Depending on where you sit in the COVID economy, business could be booming or on the brink of bankruptcy. The pandemic’s uneven economic impact on industries and workers has been stark. Enter the K-Shaped Recovery. Long gone is the notion that we’ll have a V-Shaped Recovery—a deep economic decline followed quickly by sharp rebound. Instead,…
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B20 Global Dialogue: Why Digital Transformation is Needed for Economic Resilience Post-COVID-19 and Beyond
By Rayan Fayez and Ilham Mansour Al-Dakheel, PhD Over the last several months, B20 Saudi Arabia’s six taskforces and Women in Business Action Council have been working diligently on their respective policy recommendations to be submitted for the G20’s consideration in their final communiqué this November. Each taskforce has focused on crafting recommendations that will enable resilient, sustainable and inclusive growth in an ever-transforming…
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U.S. Innovators Taking Friendly Fire in the Pandemic Fight
With the health and security of millions of Americans on the line, U.S. innovators in the bio-pharmaceutical sector are committing everything they have to the fight against COVID-19. Today, an industry that annually re-invests a greater percentage of its revenues than any other into research and development has committed its R&D resources on an unprecedented scale to a single objective: finding safe…
Featured Blog, Shira Rawlinson
Small Business Owners Speak Out Over Liability Concerns Amid COVID-19
Businesses throughout the country are working hard to reopen safely and to keep their employees and customers healthy amid the COVID-19 pandemic. However small business owners are becoming increasingly worried about the possibility of lawsuits as they reopen, even if they’ve taken the necessary precautions to keep their employees and customers safe. According to a…
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Safeguarding the U.S. Supply of Medicines and Medical Products
As the United States and other countries respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, shortages of some medical products, like personal protective equipment (PPE), have led to renewed calls for “Buy American” rules and other measures to “reshore” supply chains. Let’s be very clear: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is laser-focused on making the United States the best place in the…
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How the Chamber Is Helping to Strengthen Global Cybersecurity
Sophisticated cyber intrusions — whether they’re ransomware attacks that shutter hospitals or theft of a multinational corporation’s data — make for headline-grabbing news. But as we have seen with the current COVID-19 crisis, neither pandemics nor cyberattacks respect international borders. No single country, no matter how powerful, can defeat these threats alone. What’s needed is effective preparation,…