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Trade Update - Tuesday, March 21, 2017

Featured Headlines

Hong Kong-California Ties Subject
of Recent Meeting at CalChamber

CalChamber Alert, March 17, 2017

Ukrainian Delegates Highlight
Joint Energy Opportunities with State

CalChamber Alert, March 17, 2017

CalChamber Companies in the News

Lockheed Martin Selected to Fight Cyber Crime for Department of Defense
Lockheed Martin, March 16, 2017

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross Names Siemens USA CEO Judy Marks to U.S. Investment Advisory Council
Department of Commerce, March 13, 2017

TIAA Named as a World’s Most Ethical Company by the Ethisphere Institute for Third Consecutive Year
TIAA, March 13, 2017

Trade Policy

From the White House

Joint Press Conference with President Trump and German Chancellor Merkel
March 17, 2017

America First – A Budget Blueprint to Make America Great Again
March 16, 2017

From the Department of Commerce

Statement from the Department of Commerce on the President’s America First Budget Blueprint
March 17, 2017

From the U.S. Department of State

Remarks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi at a Press Availability
March 18, 2017

Remarks with Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se Before Their Meeting
March 17, 2017

Press Availability with Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida
March 16, 2017

Trade Agreements

India, Russia Discuss Free Trade Pact
The Hindu Business Line, March 16, 2017

U.S.-Korea Pact Makes a Strong Argument for Global Trade Deals
Asia Society, March 15, 2017

Mercosur Expects to Sign a Trade Deal with the EU by Year End Taking Advantage of Trump’s Isolationism
MercoPress, March 15, 2017

Excluding Mexico from NAFTA Would Hurt the Canadian Economy: Consul General
The Globe and Mail, March 15, 2017

Vietnam Looks for Trade Deal with US
Voice of America, March 14, 2017

Federal

White House Prepares Sweeping
Review of Trade Deals

Politico, March 21, 2017

Lighthizer Promises to Be a Champion for Agriculture as Next USTR
Agri-Pulse, March 15, 2017

Trump’s Top Trade Adviser Quietly Seeks an Alliance with Mexico
Bloomberg, March 15, 2017

Nominee to Head U.S. Trade Negotiations Defends Trump, Criticizes China
Los Angeles Times, March 14, 2017

California

Port of L.A.’s Automated Terminal: Future of Commerce or Blue-Collar Job-Killer?
Los Angeles Daily News, March 18, 2017

California Senate Republicans Elect Patricia Bates as Leader
The Sacramento Bee, March 14, 2017

More International Articles

From the G20 Finance Ministers Meeting

Top Economies Yield to US, Drop
No Protectionism Pledge

The Sacramento Bee, March 18, 2017

Communique: G20 Finance Ministers
and Central Bank Governors Meeting

Federal Ministry of Finance, March 17, 2017

Mnuchin May Soften Brazen U.S.
Trade Talk in His G-20 Debut

Bloomberg, March 17, 2017

Mexico Populist Steals Investor Spotlight as Nafta Woes Ease
Bloomberg, March 21, 2017

EU Leaders to Meet for Special Brexit Summit on April 29: EU’s Tusk
Reuters, March 21, 2017

Britain to Formally Trigger Process to Leave EU on March 29
The Sacramento Bee, March 20, 2017

China’s Taxes on Imported Cars Feed Trade Tensions with U.S.
The New York Times, March 20, 2017

Japan’s Abe and Germany’s Merkel Say They Will Work Together on Free Trade
The Wall Street Journal, March 19, 2017

(Philippine) Government to Create Trade Representative Office
Business Mirror, March 19, 2017

EU Chief Juncker Warns Against EU-US Trade War
Reuters, March 18, 2017

Eurozone Exports Fall, Clouding Economic Pickup
MarketWatch, March 17, 2017

Germany May File WTO Complaint if US Levies Border Tax
U.S. News, March 17, 2017

Spanning the Economic Gap Between Asia and Latin America
The Diplomat, March 16, 2017

Europe Gets Reprieve in Dutch Election, But the Center Fragments
Bloomberg, March 16, 2017

Fed Rate Moves Could Spell End to Asian Easing
Reuters, March 16, 2017

Trump is a Management Challenge for Overseas Business Leaders
The Wall Street Journal, March 16, 2017

The Sustainable Equitable Trade Doctrine
Roosevelt Institute, March 15, 2017

What’s Next for Canada on Trade?
Politico, March 15, 2017

China’s Premier Seeks to Cool Trade Tensions with US
Financial Times, March 15, 2017

Chile Pacific Trade Meeting Seeks New Path After Failed TPP
ABC News, March 14, 2017

Brexit Explained: What’s Next on the UK’s Road Out of the EU
The Sacramento Bee, March 14, 2017

 

 

 

 

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