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surrounded by representatives of the chamber of commerce and the visitors in conference pirro san francisco mayor london breed pledge the city will do more to clean up its streets. we have to start focusing on what we need to do to improve the conditions of our street in san francisco, the mayor was not only speaking to locals and tourists but likely to large corporations and companies as well that may be considering pulling their conventions out of san francisco as oracle did last week wherever you walk in san francisco should be a good experience. >>and we are committed to changing that the mayor spoke about the need for power wash is more trash bins more police

chamber in dc, not wanting to actually enforce the law. >> money talks. and i think that a lot of local chamber of commerce members have no idea of what the national chamber of commerce actually represents. i think most of these best routes local members would-be appalled to know that. it would-be one think again, if we suggest could just.fingers and nato julian castro is the will, they are really out there. they want to decriminalize border trespassing and talking about this. they really do want to apologize and not replace it. with anything else. and while working behind them, are these larger corporate interests that allow crazies in the radicals device to the ultimate working agenda of their own organizations. they will be very happy in every class wheeling worker in the world, this crosses the border for a dollar an hour wages. >> let me ask you this and related., ever talking about business community free-trade. it's really pertinent texas. in a separate and having free services across the border to mexico. my observation is, is the merchant going in mexico because of nafta giving free trade and our

and all of it by the billionaires, the business round table, the chamber of commerce. the entire business establishment this country operating as registered foreign agents to undercut president trump for his trade policies and tariffs. >> they want a trade deal, they want cooperation with china. lou: they want their damn money. it's about betting and playing their own book. wall street's book. all they want is commission on all of that money sitting in china. >> this jobs report, 266,000 new jobs in one month. the average job increase is really impressive. the last people who wanted to hear that were those in china. this strengthened president trump's hand in the trade negotiations. they have got to say oh, my god. lou: they can say oh, my god and so can the wall streeters and the people at the chamber of commerce. under president trump our exports are rising despite the sky high dollar and despite the so-called trade war with china. this is a president winning with tariffs and with a strong demand for balanced reciprocal trade with every nation, but most specially wit

chamber of commerce. >> good morning. and welcome to the u.s. chamber of commerce and to launch the space economy, our second annual space summit. events such as this are a team effort and we deeply appreciate the support of our sponsors, boeing, northrup, rocket lab, oneweb, hawkeye 360 and ascent. we have been busy over the past year from policy discussions ranging from management of commercial aviation and the orbit assurance, to opportunity aboard the iss and future gateway. and we even convened the need for greater use of space enabled surveillance of the water ways. the procurement and council has an ever expanding set of policy pursuits. fortunately, we have an enthusiastic space industry ceo here at the chamber. tom donohue wrote an article, he wrote, harnessing the economic expansion of space is no easy feat. it took years for the maritime system and nearly a hundred years for aviation, but both are vital parts of the global economy and space increasingly is, too, indeed he wrote, space is the new economic frontier, the public and privat

chamber of commerce doesn't care what motivated all of this.ue is just happy we are seeing this. he's next first on fox. most peok of verizon as a reliable phone company. but to businesses, we're a reliable partner. we keep companies ready for what's next. (man) we weave security into their business. (second man) virtualize their operations. (woman) and build ai customer experiences. (second woman) we also keep them ready for the next big opportunity. like 5g. almost all of the fortune 500 partner with us. (woman) when it comes to digital transformation... verizon keeps business ready. neil: all right. we have a deal. not the one you're thinking of, on china, but certainly an important one with respect to the usmca. the uncertainty ends as it looks like democrats have cobbled together something they think will be acceptable to all of those countries and the president of this country. this next fellow has been pushing for it long and hard. u.s. chamber of commerce president tom donohue joins us on the phone. good to have you. what do you think o

who represents many of those companies france falls laurie is the president of the american chamber of commerce of germany which just released its latest figures stating that revenue of u.s. friends in germany has risen employment to frank does that contradict the findings of k.p.n. g that american business captains are losing trust in germany well no one at i think right now we're going through a difficult period in the transatlantic relationship that's no secret and i think it should be no surprise to anyone that companies are giving it a 2nd thought before committing in large amounts of investment money at this time however the fact that our companies grew so much in the previous year and created jobs in germany and said as their number one intention for 2020 to continue to do so i think that's a positive sign that reflects the long standing and deep transatlantic relationship . if u.s. companies would talk about forward coca-cola and the likes and your own company u.b.s. for that matter if they are indeed tightening the belt here in europe how serious is that for the german economy. well yo

lawmakers approved sanctions against the north stream to gas pipeline the german russian chamber of commerce has called for retaliatory sanctions while the german economics ministry said it for gretz the moves now the sanctions passed by the u.s. house of representatives affect construction of the north stream to pipeline targeting the ships that lay the massive pipes u.s. lawmakers and the white house believes that north stream too will make germany too reliant on russian gas and give moscow greater political leverage over berlin and the whole of the european union. our political correspondent simon young is covering this story for us and he joins us for more hi simon tell us more about some of the reactions that you've seen here in berlin this morning. yes i mean as you mentioned there's been some reaction from german businesses the head of the german russian chamber of commerce's calling for retaliate 3 sanctions if the u.s. imposed these measures and there's also been simplistic all reaction we have the spokeswoman for peta out my he's the economics minister here this morning saying that

as well as we have been partnering with the san francisco african-american chamber of commerce and that was another great event cohosted by caltrans with the san francisco african-american chamber and associate patient with the oakland african-american chamber of commerce in silicon valley. the event was held in bayview brought together many public agencies with companies seeking certification along with companies that are seeking serve certification as disadvantaged, small, local or veteran business enterprises to learn about upcoming contracting opportunities. thank you very much. >> thank you. are there any questions. any members of the public that would like to testify on this item? seeing none. public comment is closed. could you please read the consent agenda. prior to doing that can we have a motion to excuse commissioners haney and brown made by commissioner mandelman seconded by commissioner stefani. consent agenda please? >> items 4-7 consent agenda, now being considered for final approval. the meeting items are considered routine. if a member objects, any of the items can be

this could be seen in the latest chamber of commerce sentiment surveys. imistic businesses has fallen. let's bring in the chairman of the british chamber of commerce in china. they give her joining us on set. less optimistic than they were in 2018. what is behind that? >> there has been a drop in into his him -- in optimism. this is driven by the market potential across china at this point in time. there is a degree of positive reaction in regulatory reform in openings. they had noticed market opening through the last year in sectors. that is driving that optimism. there are still challenges in the market. that includes cybersecurity areas. those areas are things we are still focused on. the optimism is very palatable right now. >> in terms of a level playing field, it is kind of a cliche term that both sides have talked about. the chinese side is that things have improved. are things starting to improve in terms of market access? >> that is with the sentiment survey indicates. one of the interesting points that surprises us in this result of the top three

chamber of commerce on this agreement and what it tried to change. sen. toomey: the u.s. chamber of ommerce, i think it supports the agreement. they probably would agree with much of my critique of the individual items that i have objected to. on balance, they have advocated for it. i am not going to say anything or attribute this to the chamber of commerce, but i know for a fact that there are supporters of usmca whose support is rooted in the concern that the underlying nafta could be destroyed in the absence of usmca. the president said that he would withdraw from nafta if usmca is not past. it is not shocking that some people might think it is an alternative. i do not think this is the way we ought to be looking at this, because i do not think the president has the legal authority to withdraw. nafta was passed through laws, and no president can unilaterally withdraw any laws, and that includes implementing legislation of nafta. i do know that there are some supporters who are significantly influenced by what they perceive as a risk, that the underlying nafta could be a

presented through a collaborative partnership between the greater nashua chamber of commerce, riviera universities residence circle and the telegraph. i am traci hall, president and ceo of the greater nashua chamber of commerce. it is a pleasure to welcome all of our's in his, civic and community members to today's event. we appreciate your support and applaud you for educating ourselves about the important choices we will all make on for your 11th. february 11th. our goal is to bring presidential candidates to nashua, to get a better sense of their stance on business community topics, and to prepare you to cast your most informed vote on primary day. as we begin our program, i would like to ask that you check that are in silentes mode so they do not go off. peopleto recognize a few , former elected officials who are with us. ,he former nashua mayor donnelly know so, thank you for joining us. someone, state representative and newly elected member of the board of alderman skip cleaver is here. [applause] those are the only you, brandon, are alderman. [applause] thank you. i would also

i'm not going to say anything -- i'm not going to attribute this to the chamber of commerce, but i will say i know for a fact there are supporters of the usmca whose support is rooted in a concern the underlying nafta could be destroyed in the absence of the usmca. the president has said he will withdraw from nafta unilaterally if usmca is not passed, so it's not shocking that some think that's an alternative. i don't think that's the way we ought to look at this because i don't think the president has the legal authority to withdraw from nafta. nafta was implemented through laws that were passed by congress and signed by a president. and no president can unilaterally withdraw any law, and that includes the implementing legislation of nafta, so i do know that there are some supporters who are significantly influenced by what they perceive as a risk that the underlying nafta could be abdicated. -- abrogated. >> thank you for that excellent question and all the good questions on usmca and trade. we are done. it's 9:59. i would ask everyone sit and please let the senator walk out first. th

soon find themselves caught off from doing business in the united states the german russian chamber of commerce is calling for we tell you tory of sanctions against the us german foreign minister says european energy policy is the cited in europe not in the us. and our political correspondents of nixonian kosik is covering this developing story for us it really are i asked her what reaction we've seen so far here in berlin. are really having some technical issues so we're going to go to our next top story also related to russia and germany because these 2 companies all of these 2 countries rather although they're working together on the north stream project they're at loggerheads and mired in an escalating diplomatic route over the murder of a georgian citizen in berlin. the german ambassador was summoned to the foreign ministry in moscow on thursday morning to be told that russia was expelling 2 german diplomats they have 7 days to leave the country the kremlin says the reasons why. the diplomats are being expelled as a force to retaliate remeasure this measure is unavoidable as 2 of our diplo

and all of it by the billionaires, the business round table, the chamber of commerce. entire business establishment this country operating as registered foreign agents to undercut president trump for his trade policies and tariffs. >> they want a trade deal, they want cooperation with china. lou: they want their damn money. it's about betting and playing their own book. wall street's book. all they want is commission on all of that money sitting in china. >> this jobs report, 266,000 new jobs in one month. the average job increase is really impressive. the last people who wanted to hear that were those in china. this strengthened president trump's hand in the trade negotiations. they have got to say oh, my god. lou: they can say oh, my god and so can the wall streeters and the people at the chamber of commerce. under president trump our exports are rising despite the sky high dollar and despite the so-called trade war with china. this is a president winning with tariffs and with a strong demand for balanced reciprocal trade with every nation, but most specially with ch

no one hold on i want to play a clip from franks for laurie he's president of the american chamber of commerce in germany we talked with him earlier about this same issue and here's what he had to say. the signals have been out there for a few years by the way american companies have been talking about the problems with digital infrastructure energy costs bureaucracy and interest in only one of the positives they always mentioned was political stability and now we can't even really talk about that anymore so there certainly is work that needs to be done and there's too much at stake to not take these kind of surveys seriously. though mr supporter laurie later clarified there that by political situation he means the rise of a right wing party that's been pretty successful here in germany do you believe that other american businesses are looking at that situation and seeing a little bit more instability and that there are any concerns over that you know i agree with everything that frank said i'm not i'm not really sure that political instability is a key reason why u.s. companies are looking or

and the role of the unregistered foreign agents that is wall street, the billionaires, the chamber of commerceusiness round table. >> well, concerning china and the china deal, what i find interesting is on one hand the chinese are saying they would like to see tariffs lowered before we have another stage of this agreement. the president responded by saying, well, maybe i don't need a deal til after the 2020 election. that's called deal making, lou. and it is stunning to see an american representative say we don't need a deal as badly as you do. we'll walk away. and foreign countries don't know how to deal with it. lou: you know, i think also that this president has many other cards, if you will, to play, and i think the chinese will be driven absolutely stark raving mad -- [laughter] by that. i can't wait to see it if, indeed, it happens. and i'm actually looking forward to it happening. kt mcfarlane, fred fleitz, thank you both. stay with us, we're coming right back. ♪ ♪ limu emu & doug hour 36 in the stakeout. as soon as the homeowners arrive, we'll inform them that liberty mutual customize

it is about the head of the chamber of commerce, which happens to be next door. >> i should date my cartoons, but i believe this one is in 2008. resistance is fought i'll, and they are blasting the delmonicos with piles of cash. i understand he actually likes these cartoons, which fills me with mixed emotions. these represent the golden age of american political cartooning, which you would have found in puck magazine. they are done by kepler. they are color larry smith grabs. i wish i knew the exact details of the political cartoon at the time. the big thumb of the big interests held down on the speak. the caption down here is very small. the leader of the mine orton, he can't get the speak area eyes that is you said the thumb of the big interests. this is of course uncle sam. uncle sam being a creation of political car. >> this is the actual larry smith >> graph. these days wet get strunk down more like that when we are in print. but back to my sort of optimistic wrap on editorial cartooning, this is perhaps some of the best color printing, especially of the time to display a political cart

chamber of commerce. >> thank you, general thompson. we adjourn i'd like to offer a quick look ahead to upcoming chamber initiatives. early in the new year we intended to convene a series of working groups and initially these working groups focused on three discrete areas. namely, space, launch and the airspace system. two, advocating for robust lunar exploration and artemis in particular. and three, developing addictive analytical tools to better understand the economic activity of the commercial space sector. we will welcome your involvement along the way so keep an eye on your inbox for updates and information. once again, would like to thank our sponsors, boeing, rockets lab, one web, and a sentence. before you leave please feel free to fill out the surveys under table as they help us in future grammy. with that, the second annual space summit has come to a close. thank you for coming. [applause] >> here is a look at today's afternoon schedule here on c-span2. >> weeknights this week we feature book tv programs. tonight we look at b

chris southworth is secretary general of the international chamber of commerce here in the uk.e world's largest business organisation representing some 45 million companies globally. good morning. good to see you. do you feel now, do businesses feel now, that there is a sense of certainty? because that is what they have been begging for the past three yea rs have been begging for the past three years to move on. do they have that now? there is definitely a certainty, we know that starts on the 31st of january, we also know that free trade agreement is the ultimate objective, if not then it is wto rules by the end of the year, so is wto rules by the end of the year, so there is now one yet repair for one of those options. there is a concern amongst many that given the short timeframe the uk will have to agree a lot concessions. what are businesses worried about?” agree a lot concessions. what are businesses worried about? i think what is interesting about the withdrawal bill is workers' rights has been taken out, and up ahead are some tough choices for everybody, whether busines

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i also want to acknowledge rodney with the chamber of commerce and the s.p.a. is also here today. we've got everybody here. castro, we need some loving here. i especially want to thank the mayor and supervisor for changing up some of the zoning laws in upper market here where we are now able to fill in second story businesses and ground floor businesses like this one to get them open, to get them open quick and for people to enjoy it. so thank you for that. so with that, happy holidays, everybody. we have our tree lighting on monday at 6:00 at castro and 18th street. so come shop, eat, drink and stay in the castro. thank you. [applause] >> and andrea, come on up. >> hi, everybody. good morning. yes, i'm andrea with the castro community benefit district. we are responsible for keeping the castro clean and safe. so have no fear, we will be keeping these streets clean for all the people to come and shop in the castro. i want to thank mayor breed for having us here this afternoon. and i also want to thank seth for inviting everybody and opening up his store and taking the risk of havin

. >>> so, rodney thong is president of chamber of commerce. to talk to us. talk to us a little bit about what you have noticed in terms of business here in san francisco. are you noticing a change? >> yeah, well, i've had the distinct opportunity to be a fourth generation born and raised san franciscan and come from a small business background at fishererman's wharf. understanding the challenges of raising a business in san francisco. also understanding we live in the best city in the world. >> do you feel like most of those businesses especially the small businesses are thinking it's a lot tougher now than it used to be? >> i think it is. we see vacancies throughout the city, difficulties in permitting process, difficultys in operating and maintaining payroll or hiring folks to operate our shops. so, it is a difficult challenge. the cost of living in san francisco is something. but, you know, there's chance in the future to change some things. i think legislatively in talking to city hall and talking to board of supervisors we have a great opp

sent to the chamber of commerce major business. leaders supreme court justice powell. warning them that business is losing control over the society. and something has to be done to counter these forces course we put it in terms of defense defending ourselves against outside power. if you look at it it's a call for business to use its control over resources to carry out a major offensive to beat back this democratizing wave. over on the liberal side something exactly similar the 1st. major report of the a trilateral commission is concerned with this. called the crisis of democracy. trilateral commission is liberal internationalists in their flavors indicated by the fact that they pretty much staff the corridor ministration. they were also told that democratizing tendencies of the sixty's and so we have to react to it. they were concerned that there was an excess of democracy developing. previously passive and obedient parts of the population or sometimes called the special interests who were beginning to organize and try to enter the political arena and they said that im

clements he's director of trade policy customs at transatlantic relations at the german chambers of industry and commerce welcome to the business is this really a crisis for world trade. good morning from brussels look for german business the world trade organization is the best deal of the world we have a single set of rules for nearly all of world trade and a system to make sure that everyone is following these rules and as of tomorrow this ultimately. is the system is paralyzed. the german business is very highly reliant on open markets and rule based international system and. what we will see is that especially small countries but also the euro which is also based on organization based on the rule of law. will have a disastrous environment to navigate in and this is a crisis that we've. never seen before and it needs to be resolved urgently how do you see resolution coming is it through reform of the w.t. or some sort of replacement organization. so the e.u. has brought forward a couple of. proposals. that that could help solve this. current crisis of the upper body but there has not been any form of

jay chang with the san francisco chamber of commerce. we represent over 1,000 businesses, large and small. we're here to stand with all the small businesses here today in thanking this commission for your strong advocacy and your sharp questions. you know, this commission, like all commissions, is a public forum, and the purpose of the public forum is robust discourse. and when that discourse is robust, legislative teeth and to make those legislative teeth give you an approval -- mandatory mechanic -- approval mechanism. i had 65 employees at cafe flor when i started three years ago, and i have eight now. i have eight gyms and yoga studios thanks to the planning process that has taken up space on ground floor retail, replacing clients -- potential clients with people that are in a hurry and late for their yoga instruction and too sweaty, oh, i can't go home now, i've got to take a shower. at the end of their work out. they don't help the neighborhood fabric. they don't help my business at ca cafe flor. we need to relook at these neighbor

i'm here on behalf of the san francisco chamber of commerce. i'm here to express our support for the san francisco flower mart central soma project. this project provides many economic housing, community and employment benefits. it is truly impressive that this project will include 100,000 square feet of neighborhood serving retail and business, a new flower mart, affordable housing, create good jobs, among many other community benefits. for these reasons, the chamber of commerce supports the san francisco flower mart project and urges you to support as well. thank you very much. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> hello. my name is michael. i work for full supply syndicate, a tenant of the flower market. i've been in business for 80 years. i've been working there since i was 16 years old. i think i'm representative of the type of tenants we have at the flower market. the historic flower market versus kilroy corporation, classic david and go lite, -- goliath. how do we succeed? we appreciate your support. we wouldn't be here without you're s

this is a cartoon that i did that they would like to have the head of the chamber of commerce which happens to be next door, and all of the money that they were spending to and the campaign, and i should not date the cartoons, but this is from 2008. the resistance is futile, and they are going with piles and piles of cash. this fills me with mixed emotions. these are the two old nest the bar and really represent the golden age of american political cartooning, and which you would have found in the puck magazine which is a political cartoon magazine, and these were done by kepleer, and so we know the details of the politics at the time, and here we have a classic cartoon trope, and the big interests, and being held down on the speaker, and the caption down here is small, and the leader of the minority can't get the speaker's eye, because it is under the thumb of the big interests, and this is of course, uncle sam. uncle sam being a creation of political cartoonist, and i believe that most people credit thomas nast with creating the uncle sam that most of us recognize and the cartoonists reco

this is a cartoon i did that they like at the hey adams which is the chamber of commerce that happens to be next door and the money they were spending on the campaign, and this one is from 2008 and resistance is futile and they're blasting the democrats with piles and piles of cash. i understand he actually likes this cartoon which fills me with mixed emotions. these two are the oldest ones in the bar and really represent the age of political cartooning which you would have found in "puck" magazine and they're color lithographs. i wish i knew the exact details of the politics at the time, but here you have a classic political cartoon trail and the big thumb of the big interests and being held down on the speaker and the kapgd down here is very small. the leader of the minority and he can't get the speaker's eye because it's under the thumb of the big interests and this is, of course, uncle sam. uncle sam being the creational cartoonists and i believe some people credit uncle sam creating what cartoonists utilize all the time, but this is the lithographic pick and the wonderful thing a