Welcome to #BizUnited, a new campaign highlighting the ways in which small businesses and large companies work together across America. Check back periodically for new installments, and share your company’s story on social media with the hashtag #BizUnited. Adam Wilson and Ian Bernstein were running a small but successful robotics company called Sphero when they…
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Debate Preview: What to Expect from Clinton and Trump on Energy
In just a few days, Donald Trump and Hilary Clinton will take the stage in the first of four scheduled debates in the 2016 presidential race – three between Trump and Clinton and another featuring vice presidential candidates Mike Pence and Tim Kaine. While we hope the debates will tease out the specifics of each…
Christopher Guith, Featured Blog
What If … Energy Production Was Banned on Federal Lands & Waters?
It’s an interesting question. That we’re even entertaining it, however, shows you how far off the rails candidates from Secretary Clinton, to interest groups, to the Democratic Party Platform have gone in proposing to ban energy production on federal lands in one way, shape, or form. It’s easy to spout rhetoric to rally the troops…
Erica Roberts, Featured Blog
With Minimum Wage Increase on the Menu, Diners May Find Restaurants Are Out
Everybody has a favorite diner or restaurant, a place to kick back and grab a sandwich, salad or even a cup of coffee. But for some of those local favorite haunts, changes in state and local minimum wage laws could amount to “No Service.” In early April, California Gov. Jerry Brown signed into effect a…
Featured Blog, Sean Hackbarth
The 2013 Trump Was a Lot Better on Trade Than the 2016 Version
Not only didn’t presidential candidate Donald Trump step back from his protectionist trade stance, he doubled down in a speech in Pennsylvania. “Globalization has wiped out our middle class,” he told an audience and promised big changes to U.S. trade policy. Speaking in front of a pile of recycled materials, Trump called NAFTA, “the worst…
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Postcard from Germany: Strengthening Transatlantic Ties at Hannover Messe
I recently returned from a trip to Germany where the Chamber took part in the 2016 Hannover Messe, the world’s largest industrial technology fair, and later met with the business community in Munich. The United States was this year’s “Partner Country,” and President Barack Obama was the first sitting U.S. president to attend the fair…