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Tuesday, September 1, 2020
Featured Headlines
CalChamber Companies in the News
Oracle Takes on Tech Skills Gap with Free Training
Oracle, September 1, 2020
The Coca-Cola Company Announces Key Leadership Appointments
Coca-Cola, September 1, 2020
The International Paralympic Committee And The Coca-Cola Company Announce Worldwide Paralympic Partnership
Coca-Cola, August 31, 2020
Ford Credit Offers Customers Financial Relief After California Fires, Iowa Storm, Hurricane Laura
Ford Media Center, August 31, 2020
First Israeli Commercial Flight Between Israel and UAE Takes to the Skies (on a Boeing 737)
CNN, August 31, 2020
Ford’s Project Apollo and Ford Fund to Deliver 10 Million Masks to At-Risk Communities Across the U.S.
Ford Media Center, August 28, 2020
Trade Policy
From the White House
Joint Statement by the United States, Israel, and the United Arab Emirates
August 31, 2020
Proclamation on Adjusting Imports of Steel into the United States
August 28, 2020
The Trump Administration Is Investing $1 Billion in Research Institutes to Advance Industries of the Future
August 26, 2020
President Donald J. Trump Is Lifting Up and Driving New Prosperity in Previously Forgotten American Communities
August 25, 2020
From the U.S. Department of Commerce
Op-Ed by Commerce Secretary Wilbur L. Ross: Trump Continues to Fulfill his Promises on Trade
August 27, 2020
Commerce Department Adds 24 Chinese Companies to the Entity List for Helping Build Military Islands in the South China Sea
August 26, 2020
From the U.S. Trade Representative
President Trump Continues to Protect America’s Steel-Dependent National Security
August 31, 2020
From the U.S. Department of State
Deputy Secretary Biegun Remarks at the U.S.-India Strategic Partnership Forum
August 31, 2020
On the Resignation of Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe
August 29, 2020
Taiwan’s Removal of Restrictions on U.S. Exports of Beef and Pork
August 28, 2020
The Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations Awarded Engineering News-Record’s 2020 Global Best Project for New U.S. Consulate General
August 28, 2020
Joint Statement on the Seventh Meeting of the Japan-U.S. Comprehensive Dialogue on Space
August 27, 2020
U.S. Imposes Restrictions on Certain PRC State-Owned Enterprises and Executives for Malign Activities in the South China Sea
August 26, 2020
On China’s Continued Coercion of the United Kingdom
August 26, 2020
Designation of People’s Republic of China (PRC) Foreign National and Hong Kong Entity Under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act
August 25, 2020
From the International Trade Administration
U.S. Department of Commerce Issues Affirmative Preliminary Determination in the Countervailing Duty Investigation of Imports of Mattresses from China
August 31, 2020
From the Export-Import Bank of the U.S.
EXIM Further Extends COVID-19 Temporary Relief Measures Through October 31, 2020
August 31, 2020
EXIM Approved 162 Small Business Authorizations Totaling $167.4 Million and Supporting 600 U.S. Jobs in July 2020
August 31, 2020
EXIM Chairman Kimberly Reed Underscores Partnership with National Association of Federally-Insured Credit Unions in Support of U.S. Small Business Exporters
August 27, 2020
EXIM Board Votes to Notify Congress of Two Potential Transactions Totaling $400 Million to Support an Estimated 1,700 U.S. Jobs, and American Small Business Exports
August 27, 2020
From the World Trade Organization
Wanted: Thick-Skinned Maverick to Head Up World Trade Organization
The Guardian, September 1, 2020
DDG Wolff Announces Autumn Programme of WTO Accessions
September 1, 2020
How WTO Translators and Interpreters Enable International Trade
Slator, August 31, 2020
Damaged WTO Now Leaderless as Chief Azevedo Steps Down
Reuters, August 31, 2020
Panel Established to Review EU Safeguard Measures on Steel Imports
August 28, 2020
Guest View: Crisis Demands Reformer at WTO Helm
Reuters, August 27, 2020
WTO Issues New Report Regarding Impact of COVID-19 Crisis on Agricultural Trade
August 27, 2020
REPORT: COVID-19 and Agriculture: A Story of Resilience
August 26, 2020
WTO Issues New Report on How COVID-19-Related Restrictions on Cross-Border Mobility are Affecting Global Trade
August 26, 2020
China Needs to Make ‘a Greater, Clear Contribution’ to Solve Trade Disputes, WTO Hopeful Says
CNBC, August 26, 2020
World Trade Organization: Could There Be An African Director-General?
BBC, August 26, 2020
WTO Issues Call for Papers for New Trade Economist Thematic Award
August 26, 2020
Trade Agreements
Taiwan and US Move Closer to Bilateral Trade Agreement
Nikkei Asian Review, September 1, 2020
Israel Sees $6.5 Billion in Trade as UAE Peace Talks Start
Bloomberg, August 30, 2020
South Korea (and Philippines) Free Trade Deal Still Expected Before End of 2020 — DTI
BusinessWorld, August 30, 2020
India, ASEAN Countries Agree to Review Free Trade Agreement to Make it Simple, Facilitative
All India Radio, August 30, 2020
US Congressional Caucus Urges USTR to Push for Short-Term Trade Deal with India
Indian Express, August 29, 2020
Taiwan Eases U.S. Meat Limits in Step Toward Trade Talks
American Journal of Transportation, August 28, 2020
India to Execute Free Trade Agreement with Africa
Space in Africa, August 28, 2020
Gillibrand: USMC Trade Deal’s Dairy Provisions Must Be Enforced
Spectrum News, August 28, 2020
India Can Benefit from African Continental Trade Pact: MEA
Tribune India, August 28, 2020
GOP Lawmaker Says US-UK Negotiators Working ‘Fast and Furious’ on Trade Deal
The Hill, August 27, 2020
Japan and UK to Sign Equal-to-EU Trade Deal by September
Nikkei Asian Review, August 26, 2020
After Covid-19 Delay, the African Continental Free Trade Agreement is Back on the Negotiating Table
Business Maverick, August 25, 2020
Federal
U.S. Wants to Expand, Formalize Indo-Pacific Initiative: Biegun
Yonhap News Agency, August 1, 2020
US Treasury Says Vietnam Deliberately Weakened Currency
American Journal of Transportation, August 26, 2020
California
Wildfires Again Threaten Business in California Wine Country
AP, August 30, 2020
Israeli Firefighters Land in San Francisco to Help Battle Wildfires
The Jewish news of Northern California, August 30, 2020
The 2020 Wildfires and Bay Area’s Food and Wine Supply: What You Need to Know
San Francisco Chronicle, August 27, 2020
More International Articles
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China
U.S. Extends Some China Tariff
Exclusions Only Through Year End
Reuters, September 1, 2020
Trump’s Tariffs? Coronavirus?
China’s Exports are Surging Anyway
The New York Times, August 31, 2020
U.S. and China Committed
to Phase One Trade Agreement
National Hog Farmer, August 28, 2020
China Still Buying $300 Billion
of Chips From U.S., Elsewhere
Bloomberg, August 26, 2020
Senior U.S., Chinese Officials Say They
Are Committed to Phase-One Trade Deal
The Wall Street Journal, August 24, 2020
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Opening Up Post-COVID-19 Free Trade to Save the Planet
The Hill, September 1, 2020
Europe’s Inflation Plunge to Raise Red Flags at ECB
The New York Times, September 1, 2020
Japan, Australia and India to Launch Supply Chain Initiative
Bloomberg, August 31, 2020
Factories Shaking Off COVID-19 Gloom but Outlook Shaky
Reuters, August 31, 2020
As Scottish Independence Calls Grow, U.K. Trumpets Virtues of Unity
The Wall Street Journal, August 31, 2020
Why Vietnam Has Become a Promising Alternative for US Businesses in Asia
Vietnam Briefing, August 31, 2020
Abe’s Resignation Creates Uncertainty — and Opportunity — in US-Japan Relations
The Hill, August 30, 2020
Berlin Protest Against Virus Restrictions Ends in Clashes
Bloomberg, August 29, 2020
Global Trade’s Dependence on Dollars Lessens its Benefits
The Economist, August 29, 2020
Japan’s Leader Is Leaving. Here’s How It Might Pick a New One.
The New York Times, August 28, 2020
EU’s Dombrovskis Given Temporary Charge of Trade After Hogan Exit
Reuters, August 27, 2020
Hogan’s Exit Steepens Europe’s Already Hard Road to Trade Deals
Bloomberg, August 27, 2020
Latin America Reopening Countries Opening Borders For Tourism
Travel Off Path, August 27, 2020
U.S. Top Farm Negotiator Tones Down Approach to China Trade Deal
Bloomberg, August 27, 2020
U.K. Starts Research on Brexit Customs System Due in Four Months
American Journal of Transportation, August 27, 2020
5 Challenges for the EU’s New Trade Chief
Politico, August 27, 2020
China Belt and Road Plans for Australia Face Veto Under New Law
American Journal of Transportation, August 26, 2020
What Covid-19 is Revealing About Latin America’s Politics: Cynthia J. Arnson
Latin Trade, August 26, 2020
Panama Canal Extends Temporary Relief Measures for Customers to End of 2020
American Journal of Transportation, August 26, 2020
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