April 1, 2020

Today’s Top Take
Daily intelligence brief directly from U.S. Chamber Executive Vice President and Head of International Affairs Myron Brilliant

Over the past several weeks, we’ve heard from members across the globe about the challenge of monitoring constantly evolving government policies and guidelines on COVID-19. In response, we launched a new global dashboard this week, which tracks developments across 35 countries.

We encourage you to view the Global Dashboard on COVID-19 Government Policies and let us know what information and resources you find most useful. Our staff will be updating the tracker regularly, and we plan to incorporate new countries and data in the days ahead.

This week, we’ve focused on India’s 21-day lockdown, which has introduced new challenges for global companies that rely on the country for back-end services support. Meanwhile, countries across the European Union have introduced more stringent exports controls – most notably Germany and France – while Canada, Australia and five other countries pledged not to adopt new trade restrictions.

 CHAMBER IN ACTION
The latest news, actions, and announcements from the U.S. Chamber

 
DUTY CALLS, BUSINESS RESPONDS

Adding up to 20,000 jobs
To keep up with increased demand and keep their stores clean in response to the outbreak, 7-11 plans to hire up to 20,000 more workers. Some of the new jobs will focus on delivery orders as the company increases access to its delivery services for essentials, like groceries or medication.

Searching for a COVID-19 treatment
AbbVie is collaborating with global health authorities on evaluating the potential of KALETRA/Aluvia. The company has supplied the drug as an experimental option for the treatment of COVID-19 to multiple countries that have immediate patient needs due to the outbreak.

 
WHAT WE’RE READING

 
GUIDANCE AND RESOURCES
We will update and add to the links below as new guidance and resources become available

For more info, please visit the CDC’s Guidance for Businesses page.

WE ARE WITH YOU.

And we will get through this together. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is committed to helping you respond to the coronavirus so you can support your employees, customers, members, and communities. 

We will continue working every day to help you weather this storm and emerge even stronger—just as we have at other challenging times in our nation’s history.

Visit uschamber.com/coronavirus for more information.

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