Trade Update – August 26, 2025

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Assembly Committee Examines California-Asia Trade and Investment
CalChamber, August 26, 2025

California, Denmark Agree to Cooperate on Climate, Technology Efforts
CalChamber, August 26, 2025

California and Denmark sign new partnership on climate, technology efforts
Governor of California, August 22, 2025

CalChamber, California Show Support for Rebuilding Ukraine
CalChamber, August 15, 2025

Zambia-U.S. State-Level
Partnership Roadshow 2025
September 5-19, 2025

The Zambia Investment & Innovation Roadshow 2025 is a high-level, multi-state U.S. tour focused on catalyzing bilateral engagement between Zambia and U.S. state actors. The roadshow will visit three key states—California, Texas, and Georgia—each selected for their unique economic strengths and potential synergies
with Zambia’s development priorities.
For more information and schedule please see the links below!

Webpage
High-level Concept Note

European, Asian postal services to halt shipments to US
after end of de minimis tariff exemption
Fox Business, August 23, 2025

Executive Order Will Levy Duties on Low-Value Imports
from World At-Large
CalChamber, August 22, 2025

CalChamber Companies in the News

Trade Policy

White House

Joint Statement on a United States-European Union Framework on an Agreement on Reciprocal, Fair, and Balanced Trade
The White House, August 21, 2025

Joint Statement on U.S.-China Economic and Trade Meeting in Stockholm
The White House, August 11, 2025Further Modifying Reciprocal Tariff Rates to Reflect Ongoing Discussions with The People’s Republic of China
The White House, August 11, 2025

Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Continues the Suspension
of the Heightened Tariffs on China
The White House, August 11, 2025

Apple’s $600 Billion Commitment to Boost U.S. Manufacturing
The White House, August 7, 2025

U.S. State Department

U.S. Department of Commerce

Department of Commerce Takes Action Against the Biden Administration’s Unlawfully Established Operator of the National Semiconductor Technology Center, “Natcast”
U.S. Department of Commerce, August 25, 2025

US Commerce Department voids Biden’s $7.4 billion semiconductor research grant deal
Reuters, August 25, 2025

Joint Statement on a United States-European Union Framework on an Agreement on Reciprocal, Fair, and Balanced Trade
U.S. Department of Commerce, August 21, 2025

Joint Statement on Protecting American Consumers and Shipping Industries by Defeating the International Maritime Organization’s “Net-Zero Framework” aka Global Carbon Tax
U.S. Department of Commerce, August 12, 2025

U.S. Trade Representative

US and China agree to critical extension, preventing tariff surge
on the world’s two largest economies
CNN, August 11, 2025


U.S. Department of Treasury

U.S. Department of Agriculture

Export-Import Bank

Export-Import Bank of the United States Board of Directors Approves Nearly $514 Million to Strengthen American Jobs and Global Competitiveness
EXIM, August 21, 2025Export-Import Bank of the United States Board of Directors Approves Nearly $47 Million Transaction to Côte d’Ivoire
EXIM, August 14, 2025


World Trade Organization

WTO Sees Less Severe Global Trade Slowdown Amid US Front-Loading
Bloomberg, August 9, 2025

Frontloading, measured responses cushion tariff impact in 2025
but risk high for 2026
WTO, August 8, 2025

WTO issues 2025 Annual Report
WTO, August 7, 2025

Trade Agreements/ Cooperation

California

CalChamber Launches Statewide ‘Keep California Leading the AI Race’ Campaign
CalChamber, August 25, 2025

CalChamber Status Update Report on Major Legislation for Business
CalChamber, August 15, 2025

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