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The CEO of the largest business advocacy group in America, the United States 小红帽直播app of Commerce, outlined a plan to help the nation鈥檚 economy fully recover from the pandemic during his 2021 annual Address in Washington, D.C. 

First and foremost, businesses and the U.S. Congress must work to heal a divided nation and get the public vaccinated, said Thomas Donohue, the CEO of the 小红帽直播app, who made the virtual address this month to about 10,000 attendees worldwide. 

鈥淚t鈥檚 true that, at home and abroad, we are operating at a time when people don鈥檛 always have a lot of faith in institutions. There鈥檚 mistrust in government, questions about the credibility of our democratic systems, contempt for capitalism. For different reasons, these factors have helped drive rising support for nationalism or socialism and other divisions,鈥� Donohue said. 鈥淪ome even ask if these are signals of national decline.

鈥淲ell, to that I say: no one has ever bet against America and won. We have it within us to make this a pivot point in our history.鈥�

Call on nation to 鈥渞ally for recovery鈥澛�

In his speech, Donohue urged both industry and national policymakers to 鈥渞ally for recovery鈥� through infrastructure, immigration reform, workforce reskilling, and global competitiveness. 

With 10 million American jobs lost in the last year, and small business disproportionately impacted 鈥� particularly minority 鈥� and women-owned businesses, many of which have closed 鈥� the 小红帽直播app is calling on policymakers to focus on a 鈥渂road-based鈥� economic recovery. 

鈥淪ome industries, businesses, and segments of the workforce have thrived,鈥� he said. 鈥淏ut it鈥檚 a very different story for those who have been negatively impacted by the pandemic. Entire industries have been decimated because people aren鈥檛 traveling, gathering, shopping, or going out like they used to.鈥� 

To help achieve that, Donohue laid out the 小红帽直播app鈥檚 priorities this year:   

Continued economic relief for those hardest hit 

Donohue said the 小红帽直播app will work with the incoming Congress and President Joe Biden鈥檚 administration to ensure industries, businesses and workers make it through the end of the pandemic-induced economic crisis. With continued stimulus relief from Congress, growth could return to pre-pandemic levels by the third quarter of this year, he said. 

Long-overdue infrastructure package 

In what has become an annual tradition, Donohue called for national lawmakers to finally pass a 鈥渇iscally and environmentally responsible鈥� infrastructure package. 

One way to raise productivity, create jobs, and drive up incomes in a hurry is through a package to modernize infrastructure including roads and bridges and critical networks and to upgrade and expand technology like broadband to deal with the new digital economy where millions of Americans are now working remotely, he said. 

鈥淓ven in a 50-50 Senate and a House divided by 5 votes, this can be done鈥攁nd it might build some goodwill for bipartisan progress on other priorities,鈥� Donohue said. 鈥淲e鈥檝e been working on this for more than 20 years. Let鈥檚 find a way to pay for it, and let鈥檚 get moving. This year, there can be no excuses for failure.鈥�

Reskilling an 鈥渋nclusive鈥� American workforce to meet job demand 

Reskilling workers with an emphasis on women and people of color will foster economic growth, Donohue said. The chamber will be pressing Congress for rapid training programs to connect the unemployed with jobs in new sectors. Employer-led initiatives should lead the way to align industry needs and in-demand skills.

鈥淪ome of the best-paying sectors鈥攕uch as health care or financial and professional services鈥攈ave more job openings than available workers. If we do this right and do it quickly, we will improve the living standard for millions of Americans and get our economy growing even faster,鈥� he said.

Tackle racial inequality and advance immigration reform  

In addition to job reskilling, Donohue stressed that policymakers need to tackle race-based systemic inequality in education, entrepreneurship, and the criminal justice system 鈥� as outlined in the 小红帽直播app鈥檚 鈥� and immigration reforms to ensure the American workforce is highly skilled. 

Pro-business policies 

As a new government prepares to take the reins, it must not return to excessive regulation or anti-competitive taxes, Donohue warned, citing the positive effects of regulatory relief and pro-business policies on the economy before the pandemic. 

鈥淣ow is exactly the wrong time to further test the resiliency of businesses by hiking taxes or heaping on new regulations that do more harm than good,鈥� he said.  

Global engagement to reach 95 percent of consumers 

Finally, Donohue spoke of the need for America to 鈥渞eengage with the world鈥� through a trade agenda that is focused on selling products to the 95 percent of consumers who live beyond U.S. borders. 

In recent years, the nation鈥檚 resilience has been tested through trade wars and tariffs, he said. 

鈥淵es, let鈥檚 make more products in America, but let鈥檚 also sell them to the rest of the world. We must extend our reach to the 95 percent of the world鈥檚 customers who live beyond our borders. We must catch up to the countries that are inking new trade deals left and right. And we must lift the tariffs that have hurt American manufacturers and farmers and have been paid by American companies and their customers.鈥�

Donohue also called for the U.S. to reaffirm American leadership in multilateral organizations like the and the .

Engage strategically with fastest growing market: China 

China is the biggest global challenge the nation faces, Donohue said. It鈥檚 also the biggest market. 

鈥淲e must work to stabilize the relationship through strength and cooperation. At the same time we also have to confront the unfair trade and industrial policies that China uses against U.S. companies,鈥� he said. 鈥淲e must work with our allies to stand up to China, while also pursuing new negotiations with Beijing to protect our intellectual property.鈥�

Growth is fastest path to shrink 鈥渆xtraordinary鈥� expenditures of 2020 

The pandemic is far from over, but if Congress sufficiently supports the economy with the relief it needs, the nation should recover more quickly and be better able to pay down the nation鈥檚 $27 trillion debt.

Arizona 小红帽直播app voices optimism as new president enters office 

As President Biden entered office Wednesday, the Arizona 小红帽直播app of Commerce and Industry voiced its optimism in working toward common . Many of its priorities align directly with the U.S. 小红帽直播app鈥檚 include tariff-free trade, an infrastructure package that includes water infrastructure and updated ports of entry, and immigration reform to help employers and workers including providing a path to citizenship for recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival Program (DACA). 

鈥淲e鈥檙e encouraged that President Biden is going to make immigration reform a top priority of the early days of his administration,鈥� said Glenn Hamer, president and CEO at the Arizona 小红帽直播app of Commerce & Industry. 鈥淲e will strongly support a plan that puts DACA recipients and Dreamers on a path to citizenship, which we are confident will receive broad, bipartisan support.鈥� 

The business community also looks forward to working with the Biden administration in reforming the country鈥檚 鈥渂yzantine visa system,鈥� Hamer said. 

鈥淭oo many jobs across the economy are going unfulfilled, but a better visa policy can help. We can also build on the promise of the TN visa class and make it easier for professionals in our USMCA partner countries Canada and Mexico to bring their talents here. We also want to work with the new administration on a plan to safely and responsibly ease pandemic-related border travel restrictions.鈥�

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