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Ride the Wave: A Year in Review FY21/22,
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Visit California, August 2022

 

U.S. Trade Deficit Narrows as Energy Exports Rise
The Wall Street Journal

CalChamber Companies in the News

Boeing Takes New Role to Help Cut Aviation Emissions Faster
Boeing Mediaroom, August 8, 2022

General Dynamics NASSCO Awarded $1.4 Billion to Build U.S. Navy Ships
General Dynamics, August 5, 2022

Anheuser-Busch Delivering More Than 50,000 Cans of Emergency Drinking Water to Support Firefighters Battling the Oak Fire in California
Anheuser-Busch, August 5, 2022

The Michael Ziegler PRIDE Industries Foundation Awarded Generous Grant for Youth Success Initiative by the Walter S. Johnson Foundation
Pride Industries, August 2, 2022

CalChamber Member Company East West Bank’s Dominic Ng Appointed to Chair APEC Business Advisory Council During U.S. Host Year in 2023
U.S. Department of State, July 25, 2022

Trade Policy

From the White House

U.S. Strategy Toward Sub-Saharan Africa
August 2022
FACT SHEET

Vital Partners, Shared Priorities: The Biden Administration’s Sub-Saharan Africa Strategy
U.S. Department of State, August 8, 2022

U.S. Food Security Assistance to Sub-Saharan Africa
U.S. Department of State, August 8, 2022

Statement by President Biden on the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit
July 20, 2022

FACT SHEET: CHIPS and Science Act Will Lower Costs, Create Jobs, Strengthen Supply Chains, and Counter China
August 9, 2022

Notice on the Continuation Of The National Emergency With Respect To Export Control Regulations
August 4, 2022

Statement from President Biden on Senate Ratification of the NATO Accession Protocols for Sweden and Finland
August 3, 2022

President Biden Announces Key Nominees (Including Ambassadors to the Czech Republic, Rwanda, and Turkmenistan)
August 3, 2022

From the U.S. Department of Commerce

Statement from U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo on Signing of CHIPS and Science Act
August 9, 2022

U.S. Department of Commerce Announces Don Cravins Jr. as First-Ever Under Secretary of Commerce for Minority Business Development
August 5, 2022

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo and U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh Launch Job Quality Toolkit
August 5, 2022

From the U.S. Trade Representative

U.S. Federal Register Notice: U.S.-Kenya Strategic Trade and Investment Partnership
Comments close on September 16, 2022

Statement by Ambassador Katherine Tai Following White House CHIPS and Science Act Signing Ceremony
August 9, 2022

From the U.S. Department of State

The United States-Democratic Republic of the Congo Relationship
August 9, 2022

Remarks at the Opening of the U.S.-South African Strategic Dialogue
August 8, 2022

The United States and the Republic of South Africa
August 8, 2022

US Secretary of State Blinken to Visit Africa as Tension with China and Russia Intensifies
Brookings Institute, August 5, 2022

U.S.-Australia-Japan Trilateral Strategic Dialogue
August 5, 2022

The United States-Philippines Relationship
August 5, 2022

G7 Foreign Ministers’ Statement on Energy Security
August 3, 2022

The United States-ASEAN Relationship
August 3, 2022

G7 Foreign Ministers’ Statement on Preserving Peace and Stability Across the Taiwan Strait
August 3, 2022

From the International Trade Administration

Attention International Business Owners: Get Noticed and Create Your U.S. Presence
August 9, 2022

Complying with Sanctions and Export Controls in Russia and Belarus
August 3, 2022

From the Bureau of Economic Analysis

U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, June 2022
August 4, 2022

From the Export-Import Bank of the U.S.

READOUT: Export-Import Bank of the United States President and Chair Reta Jo Lewis Meets with Minister Khalid Chowdhury and Delegation from Bangladesh
August 3, 2022

Owen Herrnstadt Sworn in by U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar as Member of Export-Import Bank Board of Directors
August 3, 2022

From the World Trade Organization

South Africa Just Filed its First-Ever WTO Case — But It’s Not Obvious it Wants to Win
The Hill, August 7, 2022

South Africa Initiates WTO Dispute Complaint Challenging EU Citrus Fruit Measures
July 29, 2022

Trade Agreements

ASEAN Foreign Ministers Say RCEP Key Contributor to Region’s Recovery Strategy
Xinhua Net, August 6, 2022

IPEF Trade Pillar Must Be Converted Into a Trade Agreement Suggest Experts
The Economic Times, August 5, 2022

The US is Revisiting its Trade Relations with African Countries: Key Issues on the Table
The Conversation, August 5, 2022

Canada Lobbies for Free Trade Agreement
Telegraph India, August 5, 2022

Business Councils Ask Federal Government to Ink Trade Agreement with India
Canada’s National Observer, August 4, 2022

Canada to Challenge US Lumber Duties Using Regional Trade Pact
Bloomberg, August 4, 2022

EU MUST Be Joking – European Union DEMANDS Australia Dumps Luxury Car Tax If It Wants a Trade Deal
Daily Mail, August 4, 2022

UAE Ready ‘Anytime’ for Free Trade Talks with U.S.
Politico, August 4, 2022

China to Focus on Trade to Deepen Africa Ties, EIU Says
Bloomberg, August 3, 2022

Isn’t it Time for Malaysia to Ratify CPTPP?
New Straits Times, August 2, 2022

India, Australia May Begin Comprehensive FTA Talks from Next Month
The Business-Standard, August 2, 2022

Federal

U.S. Senate Approves Finland and Sweden for Membership into NATO
NPR, August 4, 2022

U.S. Ambassador Says Biden is ‘Eager’ to Visit Canada — When Timing Permits
Politico, August 3, 2022

U.S. Chamber and Corporate Council on Africa Partnering to Support Africa Business Forum as Part of Biden-Harris Administration’s Upcoming U.S.-Africa Leaders’ Summit
U.S. Chamber, August 2, 2022

US House Speaker Pelosi arrives in Taiwan, defying Beijing
The Associated Press, August 2, 2022

California

US Labor Chief Sees No Sign of Strike, Lockout in West Coast Port Talks
Bloomberg, August 5, 2022

West to East Cargo Shift Causing Most Ships to Arrive Late at East Coast Ports
gCaptain, August 4, 2022

More International Articles

Trade War with China Could Cost Germany Six Times as Much as Brexit, Study Says
Reuters, August 8, 2022

Weak Growth, Tight Job Markets Are a Global Phenomenon
The Wall Street Journal, August 7, 2022

China’s Trade Surplus Hits Record But Slowdown Risks Remain
Bloomberg, August 6, 2022

Stung by China’s Tariffs, Australian Growers Embrace New Markets
Al Jazeera, August 5, 2022

Russia Turns to Turkey, Other Trading Partners to Blunt Sanctions’ Impact
The Washington Post, August 5, 2022

China Is Moving to Tighten Label Rules on Goods From Taiwan
Bloomberg, August 5, 2022

China Halts Climate, Military Ties Over Pelosi Taiwan Visit
The Associated Press, August 5, 2022

Ukraine Seeks to Extend Shipping Safe Passage Deal Beyond Grain
Reuters, August 5, 2022

The Coming War Over Taiwan
The Wall Street Journal, August 4, 2022

China to Focus on Trade to Deepen Africa Ties, EIU Says
Bloomberg, August 3, 2022

 

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