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California Business Outlook, Dinner to Feature Top Government, Industry Leaders Registration is now open for the first CalChamber California Business Outlook and Dinner, a new event that merges the former Capitol Summit and Sacramento Host Breakfast. The California Business Outlook and Dinner reimagines the Sacramento Host Breakfast of years past, taking the breakfast tradition into a new format. “After 99 years of the Host Breakfast, we are turning the page and are proud to host the first-ever California Business Outlook and Dinner, a new tradition designed to foster meaningful dialogue and collaboration among California’s top leaders and decision-makers. Together, with our partners, we will confront the challenges facing our state and chart a course for its future,” – CalChamber President and CEO Jennifer Barrera. |
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| A Conversation with the architect of Trump’s New Trade War – Podcast The New York Times, February 18, 2025 Tracking Trump’s executive actions ILA to vote on contract Feb. 25 |
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CalChamber Companies in the News
| Celebrating 100 Years of CalChamber Membership: Teichert’s Legacy CalChamber, February 12, 2025 |
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- Kern Energy President/CEO Jennifer Haley to Chair the California Foundation for Commerce and Education in 2025
CalChamber, February 14, 2025
Trade Policy
White House
Pausing Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Enforcement to Further American Economic and National Security Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Restores American Competitiveness and Security in FCPA Enforcement |
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- Sefcovic to visit Washington as trade war looms
POLITICO, February 15, 2025 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Announces “Fair and Reciprocal Plan” on Trade
The White House, February 13, 2025 - Canada’s premiers meet with Trump advisers at White House: ‘I think diplomacy is working’
Toronto Star, February 13, 2025 - United States-India Joint Leaders’ Statement
The White House, February 13, 2025 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Restores Section 232 Tariffs
The White House, February 11, 2025 - Adjusting Imports of Aluminum into The United States
The White House, February 11, 2025 - Adjusting Imports of Steel into The United States
The White House, February 10, 2025 - United States-Japan Joint Leaders’ Statement
The White House, February 7, 2025
U.S. Department of State
Priorities and Mission of the Second Trump Administration’s Department of State |
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U.S. Department of Commerce
- China hawk picked for key US Commerce Dept job
Reuters, February 12, 2025
U.S. Trade Representative
- Public Hearing Regarding the 2025 Special 301 Review
United States Trade Representative, February 14, 2025 - Trump US trade rep pick Jamieson Greer advances out of Senate Finance Committee
FOX News, February 12, 2025
U.S. Department of Treasury
- United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom Jointly Sanction Key Infrastructure that Enables Ransomware Attacks
U.S. Department of the Treasury, February 11, 2025
World Trade Organization
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- WTO chairpersons for 2025
WTO, February 18, 2025 - WTO and OECD release expanded dataset on trade in services covering over 200 economies
WTO, February 17, 2025 - Brazil hints at WTO complaint, tax on US products after Trump steel tariffs
Reuters, February 14, 2025
Trade Agreements/ Cooperation
- Israel and India seek trade pact in 2025 as Trump touts US-India corridor via Israel
The Times of Israel, February 16, 2025 - Indian Prime Minister, French President Visit CMA CGM HQ
Marine Link, February 12, 2025 - China builds space alliances in Africa as Trump cuts foreign aid
Reuters, February 11, 2025 - Argentines Want US Trade Deal Despite Competition, Tariff Fears
Bloomberg, February 11, 2025
California
| 2025 CalChamber Issues Guide Posted on Web CalChamber, February 7, 2025 |
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- Texas and California are the biggest state losers from Trump’s escalating tariffs
CNBC, February 13, 2025 - CalChamber, Coalition Urge UI Debt Assistance in 2025–2026 California Budget
CalChamber, February 12, 2025
More International Articles
- Mexican tequila makers fret as US tariffs threatens their business
The American Journal of Transportation, February 17, 2025 - Xi Voices Support for Jack Ma, China Private Sector Chiefs
Bloomberg, February 17, 2025 - US drops website wording on not supporting Taiwan independence
Reuters, February 16, 2025 - EU Commission vows to react firmly and immediately to Trump’s tariffs
The Associated Press, February 14, 2025 - Trump closed the ‘de minimis’ import loophole ‒ until all hell broke loose
The American Journal of Transportation, February 14, 2025 - Trump may dust off 1930 trade discrimination law to back reciprocal US tariffs
Reuters, February 13, 2025 - A joke petition seeks to help Denmark buy California as Trump eyes Greenland
The Associated Press, February 12, 2025 - Italy warns Trump against signing bilateral trade deals with EU countries
Reuters, February 12, 2025 - Quebec Calls for Early Talks of Trade Deal as Trump Brings Metal Tariffs
Bloomberg, February 9, 2025 - 3 Baltic states disconnect from the Soviet-era grid to merge with the European energy system
The Washington Post, February 9, 2025 - China’s Strategy in Trade War: Threaten U.S. Tech Companies
The Wall Street Journal, February 9, 2025 - China launches WTO dispute over Trump tariffs
Reuters, February 5, 2025
