Trade Update – July 15, 2025
Featured Headlines
CalChamber, Japan Business Leaders Mark Longtime Alliance on Trade Matters
CalChamber, July 11, 2025
Coalition Again Urges U.S. Trade Rep Not to Proceed with Anti-China Proposal
CalChamber July 11, 2025
Trump hosts five African leaders as tariffs, aid cuts bite
Reuters, July 10, 2025
Trump’s Africa Summit Heats Up Rivalry for Continent’s Resources
Bloomberg, July 10, 2025
President Trump Revises, Delays Tariffs
CalChamber, July 11, 2025
V.O.S. Selections, Inc. v. Trump – U.S. Chamber files coalition amicus brief urging Federal Circuit to hold that IEEPA does not permit
the imposition of broad-based tariffs
U.S. Chamber of Commerce, July 8, 2025
CalChamber Companies in the News
- BP Signals Strong Oil Trading and Quarterly Output Rebound
Bloomberg, July 10, 2025
Trade Policy
White House
Trump announces trade deal with Indonesia
POLITICO, July 15, 2025
Trump readies blanket tariffs as he brushes off inflation worries
NBC News, July 11, 2025
Canada aims for new U.S. trade deal by Aug. 1 as Trump threatens 35% tariffs: Carney
BNN Bloomberg, July 11, 2025
EU Targets Boeing, US Cars and Bourbon With €72 Billion List
Bloomberg, July 15, 2025
EU wants to boost G7 coordination to fend off Trump’s tariffs
POLITICO, July 14, 2025
EU threatens countermeasures over US tariffs; Trump says he is open to talks
USA Today, July 14, 2025
Trump says he will hit E.U. and Mexico with 30% tariff
NBC News, July 12, 2025
Victory for Trump as EU backs down on digital taxes in next budget
POLITICO, July 11, 2025
- President Trump Announces Presidential Delegation to Osaka, Japan, to Attend the World Expo
The White House, July 9, 2025 - Trump says steep copper tariffs in store as he broadens his trade war
Reuters, July 8, 2025
U.S. Department of Commerce
- US opens national security probes into imported drones, polysilicon
Reuters, July 14, 2025
U.S. Trade Representative
- US port operators seek to mitigate hefty expected tariffs on China-built port cranes
Reuters, July 11, 2025
U.S. Department of Treasury
G-20 Agenda Eclipsed as Bessent Skips South Africa Meeting Again
Bloomberg, July 13, 2025
Treasury posts unexpected surplus in June as tariff receipts surge
CNBC, July 11, 2025
U.S. Department of Agriculture
America First Trade Win: USDA Blocks Additional Specialty Sugar Imports
U.S. Department of Agriculture, July 14, 2025
- USDA Launches Agribusiness Trade Mission to the Dominican Republic
USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, July 14, 2025 - USDA Advances Trump Administration’s Farmer-First Agenda at UN FAO Conference
USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, July 9, 2025
Export – Import Bank
- Export-Import Bank of the United States Board of Directors Approves Transactions Totaling More than $1 Billion
EXIM, July 11, 2025
World Trade Organization
DG Okonjo-Iweala: “More than ever all eyes are on us”
WTO, July 15, 2025
Merchandise trade posts strong growth in Q1 ahead of tariff hikes
WTO, July 15, 2025
Trade Agreements/ Cooperation
- Indonesia, EU Announce Agreement to Advance Free Trade Pact
The Diplomat, July 14, 2025 - China and Sri Lanka to expedite FTA
Daily News Sri Lanka, July 13, 2025 - South Korea says framework US trade deal possible by August, farm market access on table
Reuters, July 13, 2025 - Pakistan, Vietnam to initiate talks on preferential trade deal this year
Daily Times, July 12, 2025 - Financial cooperation: Egypt and China sign key trade agreements
Africa News, July 11, 2025 - Rubio and Wang stress cooperation after talks in Malaysia as US-China tensions simmer
The Associated Press, July 10, 2025
California
Trump administration adds 21% tariff on Mexican tomato imports. What that could mean for California
KCRA Sacramento, July 14, 2025
- Port of Long Beach Breaks Ground on $365 Million Terminal Expansion Project
GCaptain, July 15, 2025 - Port of Los Angeles Sets June Cargo Record Amid Tariff Concerns
GCaptain, July 14, 2025 - State Budget for 2025–26: What’s In, What’s Out
CalChamber, July 11, 2025 - SoCal business leaders brace for more fallout from Trump tariffs
ABC7 Los Angeles, July 9, 2025
More International Articles
- European Ports Slow to Install Shore Power Ahead of 2030 Deadline, Study Shows
GCaptain, July 15, 2025 - EU, South Korea seek US trade deals to soften tariff blow
American Journal of Transportation, July 14, 2025 - French wine and cheese makers say U.S. tariffs would hit hard
American Journal of Transportation, July 14, 2025 - US tariff rate may be more than 20% after latest round, global business group says
American Journal of Transportation, July 11, 2025 - ECB warns of risks beyond tariffs: from security to capital flows
Reuters, July 9, 2025 - After US tariffs, jobs hang by a thread in Bangladesh’s garments sector
Reuters, July 8, 2025