U.S. Chamber of Commerce endorses Sen. Cantwell’s bipartisan tariff reform bill

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the world’s largest business organization, has officially endorsed Democratic Washington U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell’s bipartisan legislation that would set rules a president must follow to enact tariffs.

Cantwell originally introduced the legislation in April, co-sponsored by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa). The bipartisan Trade Review Act of 2025 is modeled after the War Powers Act.

“The U.S. Chamber of Commerce (‘the Chamber’) urges Congress to pass legislation to reclaim its constitutional role setting tariffs, including the Trade Review Act,” the U.S. Chamber of Commerce wrote in an open letter to the U.S. Senate. “Doing so would restore appropriate procedural deliberation in the enactment of taxes on trade, benefitting the millions of Americans whose