Trade Update – July 22, 2025
Featured Headlines
USIBC 50th Anniversary Special Summit
Los Angeles, July 30, 2025
U.S. – India Business Council – U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Finance Committee Advances USTR, Treasury Nominations
United States Committee on Finance, July 22, 2025
CalChamber Companies in the News
- Microsoft to stop using China-based engineers for tech support of US military; Defense Secretary orders review
Seeking Alpha, July 21, 2025 - Mexico’s Bimbo to invest $2 billion in the country through 2028
Reuters, July 17, 2025 - Rivian (RIVN) to open a UK office that will focus on AI and autonomous driving technology
Electrek, July 16, 2025
Trade Policy
White House
Trump says deal reached with Philippines on tariffs
POLITICO, July 22, 2025
- Indonesia says 19% US tariff might kick in before August 1
Reuters, July 20, 2025 - Trump says he will set tariffs for 150 small countries in one swoop
POLITICO, July 16, 2025
U.S. State Department
The United States Withdraws from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
U.S. Department of State, July 22, 2025
Secretary Rubio’s Meeting with Philippine President Marcos, Jr.
U.S. Department of State, July 21, 2025
- The United States Welcomes the Signing of a Declaration of Principles between the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Representatives of Congo River Alliance/March 23 Movement, Facilitated by the State of Qatar
U.S. Department of State, July 19, 2025
U.S. Department of Commerce
- US says Department of Commerce employee subjected to exit ban in China
Reuters, July 21, 2025 - U.S. plays hardball on tariffs deadline as EU battles for a deal
CNBC, July 21, 2025 - US solar panel makers urge tariffs on Indian imports amid ongoing talks over India-US trade deal. Here’s why
Mint, July 17, 2025
U.S. Trade Representative
Trump selects a U.S. Chief Agricultural Negotiator
High Plains Journal, July 18, 2025
U.S. Department of Treasury
- US, China to discuss tariff deadline extension in Stockholm, Bessent says
Reuters, July 22, 2025 - Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on U.S. trade talks: Quality of deals more important than timing – VIDEO
CNBC, July 21, 2025
U.S. Department of Agriculture
- USDA Advances Trump Administration’s America First Agenda in the Dominican Republic
USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, July 21, 2025 - USDA Accepting Applications for an Agribusiness Trade Mission to Mexico
USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, July 17, 2025
Export – Import Bank
Export-Import Bank of the United States Board of Directors Approves Nearly $297 Million Transaction to Angola
EXIM, July 17, 2025
World Trade Organization
- WTO reverses parts of previous decision in EU-China intellectual property dispute
Reuters, July 21, 2025
Trade Agreements/ Cooperation
- Pak, Vietnam trade to reach $1bn soon: envoy
Daily Times Pakistan, July 21, 2025 - U.S. senators visit Canada to build bridges as trade deadline looms
POLITICO, July 21, 2025 - Industry minister vows all-out efforts for successful tariff negotiations with U.S.
Yonhap News, July 20, 2025 - India holds talks with Australia to source and process critical minerals
Hindustan Times, July 20, 2025 - Türkiye, UK conclude 1st round of free trade agreement negotiations
Anadolu Agency, July 18, 2025
California
Trump’s trade war taking biggest toll on nation’s smaller, secondary ports from California to Gulf Coast
CNBC, July 21, 2025
How the Port of Long Beach Plans to Finally Overtake Rival LA
Bloomberg, July 17, 2025
- California almond growers poised for near-record harvest
Fresno Bee, July 16, 2025 - New Report: AB 566 Threatens California’s Economy, Consumers, and Small Businesses
CalChamber, July 16, 2025
More International Articles
- Poland discovers one of Europe’s largest oil deposits in a decade
Euronews, July 21, 2025 - Brazil to investigate suspected FX insider trading on US tariffs
Reuters, July 21, 2025 - Germany’s top firms present Merz with investment push to revive economy
Euronews, July 21, 2025 - Trade Latest: Europe Braces for Higher Tariffs, China Magnet Exports Jump
Barron’s, July 21, 2025 - India’s Nayara tweaks payment terms for product export tender after EU sanctions
Reuters, July 21, 2025