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SC businesses, consumers bracing for potential trade tariffs

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SC Public Radio December 6, 2024 SC businesses, consumers bracing for potential trade tariffs By Russ McKinney President-elect Donald Trump has vowed that on his first day in office next month he’ll impose heavy tariffs targeting the United States’ three largest trading partners: Canada, Mexico and China. Trade tariffs were the hallmark of then-candidate Trump’s […]

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SC power utility is urged to pause next week’s rate hike

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Post and Courier December 7, 2024 SC power utility is urged to pause next week’s rate hike By John McDermott Two groups are urging Santee Cooper to delay a vote on its first electric rate increase in seven years to address what they called “serious flaws” in the new pricing plan. The S.C. Small Business

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SC Ports users making tariff contingencies while consumers prepare to foot the bill

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Post and Courier November 10, 2024 SC Ports users making tariff contingencies while consumers prepare to foot the bill By David Wren It’s like 2018 all over again, and businesses that import goods through the Port of Charleston are making contingency plans. “We have been planning for this possibility since the spring,” Mike Creedon, CEO

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Trump policies could place S.C.’s trade at risk, experts say

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Charleston City Paper July 26, 2024 Trump policies could place S.C.’s trade at risk, experts say by Jack OToole Former President Donald Trump effectively doubled down on the populist tariff and immigration policies that helped fuel his surprise victory in 2016 by choosing Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance as his running mate at last week’s Republican convention.

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Small business supports Biden’s immigration reform to address labor shortage

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Press Statement June 18, 2024 Contact:  Frank Knapp, 803-600-6874, fknapp@scsbc.org Small business supports Biden’s immigration reform to address labor shortage Today, President Biden announced that he will be taking action to allow undocumented spouses of Americans to apply for legal residency and a green card as well as receive a temporary work permit.  The program

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SC gas pipeline operator seeks big rate hike, costs that could flow into your power bills

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Post and Courier May 2, 2024 By Tony Bartelme Carolina Gas Transmission is seeking a roughly 85 percent increase in rates to supply utilities and industries in South Carolina with natural gas. The requested hike potentially adds tens of millions of dollars in costs to transport natural gas here — costs that eventually flow into

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Lowcountry shoppers urged to shop local in addition to Black Friday, Cyber Monday

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Live 5 News November 24, 2023 Watch video here By Caitlin Ashbaugh SUMMERVILLE, S.C. (WCSC) – The South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce says now is the time to give back to local businesses in addition to a budget already supporting Black Friday and Cyber Monday Deals. The nonprofit, created back in 2000 to

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SC Small Business Chamber in DC supporting immigration reform

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November 10, 2023 Columbia, SC—Next week over 220 South and North Carolinians will be in DC for a “Here to Work” summit.  SC Small Business Chamber of Commerce president and CEO Frank Knapp Jr. will join the Carolina delegation and thousands more from across the county advocating for President Biden to take action to expand

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United States House of Representatives Committee on Small Business–Knapp Testimony

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United States House of Representatives Committee on Small Business   Burdensome Regulations: Examining the Effects of DOL Rulemaking on America’s Job Creators Frank Knapp Jr. South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce October 19, 2023 Watch the entire 60-minute hearing here Chairman Williams, Ranking Member Valasquez, and members of the Committee, I am Frank Knapp,

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