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Tuesday, August 12, 2014
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Featured Headlines
CalChamber Companies in the News
Viva Mexico! Southwest Airlines Launches Service To Beach Resort Areas Of Cancun And San Jose del Cabo/Los Cabos
PR Newswire, August 11, 2014
Deloitte unveiled as latest partner for Singapore 2015 SEA Games
Inside the Games, August 7, 2014
Trade Policy
From the World Trade Organization
Azevêdo: Support of private sector is crucial for future
of multilateral trading system
WTO puts jobs, consumer protection and Africa
on agenda of 2014 Public Forum
India files notice of appeal in steel products dispute
Azevêdo: Members unable to bridge the gap on trade facilitation
From the White House
FACT SHEET: Powering Africa:
Increasing Access to Power in Sub-Saharan Africa
FACT SHEET: The Doing Business in Africa Campaign
Remarks by the President at the U.S.-Africa Business Forum
From the U.S. Department of Commerce
U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker Delivers Remarks
at Economic Development Forum in California
Discover the Best Ways to Take Advantage
of U.S. Free Trade Agreements
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker Highlights New Commerce Department Efforts to Strengthen Trade And Investment Between The United States and Africa
Statement From U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker
on International Trade in Goods and Services in June 2014
From the U.S. Trade Representative
U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman Announces U.S. Victory
in Challenge to China’s Rare Earth Export Restraints
USTR European Outreach Highlights T-TIP’s Opportunities
for Small Business Trade, Investment, and U.S. Jobs
Readout of Meeting Between United States and Japanese Trade Negotiators Regarding TPP and Agriculture
The United States and the Economic Community of West African States Sign Trade and Investment Framework Agreement
Trade Agreements
Bridging the Pacific: The Americas’ New Economic Frontier?
Atlantic Council, July 23, 2014
Study: No Trans-Pacific Partnership would be a setback for U.S.,
Latin America
Miami Herald, July 23, 2014
Federal
U.S. Job Openings Hit 13-Year High
Wall Street Journal, August 12, 2014
Wyden Statement on WTO Ruling on Rare Earth Exports
U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, August 7, 2014
Trade Gap Narrows Sharply as Imports Tumble
The Wall Street Journal, August 6, 2014
US services firms grow at fastest pace in 8 years
Sacramento Bee, August 5, 2014
Camp, Nunes Statements on Failure
to Adopt Trade Facilitation Agreement
U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means, August 1, 2014
Why Ex-Im is Indispensable
Commentary by Myron Brilliant in Roll Call, July 25 2014
California
California Seen Ending Year With About $3 Billion Surplus
Bloomberg, August 4, 2014
California state revenue beats expectations in July
The Sacramento Bee, August 11, 2014
California and Mexico are Essential Partners
Gary Toebben, President & CEO of the LA Area Chamber of Commerce, Fox and Hounds, August 7, 2014
California exports continued to roll in June
Sacramento Bee, August 6, 2014
More International Articles
Mexico Hastens Energy Overhaul
The Wall Street Journal, August 11, 2014
China market open again to citrus growers in state
The Porterville Recorder, August 11, 2014
U.S.-Mexico alliance: The border story you don’t know
by Assemblymember Chávez and Senator Hueso featured in UT San Diego, August 9, 2014
China Exports Accelerate, Imports Fall in July
The Wall Street Journal, August 8, 2014
Suez Canal Set for First Major Expansion
The Wall Street Journal, August 8, 2014
Russia’s ban on American food imports is going to hit the U.S. poultry, pork and nut industries the hardest
The Washington Post, August 7, 2014
Canada, EU Agree on Final Details of Trade Pact
The Wall Street Journal, August 5, 2014
Taiwan Leaves Itself Behind
The Wall Street Journal, August, 4, 2014
WTO failure points to fragmented future for global trade
Reuters, August 4, 2014
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