Summary of Business-Related Executive Orders Signed by President Trump

This information is current as of January 21, 2025, and subject to change.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Team has provided the following summary in brief of President Trump’s Executive Orders (EOs) through January 21, 2025, that are most relevant to various elements of the business community.

The EOs issued by President Trump generally take one of two approaches:
• Substantive Action, where the EO itself makes a substantive change in policy, or
• Direction to Agency Heads, where the EO instructs one or more agency heads to review, study, propose, or recommend certain actions.

Some EOs combine approaches. The summaries below are drawn from the actual EO text and do not include any analysis or evaluation or reflect Chamber views. Each summary includes a link to the full EO text (all summaries linked here). The EOs fall into the following broad issue categories:
• Government Operations
• Trade & Foreign Affairs
• Energy & Environmental Policy
• Employment Policies
• Border Security & Immigration
• Revocation of Prior Executive Orders

Government Operations
• REGULATORY FREEZE PENDING REVIEW, January 20, 2025.
• ESTABLISHING AND IMPLEMENTING THE PRESIDENT'S "DEPARTMENT OF
GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY", January 20, 2025
• RESTORING ACCOUNTABILITY TO POLICY-INFLUENCING POSITIONS WITHIN THE
FEDERAL WORKFORCE, January 20, 2025
• HIRING FREEZE, January 20, 2025
• RETURN TO IN-PERSON WORK, January 20, 2025
• REFORMING THE FEDERAL HIRING PROCESS AND RESTORING MERIT TO GOVERNMENT SERVICE, January 20, 2025
• ENDING RADICAL AND WASTEFUL GOVERNMENT DEI PROGRAMS AND PREFERENCING, January 20, 2025
• DELIVERING EMERGENCY PRICE RELIEF FOR AMERICAN FAMILIES AND DEFEATING THE COST-OF-LIVING CRISIS, January 20, 2025
• RESTORING FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND ENDING FEDERAL CENSORSHIP, January 20, 2025
• KEEPING AMERICANS SAFE IN AVIATION, January 21, 2025
 
Trade & Foreign Affairs
• AMERICA FIRST TRADE POLICY, January 20, 2025
• WITHDRAWING THE UNITED STATES FROM THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, January 20, 2025
• THE ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT (OECD) GLOBAL TAX DEAL (GLOBAL TAX DEAL), January 20, 2025
• APPLICATION OF PROTECTING AMERICANS FROM FOREIGN ADVERSARY CONTROLLED APPLICATIONS ACT TO TIKTOK, January 20, 2025
• REEVALUATING AND REALIGNING UNITED STATES FOREIGN AID, January 20, 2025
• AMERICA FIRST POLICY DIRECTIVE TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE, January 20, 2025

Energy & Environmental Policy
• DECLARING A NATIONAL ENERGY EMERGENCY, January 20, 2025
• UNLEASHING AMERICAN ENERGY, January 20, 2025
• PUTTING AMERICA FIRST IN INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS, January 20, 2025
• TEMPORARY WITHDRAWAL OF ALL AREAS ON THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF FROM OFFSHORE WIND LEASING AND REVIEW OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S LEASING AND PERMITTING PRACTICES FOR WIND PROJECTS, January 20, 2025
• UNLEASHING ALASKA’S EXTRAORDINARY RESOURCE POTENTIAL, January 20, 2025
• PUTTING PEOPLE OVER FISH: STOPPING RADICAL ENVIRONMENTALISM TO PROVIDE WATER TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, January 20, 2025
 
Employment Policies:
• ENDING ILLEGAL DISCRIMINATION AND RESTORING MERIT-BASED OPPORTUNITY, January 21, 2025
 
Border Security & Immigration:
• PROTECTING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AGAINST INVASION, January 20, 2025
• SECURING OUR BORDERS, January 20, 2025
• CLARIFYING THE MILITARY’S ROLE IN PROTECTING THE TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY OF THE UNITED STATES, January 20, 2025
• GUARANTEEING THE STATES PROTECTION AGAINST INVASION, January 20, 2025
DESIGNATING CARTELS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AS FOREIGN TERRORIST • ORGANIZATIONS AND SPECIALLY DESIGNATED GLOBAL TERRORISTS, January 20, 2025
• DECLARING A NATIONAL EMERGENCY AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER OF THE UNITED STATES, January 20, 2025
• PROTECTING THE UNITED STATES FROM FOREIGN TERRORISTS AND OTHER NATIONAL SECURITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY THREATS, January 20, 2025
• PROTECTING THE MEANING AND VALUE OF AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP, January 20, 2025
• REALIGNING THE UNITED STATES REFUGEE ADMISSIONS PROGRAM, January 20, 2025
 
Revocation of Prior Executive Orders
• INITIAL RESCISSIONS OF HARMFUL EXECUTIVE ORDERS AND ACTIONS, January
20, 2025