Tuesday, November 28, 2017

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CalChamber Companies in the News

Lockheed Martin and Indra Partner to Provide State-of-the-Art AESA Radar to Worldwide Anti-Air Warfare Platforms
Lockheed Martin, November 28, 2017

Former CalChamber Board Chair Assumes Role
as U.S. Comptroller of the Currency
CalChamber, November 27, 2017

Trade Policy

From the White House

President Donald J. Trump Announces Key Additions to his Administration (Including Ambassadors to Morocco and Colombia)
November 21, 2017

From the U.S. Department of Commerce

Manufacturing is Key to Building Stronger Communities
November 22, 2017

U.S. Department of Commerce Finds Dumping of Imports
of Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Belarus, Russia
and the United Arab Emirates (UAE)
November 21, 2017

From the Department of State

Plenary Speakers and U.S. Government Principals
at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit
November 27, 2017

Secretary Tillerson Meets With African Foreign Ministers
November 22, 2017

From the World Trade Organization

Diplomats Search for Way to Save Trade System After U.S. Vetoes Judges
Reuters, November 27, 2017

India Should Be Very Realistic About Buenos Aires WTO Meeting
Live Mint, November 27, 2017

High-Level Seminar on Global Deal and Trade:
Making Globalisation Work for Everyone
November 22, 2017

Trade Agreements

NAFTA Sixth Round will be in Montreal, Canada from January 23-28, 2018 USTR Lighthizer Statement on the Conclusion of the 5th Round of NAFTA Renegotiations U.S. Trade Representative, November 21, 2017 Trilateral Statement on the Conclusion of the Fifth Round of NAFTA Negotiations U.S. Trade Representative, November 21, 2017 NAFTA Talks in Washington Could Reach Deal on Some Chapters: Mexico Minister Reuters, November 27, 2017 Ending NAFTA Would Hurt Growth, Competitiveness of United States, Canada Reuters, November 27, 2017 What if the United States Walks Away from NAFTA? CD Howe Institute, November 27, 2017 In Mexico, a Left-Wing Firebrand Cools the Rhetoric and Embraces NAFTA National Post, November 26, 2017 Gender Chapters in Trade Deals Will Be Standard One Day: NAFTA Documents The Record, November 26, 2017 Nafta Rounds Ends with No Sign of Consensus on Big-Ticket Issues American Journal of Transportation, November 21, 2017 Trump’s Hopes for Quick Nafta Deal are Dimming Bloomberg, November 21, 2017 Mexican Counteroffer Marks Tit-for-Tat Turn in Nafta Talks Bloomberg, November 21, 2017 Any Trump NAFTA Withdrawal Faces Stiff Court Challenge: Legal Experts Reuters, November 21, 2017 Letter to USTR Lighthizer from Freshmen House Democrats Citizens Trade, November 17, 2017

India, Canada Look for Breakthrough on Free Trade Agreement
LiveMint, November 28, 2017

France and Germany Face Off Over EU’s South America Trade Deal
Financial Times, November 26, 2017

Canada CEOs Urge Trudeau to Back TPP
Bloomberg, November 22, 2017

Federal

Vice President Mike Pence Meets with U.S. Automakers on NAFTA
Reuters, November 27, 2017

USDA Provides More Than $10 Million to Help Caribbean Area Farmers Recover Following Hurricanes
American Journal of Transportation, November 21, 2017

California

Be Very Grateful for Our Farmers
The Sacramento Bee, November 21, 2017

More International Articles

Canadians Skeptical of China Trade Deal
as Ottawa Set to Launch Talks
The Globe and Mail, November 27, 2017

India Reviews Bilateral Ties with Denmark Ahead
of Free Trade Agreement Negotiations with EU
First Post, November 27, 2017

Brexit Without EU Trade Deal ‘Not End of World’: WTO Chief
The Straits Times, November 27, 2017

Why Justin Trudeau Will Eventually Join the New Trans-Pacific Partnership
The Star, November 27, 2017

Trade High on Trudeau’s Agenda for Visit to China Next Week
Bloomberg, November 26, 2017

China Limits Waste. ‘Cardboard Grannies’ and Texas Recyclers Scramble
The New York Times, November 25, 2017

China Cuts Import Tariffs on Some Consumer Goods
Los Angeles Times, November 24, 2017

Ten Days to Crack Brexit Deal, EU Tells May
Reuters, November 24, 2017

Britain Must Accept More Immigrants If it Wants a Free Trade Deal, Indian Diplomat Warns
The Telegraph, November 23, 2017

Bittersweet Keystone Win Means Canada’s U.S. Dependence Deepens
American Journal of Transportation, November 21, 2017

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