Trade Update Newsletter
CalChamber Urges Congress to Renew African Trade Program, U.S. Chamber Advocates for Reauthorization of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), US-UK Nuclear Pact to Precede Tech, Whisky Deals on Trump Visit, Long-wrought WTO global agreement aimed at reducing overfishing takes effect, State of the Union: “This must be Europe’s independence moment.”, Supreme Court agrees to hear Trump tariff case this fall, U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick Hosts Alaska Seafood Roundtable, USTR Seeks Public Comment on Section 301 Investigation of China’s Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Technology Transfer, Intellectual Property, and Innovation, U.S. – Japan Finance Ministers’ Joint Statement, Japan to appoint first permanent representative focusing on WTO, EU and Indonesia agree trade deal, The Waiver: Colombia’s Hope to Regain US Drug Certification, IBank Announces Andy Nakahata as New Executive Director and CEO
Implementing The United States–Japan Agreement, USIBC 50th Anniversary Golden Jubilee Special Summit, California Trade Mission: Poland and Ukraine – Rebuild Ukraine, Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Modifies the Scope of Reciprocal Tariffs and Establishes Procedures
for Implementing Trade Deals, Trumps Request to the Supreme Court, White House reverses course on WTO funds – White House quietly removes WTO from list of foreign aid cuts, American Apparel & Footwear Association urges Congress to immediately renew AGOA and Haiti HOPE/HELP before they expire, Governor Newsom proclaims California’s 175th Anniversary, California’s Legislature Has Waited Too Late to Extend Cap-and-Trade This Year
China hosts more than 20 world leaders, including Russia and India, at annual summit – Video, Departments of Justice and Homeland Security Partnering on Cross-Agency Trade Fraud Task Force, The Top 100: Sixteen Years, Seventeen Lists –CalChamber’s Jennifer Barrera voted No. 10 on Capitol Weekly’s Top 100, Federal appeals court strikes down major chunk of Trump’s tariffs, Trump Looks To Slash $5 Billion In “Woke, Weaponized, And Wasteful Spending”, USTR Extends Certain Exclusions from China Section 301 Tariffs, Tariffs cause ‘unprecedented’ disruption to global trade rules,
WTO chief says, Barrera: California Needs ‘Thoughtful’ Regulation of AI, Governor Newsom issues statement on court decision AGAIN ruling Trump’s tariffs as unlawful
California, Denmark Agree to Cooperate on Climate, Technology Efforts, CalChamber, California Show Support for Rebuilding Ukraine, Zambia-U.S. State-Level Partnership Roadshow 2025, European, Asian postal services to halt shipments to US after end of de minimis tariff exemption, Joint Statement on a United States-European Union Framework on an Agreement on Reciprocal, Fair, and Balanced Trade, Joint Statement on U.S.-China Economic and Trade Meeting in Stockholm, Meeting of the Advisory Committee on International Postal and Delivery Services, Department of Commerce Takes Action Against the Biden Administration’s Unlawfully Established Operator of the National Semiconductor Technology Center, “Natcast”, US and China agree to critical extension, preventing tariff surge on the world’s two largest economies, CalChamber Launches Statewide ‘Keep California Leading the AI Race’ Campaign
Details Change But Tariffs a Key Priority for Trump Administration, Further Modifying the Reciprocal Tariff Rates, Suspending Duty-Free De Minimis Treatment for All Countries, Amendment to Duties to Address the Flow of Illicit Drugs Across Our Northern Border, Addressing Threats to The United States by the Government of Brazil, Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Takes Action to Address the Threat to National Security from Imports of Copper, On the Nomination PN22-13: William Kimmitt, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, Ambassador Greer Issues Statement on President Trump’s Vision for a New System of International Trade, Secretary Rollins Statement on Confirmation of Luke Lindberg as Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs, Services trade growth slows in first quarter of 2025, BP makes its biggest oil and gas discovery in 25 years
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