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CalChamber Companies in the News
UPS Capital acquires Parcel Pro
American Journal of Transportation, June 15, 2015
Disneyland Resort Generates $5.7 Billion in Economic Activity
a Year, Study Says
Los Angeles Times, June 11, 2015
Trade Policy
From TPA to TPP: A Trade Deal Explainer
Bloomberg Politics, June 14, 2015
U.S., state economies need trade pact
The Orange County Register, June 10, 2015
U.S. Shifts Stance on Drug Pricing in Pacific Trade Pact Talks,
Document Reveals
The New York Times, June 10, 2015
From the World Trade Organization
WTO sees “slight deceleration” in G20 trade restrictions but calls for continued vigilance
June 15, 2015
Chair welcomes new notifications under
the Trade Facilitation Agreement
June 11, 2015
Kazakhstan’s WTO accession package ready for adoption
by Working Party
June 10, 2015
From the White House
Weekly Address: Stand Up for American Workers and Pass TAA
June 13, 2015
Making Tomorrow’s Manufacturing Economy Today
June 12, 2015
Chart of the Week: What It Takes to Start a Business in America
June 11, 2015
From the U.S. Department of Commerce
Update: U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce Bruce Andrews
to Join Top Business Leaders for CEO Forum in Brazil
June 15, 2015
Statement by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker
on U.S. House Vote on Trade Promotion Authority
June 13, 2015
Statement by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker
on the Innovation Act
June 13, 2015
Export Success Series: Increasing Opportunities For U.S. Trade
In Nicaragua and Guatemala
June 12, 2015
Export Success Series: Export Sales to Mexico Opening Doors
to Latin America
June 11, 2012
From the U.S. Trade Representative
Statement by Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Michael Punke
at the WTO Trade Policy Review of Canada
June 15, 2015
Statement by U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman
on Trade Votes in the House of Representatives
June 12, 2015
MEMORANDUM: Small Businesses – President Obama’s Middle Class Economics Trade Agenda
June 11, 2015
Trade Agreements
House-Passed Trade Bills Would Lower Taxes
Committee on Ways and Means, June 16, 2015
A trade Update
June 12, 2015
MP labels China trade agreement criticism a 'scare campaign'
Bundaberg News Mail, June 15th, 2015
Federal
Congress Undermines U.S.'s Global Standing
Bloomberg View, June 15, 2015
Labor ponders how hard to punish Democrats who back trade measures
Los Angeles Times, June 14, 2015
After trade vote fails, Obama pleads with lawmakers
to reconsider
Reuters, June 13, 2015
Pelosi Knifes Obama
The Wall Street Journal, June 12, 2015
Obama quest for fast-track trade bill defeated for now in House
Reuters, June 12, 2015
California
Governor Brown, Top United Nations Official Call for Action
at every level on Climate Change
Office of the Governor, June 16, 2015
Chambers of Commerce
Sacramento Business Journal, June 12, 2015
California's next Gold Rush? Global trade
The Orange County Register, June 11, 2015
Legislative scuffle pulls $1B in cap-and-trade money out
of budget debate
Sacramento Business Journal, June 10, 2015
California bounces back as No. 7 economy in world
Los Angeles Daily News, June 10, 2015
More International Articles
Landry slams CFMEU lies on free trade agreement with China
The Morning Bulletin, June 16, 2015
Japan Set to Overtake China for Australia’s Biggest Trade Surplus
The Wall Street Journal, June 15, 2015
As SBA Chief, Maria Contreras-Sweet Strives to Lift Entrepreneurs
Los Angeles Times, June 14, 2015
Egypt's new Suez Canal to be completed for Aug. 6 ceremony
The Sacramento Bee, June 13, 2015
Mexico, EU aim for deeper trade ties with new accord
Reuters, June 12, 2015
Farmers need trade exports
The Sacramento Bee, June 11, 2015
Panama Canal expansion begins filling of new locks
American Journal of Transportation, June 11, 2015
Mega African trade bloc paves way for continental commerce
American Journal of Transportation, June 11, 2015
Cuba’s Web Entrepreneurs Search for U.S. Clients,
and Reliable Wi-Fi
The New York Times, June 10, 2015
Why 'fast track' bill on trade makes sense
Los Angeles Times, June 10, 2015
Hungary first European country to sign up
for China Silk Road plan
American Journal of Transportation, June 9, 2015
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