Trade Update – January 20, 2026
Featured Headlines
World Economic Forum Annual Meeting
January 19-23, 2026
A Spirit of Dialogue Brings Record Numbers of World Leaders to Davos for World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2026
World Economic Forum
World Economic Forum overshadowed by Trump set to start in Davos
DPA International, January 19, 2026
Port of Long Beach CEO to Speak at World Economic Forum
Yahoo Finance, January 19, 2026
Gavin Newsom will attend Davos as counterweight to Trump
POLITICO, January 16, 2026
What a break with Europe means for the American economy
The Wall Street Journal, January 19, 2026
Joint Cooperation Statement on the announced tariffs
Government of the Netherlands, January 18, 2026
Macron to urge EU to use trade ‘bazooka’ in response
to Trump’s tariffs
POLITICO, January 18, 2026
US-EU trade deal in jeopardy over Trump’s new tariffs
The Hill, January 17, 2026
US, Taiwan come to $250B ‘America First’ tariff deal over semiconductors
Fox Business, January 15, 2026
Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Takes Action on Certain Advanced Computing Chips to Protect America’s Economic and National Security
The White House, January 14, 2026
CFCE, Lawrence Livermore Partners Release AI Primer for Lawmakers
California Foundation for Commerce and Education, January 15, 2026
California
Visit California President & CEO Caroline Beteta Announces Retirement After Three Decades of Service
to California’s Tourism Industry
Visit California, January 15, 2026
- California’s Trade Landscape Is Shifting, Not Shrinking—So Far
Public Policy Institute of California, January 13, 2026
CalChamber Members in the News
- Rio Tinto and Amazon Web Services collaborate to bring low-carbon Nuton copper to U.S. data centres
Global Rio Tinto, January 15, 2026
Trade Policy
The White House
- Trump Will Impose 10% Tariffs If Supreme Court Strikes His Down, Hassett Says
Forbes, January 15, 2026 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Directs Negotiations to Adjust Imports of Processed Critical Minerals and Their Derivative Products into the United States
January 14, 2026
U.S. State Department
- State Department pauses visa processing from 75 countries
The Hill, January 14, 2026
U.S Department of Commerce
- Fact Sheet: Restoring American Semiconductor Manufacturing Leadership Through an Agreement on Trade & Investment with Taiwan
January 15, 2026
U.S. Trade Representative
- Readout of Ambassador Greer’s Meeting with Honduran President-elect Nasry Asfura
United States Trade Representative, January 15, 2026 - Ambassador Greer Issues Statement on Launch of Critical Minerals Negotiations
United States Trade Representative, January 14, 2026
U.S. Department of Treasury
- Bessent defends European tariffs, calling the push to acquire Greenland a ‘national emergency’
NBC News, January 18, 2026
Trade Agreements/ Cooperation
- Exclusive: India to ease rules to boost foreign investment in domestic defense firms, sources say
Reuters, January 16, 2026 - Air India, Singapore Airlines to deepen ties with ‘cooperation framework’
Reuters, January 16, 2026 - Tensions rise in Mercosur as Brazil’s Lula skips EU trade deal signing
UPI News, January 16, 2026 - India’s exports to China surge in December while shipments to US decline as Trump tariffs bite
CNBC, January 14, 2026 - Canada agrees to cut tariff on Chinese electric vehicles
in break with the US
CBS News, January 15, 2026