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Tuesday, January 26, 2021
Featured Headlines
CalChamber Companies in the News
Amazon is Officially America’s Favorite Grocery Store, Thanks to a Pandemic-Driven Boost to Online Shopping
Business Insider, January 26, 2021
Clorox Achieves Goal of 100% Renewable Electricity for U.S. and Canada
The Clorox Company, January 25, 2021
UPS to Sell Trucking Unit Under CEO’s ‘Better-Not-Bigger’ Pledge
American Journal of Transportation, January 25, 2021
Walgreens Completes More Than 1 Million COVID-19 Vaccinations
Walgreens Newsroom, January 22, 2021
Amazon Keeps Buying Jets to Move Closer to 30-Minute Delivery Dream
Transport Topics, January 15, 2021
Trade Policy
From the White House
Here’s the Full List of Biden’s Executive Actions So Far
NBC News, January 25, 2021
Executive Order on Ensuring the Future Is Made in All of America by All of America’s Workers
January 25, 2021
Proclamation on the Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Non-Immigrants of Certain Additional Persons Who Pose a Risk of Transmitting Coronavirus Disease
January 25, 2021
Readout of President Joseph R. Biden Call with Prime Minister Boris Johnson of the United Kingdom
January 23, 2021
Readout of President Joe Biden Call with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador of Mexico
January 23, 2021
Readout of President Joe Biden Call with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada
January 22, 2021
Executive Order on Revocation of Certain Executive Orders Concerning Federal Regulation
January 20, 2021
President Joe Biden Announces Acting Federal Agency Leadership (Including Dept. of Commerce, and USTR)
January 20, 2021
Inaugural Address by President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
January 20, 2021
From the U.S. Department of Commerce
Commerce Secretary Nominee Gina Raimondo Confirmation Hearing
C-SPAN, January 26, 2021
Biden’s Commerce Nominee Seeks ‘Aggressive’ Steps Against China
Bloomberg, January 26, 2021
U.S. Department of Commerce Announces First Biden-Harris Appointments
January 25, 2021
From the U.S. Department of State
Senate Confirms Antony Blinken As Secretary Of State
NPR, January 26, 2021
Negative COVID-19 Test Required for Travel to the United States Beginning January 26
January 25, 2021
From the Export-Bank of the U.S.
Letter to All Staff
January 20, 2021
From the World Trade Organization
Services Trade Recovery Not Yet in Sight
January 26, 2021
Multi-Industry Statement on Cross-Border Data Transfers and Data Localization Disciplines in the WTO Negotiations on E-Commerce
BSA The Software Alliance, January 26, 2021
U.S. Delays Effort to Restore WTO’s Key Decision-Making Power
Bloomberg, January 25, 2021
U.S. Blocks Hong Kong’s Escalation of WTO Trade Dispute
Reuters, January 25, 2021
A China With More Clout Awaits Biden at the WTO
The Wall Street Journal, January 25, 2021
DDG Wolff Stresses Need to Make Progress in WTO Negotiations to Enhance Resilience of Farm Sector
January 22, 2021
Stiglitz, Negroponte Urge Biden to Back Okonjo-Iweala for WTO
Bloomberg, January 22, 2021
Outgoing US Trade Chief Says Leading WTO Candidate Lacks Experience
Financial Times, January 19, 2021
Trade Agreements
China, New Zealand Ink Trade Deal as Beijing Calls for Reduced Global Barriers
Reuters, January 25, 2021
U.K. Talks Up U.S. Trade Deal, Despite White House Call Omission
Bloomberg, January 25, 2021
How Africa Free Trade Area Could Aid SME Post-Covid Recovery
The Standard, January 24, 2021
Australia Wants its ‘Mutually Beneficial’ Relationship with China to Improve, Treasurer Frydenberg Says
CNBC, January 24, 2021
Australia New Trade Minister Says U.K., EU Trade Deals Priority
Bloomberg, January 23, 2021
EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment: Milestones and Documents
European Commission, January 22, 2021
India-US Trade Deal May Be Put on the Back Burner
Live Mint, January 22, 2021
China Plans to Expand Free Trade Network, Accelerate FTA Talks
Global Times, January 21, 2021
Africa Trade Pact Gets $1 Billion to Offset Revenue Losses
Bloomberg, January 21, 2021
Post-Brexit Trade Rules Face Early Tests
The Wall Street Journal, January 21, 2021
UK Will Submit Request to Join CPTPP Trading Bloc Soon – Trade Minister
Reuters, January 20, 2021
UK and US Fail to Do Mini-Trade Deal as Trump Exits
January 20, 2021
China Failed to Meet U.S. Trade Deal Target in 2020 Amid Pandemic
Bloomberg, January 20, 2021
Brazil’s Bolsonaro says He Wants Free Trade Agreement with U.S. in Letter to Biden
Reuters, January 20, 2021
On Eve of Biden, EU Arms Itself for Trade Disputes
Reuters, January 19, 2021
Turkey Ratifies Free Trade Deal with Azerbaijan
AA, January 19, 2021
Kenya Gears for Third Round Talks on US Trade Deal
Citizen Digital, January 18, 2021
Federal
Biden’s Trade ‘Reset’ Depends on What Happens with Trade Promotion Authority
The Hill, January 25, 2021
Yellen Confirmed as Treasury Chief with More Economic Aid at Top of Agenda
Politico, January 25, 2021
Biden Team Promises New Look in Trade Policy
The Wall Street Journal, January 24, 2021
Biden and Johnson Strike Different Tones on Trade Deal in Call
Bloomberg, January 24, 2021
Biden and Trudeau Plan Next Bilateral Confab in Reset of Canada-U.S. Relations
Politico, January 22, 2021
U.S. Business Activity Gains at Start of Year
The Wall Street Journal, January 22, 2021
Biden Talks Migration and Trade With Mexico, Canada Leaders
Bloomberg, January 22, 2021
Biden’s Trade Rep Knows China Inside and Out
Asia Times, January 21, 2020
The Uneven U.S. Economy in 6 Charts as Biden Takes Office
Bloomberg, January 20, 2021
Key USMCA Negotiator Todd Picked as US Trade Chief of Staff
American Journal of Transportation, January 20, 2021
CBP Intercepts Threats to U.S. Agriculture
American Journal of Transportation, January 20, 2021
California
Public Health Officials Lift Regional Stay at Home Order for All Regions
CA Department of Public Health, January 25, 2021
Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach Urge California to Fast Track Vaccines for Dockworkers
American Journal of Transportation, January 21, 2021
More International Articles
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Davos
The Davos Agenda: January 25 – 29, 2021
World Economic Forum, January 2021
Xi Warns Biden and EU Not to Reignite Cold War
Politico, January 25, 2021
President Xi Jinping: Macro Economics
Should Be Stepped Up (Video)
World Economic Forum Video, January 25, 2021
President Xi Delivers Special Address at Virtual Davos Agenda 2021 (Full Video)
China Global Television Network via Facebook Live, January 25, 2021
Op-Ed: Xi is Positioning China
as the World’s Indispensable Economy
— and Biden’s Greatest Challenge
CNBC, January 24, 2021
These 8 Charts Show How the Global
Economy is Coping with COVID-19
World Economic Forum, January 14, 2021
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Emirati and Israeli Bosses Cannot Wait to Do Business
The Economist, January 26, 2021
Looking Ahead at the US Economy and Transatlantic Relations Under Biden-Harris Administration – Conversation with EU AmChams
The National Law Review, January 25, 2021
China’s Leader Attacks His Greatest Threat
The Atlantic, January 25, 2021
Shipping Container Crunch Shows Signs of Easing, Index Shows
American Journal of Transportation, January 25, 2021
Canada Worries About Biden’s ‘Buy American’ After Keystone Blow
Bloomberg, January 24, 2021
Pandemic Aftershocks Overwhelm Global Supply Lines
The Washington Post, January 24, 2021
China Overtakes U.S. as World’s Leading Destination for Foreign Direct Investment: Flows Into America Nearly Halved as Covid-19 Dragged on the Economy in 2020
The Wall Street Journal, January 24, 2021
World’s Economic Recovery Delayed by Slow Vaccine Rollouts
Bloomberg, January 24, 2021
China-Taiwan Tensions Rise Days into Biden Presidency
Reuters, January 24, 2021
China’s Growing Trade and Investment in Latin America Outpaces its Influence in the Region’s Media and Civil Society: a Council on Foreign Relations Analysis
Latin Trade, January 23, 2021
Japan Braces for a Biden Trade Policy Focused on U.S. Jobs
The Japan Times, January 21, 2021
The Biden Inauguration: Implications for Latin America and the Caribbean. The Atlantic Council.
Latin Trade, January 20, 2021
No Question the Biden Administration Has to Appear ‘Very Tough’ on China, Former Singapore Diplomat Says
CNBC, January 20, 2021
China Urges ‘Mutual Respect’ With Biden After Trump Upheaval
Bloomberg, January 20, 2021
Taiwan Bucks Global Slump with Record Surge in Export Order
American Journal of Transportation, January 20, 2021
China Is the Only Major Economy to Report Economic Growth for 2020
The Wall Street Journal, January 18, 2021
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