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Tuesday, April 20, 2021
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Get Back to Global Business
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Rebate Program Aims to Help
Businesses Explore Global Markets
CalChamber, April 20, 2021
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CalChamber Companies in the News
PepsiCo Announces 2030 Goal to Scale Regenerative Farming Practices Across 7 Million Acres, Equivalent to Entire Agricultural Footprint
PepsiCo, April 20, 2021
USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service Chooses 3M for Campylobacter Testing in Poultry
3m, April 20, 2021
The Unbound Collection by Hyatt Brand Expands in China With The Opening of Commune by The Great Wall
Hyatt Newsroom, April 17, 2021
GM to Help Build $2.3 Billion Battery-Cell Plant in Tennessee
The Wall Street Journal, April 16, 2021
Trade Policy
From the White House
President Biden Announces His Intent to Nominate Eight Key Administration Leaders (Including Deputy USTRs)
April 16, 2021
Remarks by President Biden on Russia
April 15, 2021
President Biden Announces His Intent to Nominate Nine Career Members of the Senior Foreign Service as Ambassadors
April 15, 2021
Readout of President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Call with Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany
April 14, 2021
A Proclamation on 160th Anniversary Of The Unification Of Italy And The Establishment Of United States-Italy Diplomatic Relations
April 13, 2021
From the U.S. Department of Commerce
Secretary Raimondo Joins Vice President Harris in Addressing Care Economy and Need to Invest in Human Infrastructure
April 19, 2021
From the U.S. Trade Representative
Ambassador Katherine Tai Appoints Elizabeth Baltzan as Senior Advisor
April 19, 2021
Statement from Ambassador Tai on Bianchi, White Nominations
April 16, 2021
Readout of Ambassador Katherine Tai’s Meeting with Dr. Seth Berkley
April 16, 2021
Remarks from Ambassador Katherine Tai on Trade Policy, the Environment and Climate Change
April 15, 2021
USTR Threatens Tariffs on 6 Trade Partners in Response to Digital Taxes
Compliance Week, April 14, 2021
Ambassador Katherine Tai’s Remarks at a WTO Virtual Conference on Covid-19 Vaccine Equity
April 14, 2021
Readout of Ambassador Katherine Tai’s Meeting with Environmental Leaders
April 14, 2021
From the U.S. Department of the Treasury
From the U.S. Department of State
Tackling the Crisis and Seizing the Opportunity: America’s Global Climate Leadership
April 19, 2021
U.S.-China Joint Statement Addressing the Climate Crisis
April 17, 2021
Secretary Blinken’s Meeting with French, German, Italian, and UK Counterparts
April 14, 2021
From the Export-Import Bank of the U.S.
EXIM Board Extends COVID-19 Temporary Relief Measures Benefiting Small Business, Transportation and Other Exports Through April 2022
April 15, 2021
From the World Trade Organization
What’s Up on Services? The WTO’s Trade Monitoring Database Can Help!
April 20, 2021
Dates Fixed for WTO’s 12th Ministerial Conference
April 16, 2021
World Trade Organization Chief Says China Central to WTO Reforms
Reuters, April 19, 2021
Chair Summary Following “COVID-19 and Vaccine Equity: What Can the WTO Contribute?”
April 14, 2021
DG Okonjo-Iweala Calls for Follow Up Action After WTO Vaccine Equity Event
April 14, 2021
Trade Agreements
Don’t Allow Doubts to Stop the EU-Mercosur Deal
El Pais, April 19, 2021
US Urged to Join Mega APAC Trade Deal by China’s Former Chief Trade Negotiator
South China Morning Post, April 19, 2021
U.S. Ag Groups Voice Renewed Interest in Joining Revised Trans-Pacific Partnership
AgWeb, April 19. 2021
Zarif Insists on Finalizing Preferential Trade Agreement with Indonesia
Tehran Times, April 19, 2021
Japan Tariff Reductions for US Potatoes – Fries Now Enter Tariff Free
PotatoPro, April 17, 2021
Feds Consult on Future of U.K. Trade, CPTPP
The Western Producer, April 16, 2021
Japan Wants U.S. Back in the TPP. It Will Likely Have to Wait.
The Wall Street Journal, April 16, 2021
U.K. and EU Are Still at Odds Over Post-Brexit Northern Ireland
Bloomberg, April 16, 2021
European Parliament Gives Initial Backing to UK Trade Deal
Reuters, April 15, 2021
Iran to Ink Free Trade Agreement with Pakistan
Dawn, April 15, 2021
UK Makes Cars and Whisky Key Targets in Push for India Trade Deal
Financial Times, April 15, 2021
We Hope India Will Reassess Stand on Trade Pacts, Says Singapore Foreign Minister
The Hindu, April 14, 2021
Federal
Biden to Nominate Senate Staffer White, Former Close Aide Bianchi as Deputy USTRs
Reuters, April 18, 2021
U.S. Urges ‘Decisive’ Steps by China to Shift Away From Exports
Bloomberg, April 16, 2021
U.S. Economy Ramps Up on Spending Surge, Hiring Gain
The Wall Street Journal, April 15, 2021
U.S. Import Prices Increase Solidly, Seen Temporarily Boosting Inflation
Reuters, April 14, 2021
Four Reasons Joe Biden and Donald Trump Will Not Differ Much on US Trade Policy
South China Morning Post, April 14, 2021
Republicans to Biden: Promote & Protect Trade Policies That Support American Jobs, Medical Innovation, and Successful Distribution of Vaccines Worldwide
GOP House Ways and Means Committee, April 14, 2021
Why the President Can’t Quickly Solve the Computer Chip Shortage
Politico, April 12, 2021
California
Safe, Welcome Reopening Plan for California
CalChamber, April 16, 2021
More International Articles
A Global Tipping Point for Reining In Tech Has Arrived
The New York Times, April 20, 2021
China’s V-Shaped Recovery Reached Turning Point, Goldman Says
Bloomberg, April 19, 2021
EU Sets Out Indo-Pacific Plan, Says it’s Not ‘Anti-China’
Reuters, April 19, 2021
Asia Should be Major Engine for Sustainable Global Recovery: Report
XinhuaNet, April 19, 2021
Tough Road Ahead as Japan-U.S. Alliance Tackles China Challenge
The Japan Times, April 18, 2021
Taiwan Says it Has Never Sought to Use Exchange Rate for Trade Advantage
Reuters, April 18, 2021
Japan’s Exports Post Largest Monthly Gain Since Late 2017
Reuters, April 18, 2021
Raúl Castro Steps Down as Cuban Communist Party Leader
BBC, April 17, 2021
Post-Pandemic Boom Poised to Get Smacked with Severe Shortages
Politico, April 17, 2021
Boris Johnson is Serious About Good Relations with India
The Sunday Guardian, April 17, 2021
China Growth Numbers Betray Waning Momentum
The Wall Street Journal, April 16, 2021
Major Corn Exporter Brazil Turns to Imports as Prices Surge
Bloomberg, April 15, 2021
Japan’s Path to Growth and Stability in the Pacific
The Wall Street Journal, April 14, 2021
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