term benefits of joining the World Trade Organization (WTO) Information Technology Agreement (ITA) and its expansion. Specifically, our organizations urge the government of Pakistan to join the ITA this year.
It would promote increased exports of U.S. health care innovations to Korea, supporting jobs here.
If America is not leading on trade, it is falling behind.
For the near term it is the United States’ only market-opening trade initiative in Asia.
Policymakers must be wary of short-sited or inward-looking policies.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The U.S. Chamber’s U.S.-Korea Business Council (USKBC) today announced that David M. Cordani, president and CEO of Cigna Corporation, was elected chairman. Mr. Cordani, president and CEO of Cigna since 2009, will serve a two-year term, succeeding Dr. Paul Jacobs, executive chairman of Qualcomm.
As the U.S. stands still other nations will continue moving ahead at the expense of our exporters and their workers.
