Tuesday, January 10, 2023

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CalChamber Companies in the News

Volkswagen’s Worldwide Deliveries of All-Electric Vehicles Grow by Almost 24 Percent in 2022
Volkswagen, January 10, 2023

Verizon Responds: Keeping Customers Connected as Severe Weather Hits California
Verizon, January 9, 2023

Northrop Grumman Awarded 2023 Robert H. Goddard Memorial Trophy for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope
Northrop Grumman, January 9, 2023

Del Monte Foods and Alliance for a Healthier Generation Support Americans in Leading Healthier and More Nourishing Lives in the New Year
PR Newswire, January 3, 2023

Trade Policy

From the White House

Statement by White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on the Visit of Prime Minister Kishida of Japan
January 3, 2023

President Biden Announces Key Nominees (Including Ambassadors to Oman, Colombia, Ethiopia, APEC, Jordan, Peru, and the UN)
January 3, 2023

From the U.S. Department of Commerce

Readout of Secretary Raimondo’s Meeting with Japan’s Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Yasutoshi Nishimura
January 5, 2023

From the U.S. Trade Representative

United States and Japan Launch Task Force to Promote Human Rights and International Labor Standards in Supply Chains
January 6, 2023

United States and Taiwan to Hold Negotiating Round for the U.S.-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century Trade
January 4, 2023

From the U.S. Department of State

2023 U.S.-Japan Security Consultative Committee
January 10, 2023

Interagency Delegation to the United Arab Emirates
January 7, 2023

From the Bureau of Economic Analysis

From the World Trade Organization

Taiwan Wants to Join WTO Talks on China’s Protest Against US Chip Sanctions
Bloomberg, January 5, 2023

Trade Agreements

Brexit Costs, Delays Still Weigh on UK Companies Trying to Trade
Bloomberg, January 10, 2023

Malaysia, Indonesia Eye Expansion of Trade
Xinhua, January 9, 2023

EU Agrees to Use UK Trade Database as Brexit Talks Progress
Bloomberg, January 9, 2023

India-US Trade Policy Forum Meet on January 11
The Economic Times, January 8, 2023

Ecuador Expects to Ink a Wide Ranging Free Trade Agreement with China
MercoPress, January 7, 2023

US Agrees to Revise “Free Trade” Treaty with Colombia: Officials
Colombia Reports, January 7, 2023

Mexico Resists EU Pressure to Approve Trade Deal After Legal Changes
Financial Times, January 7, 2023

Consulting Canadians on Possible Free Trade Agreement Negotiations with Ecuador
Government of Canada, January 6, 2023

Sri Lanka to Restart Trade Deal Talks with India, China and Thailand – official
Reuters, January 5, 2023

US, Taiwan to Resume In-Person Trade Talks Next Week in Taipei
South China Morning Post, January 5, 2023

Federal

Moving Toward a More Prosperous U.S.-Japan Relationship
U.S. Chamber, January 9, 2023

US Needs Japan, Netherlands and Korea on Chips Deal, Envoy Says
Bloomberg, January 8, 2023

All Sides in Pacific Ports Fight Are Talking: Walsh
Bloomberg, January 6, 2023

Warehouse Leasing Tumbled at the End of 2022
The Wall Street Journal, January 5, 2023

As COVID Surges in China, US Begins Testing More Travelers
The Associated Press, January 5, 2023

Biden Renominates Garcetti to Be U.S. Ambassador to India
Los Angeles Times, January 3, 2023

Key Dates on the 2023 Trade Calendar as U.S. Hosts APEC
Politico, January 4, 2023

California

Gavin Newsom Unveils a $297 Billion California Budget with a Deficit After Years of Surplus
The Sacramento Bee, January 10, 2023

Some Supply Chain Managers are Wary of Shifting Trade Back to West Coast Ports
CNBC, January 3, 2023

More International Articles

China’s Belt and Road Plan Is Down, Not Out
The Wall Street Journal, January 9, 2023

China Reopens to the World as International Travel Restrictions End
The Wall Street Journal, January 8, 2023

Japan and U.S. Launch Task Force on Rights and Labor Standards in Supply Chains
The Japan Times, January 7, 2023

Canada Slips into Surprise Trade Deficit in Ominous Sign that Demand is Weakening
Financial Post, January 5, 2023

Prime Minister of Japan Kishida Fumio to Visit Canada
Yahoo, January 5, 2023

Japan Wants G-7 to Team Up Against ‘Economic Coercion’ by China
Bloomberg, January 5, 2023

Germany’s Supply-Chain Ethics Law Starts, With Fines for Violation
Bloomberg, January 5, 2023

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