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Tuesday, April 28, 2020
Featured Headlines
CalChamber Companies in the News
PepsiCo Shares “Some Good News,” Commits
to Raising an Additional $3 Million to Provide Financial Support
to Restaurant Workers Impacted by COVID-19
PepsiCo, April 27, 2020
Johnson & Johnson Announces Collaboration
to Expand Manufacturing Capabilities for Its COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate in Support of the Company’s Goal to Supply More
Than One Billion Vaccine Doses Globally
Johnson & Johnson, April 23, 2020
Exclusive: Amazon Is Powering the Coronavirus Diagnostics
of the Future
Forbes, April 13, 2020
Allstate Customers to Receive ‘Shelter-In-Place’ Payback Due
to Traveling Less
KomoNews, April 8, 2020
Trade Policy
From the White House
Proclamation on World Intellectual Property Day, 2020
April 24, 2020
President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent
to Nominate and Appoint Individuals to Key Administration Posts
(Including U.S. Representative to the OECD)
April 24, 2020
President Donald J. Trump Remains Committed
to Providing Critical Relief for American Small Businesses,
Workers, and Healthcare Providers
April 24, 2020
President Donald J. Trump Is Honoring His Commitment
to Protect American Workers by Temporarily Pausing Immigration
April 22, 2020
Proclamation Suspending Entry of Immigrants Who Present Risk
to the U.S. Labor Market During the Economic Recovery Following the COVID-19 Outbreak
April 22, 2020
U.S. Department of Commerce
Commerce Tightens Restrictions on Technology Exports to Combat Chinese, Russian and Venezuelan Military Circumvention Efforts
April 27, 2020
From the U.S. Trade Representative
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Notice of Product Exclusions: China’s Acts,
Policies, and Practices Related to Technology Transfer, Intellectual Property, and Innovation
Federal Register, April 24, 2020
Request for Comments on Additional Modifications
to the 301 Action to Address COVID-19: China’s Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Technology Transfer, Intellectual Property, and Innovation
Federal Register, Deadline June 25, 2020
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From the U.S. Department of State
Joint Statement from the Co-Chairs of the Special
ASEAN-United States Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
April 26, 2020
Briefing on the Administration’s Arctic Strategy
April 23, 2020
U.S.-ASEAN Health Futures
April 22, 2020
The United States and ASEAN Are Partnering To Defeat COVID-19, Build Long-Term Resilience, and Support Economic Recovery
April 22, 2020
The United States Continues Leadership in the Global
COVID-19 Response with More Than $270 Million
in Additional U.S. Foreign Assistance
April 22, 2020
From the International Trade Administration
ITA Connects Smart City Technology Exporters to Southeast Asia
April 22, 2020
From the World Trade Organization
WTO Issues New Report on Treatment of Medical Products
in Regional Trade Agreements
April 27, 2020
IMF and WTO Heads Call for Lifting Trade Restrictions
on Medical Supplies and Food
April 24, 2020
WTO Report Finds Growing Number of Export Restrictions
in Response to COVID-19 Crisis
April 23, 2020
U.S. Says WTO’s Appellate Body Is Invalid, Balks at Compliance
Bloomberg, April 22, 2020
Trade Agreements
Mexico Says European Union Free Trade Deal Talks Have Concluded
Reuters, April 28, 2020
Thailand Sees GDP, Investment Boost if Joins CPTPP Trade Pact
The New York Times, April 27, 2020
U.S. Should Avoid Phased Approach in Trade Talks with Kenya:
Chamber of Commerce
The New York Times, April 26, 2020
New British Ambassador Urges Swift U.S. – U.K. Trade Negotiations
Politico, April 24, 2020
Africa’s Free Trade Agreement Gets Locked Down for the Year
Daily Maverick, April 24, 2020
EFTA-Ecuador Free Trade Agreement Completed
IEG Vu Agribusiness, April 24, 2020
Brexit: Disappointing Progress in Trade Talks, Says Michel Barnier
BBC, April 24, 2020
China Looks at How It Could Expedite U.S. Farm Goods Purchases
American Journal of Transportation, April 23, 2020
Dominican Exporters Ask Senate to Pass Ambitious Free Trade Pact
Dominican Today, April 23, 2020
U.S., Brazil Business Groups Outline Vision for Talks
Brazil-U.S. Business Council, April 22, 2020
U.S. Industry Lobbies Mexico to Protect Supply Chains
During Pandemic
Reuters, April 15, 2020
Federal
U.S. Goods Trade Deficit Rises as Auto Exports Tumble
Reuters, April 28, 2020
Tyson Warns of U.S. Meat Shortages as Coronavirus
Shuts Livestock Plants
Reuters, April 27, 2020
A Record-Breaking Shipment Bound for American Soil
American Journal of Transportation, April 24, 2020
Railroads Unclear What’s Around the Bend for the U.S. Economy
American Journal of Transportation, April 24, 2020
Trump Signs $484 Billion Measure to Aid Employers, Hospitals
The Associated Press, April 24, 2020
Pandemic Warms Relationship Between Trump and Mexican President
The Associated Press, April 22, 2020
Comments on Additional Modifications to the 301 Action
to Address COVID-19
U.S. Chamber of Commerce, April 22, 2020
Repeal, Don’t Just Defer, Trump-Imposed Tariffs
The Orange County Register, April 22, 2020
Proposed “Buy America” Requirements Would Hurt Patients
and the Economy
Pacific Research Institution Center for Medical Economics and Innovation, April 2020
How COVID-19 Is Disrupting Shipping Around the U.S.
American Journal of Transportation, April 22, 2020
California
Port of Oakland Says Canceled Sailings Could Hit Cargo Volume
American Journal of Transportation, April 27, 2020
California Competes Tax Credit Looks to Create More
Than 3,000 Jobs in the State
Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development, April 23, 2020
California Cities Expect to Lose at Least $7B Due to Coronavirus
Politico, April 23, 2020
Give Newsom Credit. He’s Trying It All to Fight Coronavirus
and California’s Economic Collapse
Los Angeles Times, April 23, 2020
More International Articles
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COVID-19 News
Coronavirus Widens Europe’s
North-South Economic Divide
The Wall Street Journal, April 28, 2020
Unified in Coronavirus Lockdown,
India Splinters Over Reopening
The New York Times, April 28, 2020
Stockholm Expected to Reach ‘Herd Immunity’
in May, Swedish Ambassador Says
NPR, April 26, 2020
Italy to Allow Some Sectors
to Restart Monday: Regional Governor
Bloomberg, April 26, 2020
Tight Airfreight Capacity Will Hamper
Post-Coronavirus Recovery, DHL Chief Says
The Wall Street Journal, April 26, 2020
UNICEF Scales Delivery of Supplies
for COVID-19 Across LatAm, Caribbean
XinhuaNet, April 26, 2020
World Leaders Launch Plan
to Speed COVID-19 Drugs, Vaccine;
U.S. Stays Away
Reuters, April 24, 2020
Costa Rica Pushes Back Coronavirus,
Reducing Current Cases
Reuters, April 23, 2020
World Bank Sees Lasting Commodities
Shock from Coronavirus
American Journal of Transportation, April 23, 2020
Canada: 1 Million Respirators Acquired
from China Unfit for Coronavirus Fight
Politico, April 23, 2020
Europe’s Economy Was Hit Hard Too,
but Jobs Didn’t Disappear Like in the U.S.
NPR, April 23, 2020
Pandemic Throws Global Economy
into Deeper Decline
Reuters, April 22, 2020
Coronavirus Won’t Kill Globalization,
but Clip It’s Wings
Politico, April 23, 2020
Cascading Economic Impacts
of the COVID-19 Outbreak in China
U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, April 21, 2020
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20 Port Authorities Signed Declaration to Keep Ports Open
to Seaborne Trade
American Journal of Transportation, April 27, 2020
China Seeks to Ease Medical Goods Shipment Delays
with New Rule
The Wall Street Journal, April 26, 2020
Thailand Loses U.S. Free Trade Benefits Worth Billions of Baht
The Thaiger, April 26, 2020
Fewer Products, Localized Production—Companies Seek
Supply-Chain Solutions
The Wall Street Journal, April 26, 2020
U.S. to Give Aid to Greenland, Open Consulate in Bid
to Counter Russia and China
The Washington Post, April 23, 2020
China’s CCCC Among Firms Awarded $626 Million Mexican
Tourist Train Contract
NASDAQ, April 23, 2020
COVID-19 and a New Direction for Asian Integration
The Diplomat, April 23, 2020
Trump Administration Urged to Pressure China on Promise
to Buy U.S. $52 Billion Worth of U.S. Energy Products
South China Morning Post, April 22, 2020
Spoiling Rice in Vietnam Show Perils of Food Protectionism
Bloomberg, April 22, 2020
Global Container Shipments Set to Fall 30% in Next Few Months
American Journal of Transportation, April 22, 2020
Iran, Russia Should Increase Cooperation Against Coronavirus, Continue Trade
The Algemeiner, April 22, 2020
Chinese Ambassador to U.S. Urges ‘Serious Rethinking’ of Ties
Bloomberg, April 22, 2020
48% of Mexico’s SMEs Won’t Survive Through April
Mexico Today, April 22, 2020
Remittances to Drop 19% in Latin America This Year
Latin Trade, April 22, 2020
G20 Extraordinary Agriculture Ministers Meeting
G20 Ministers Meeting, April 21, 2020
Latin America, Caribbean Economies Poised for Worst Crisis
in Decades Amid Pandemic: U.N. Agency
Reuters, April 21, 2020
‘Gracias China!!!’: While the U.S. Leadership in Latin America
Is Being Called into Question, Beijing Is Positioning Itself
to Carry the Mantle
The New York Times, April 21, 2020
India’s New FDI Policy Is Discriminatory and Against Free Trade: China
Business Standard, April 20, 2020
EU Trade Chief Surges Tougher Defenses Against Foreign Takeovers
The Financial Times, April 16, 2020
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