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Tuesday, July 21, 2015
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CalChamber Companies in the News
At 20, Amazon Continues to Defy Predictions
July 15, 2015
First look at the vast new Shanghai Disneyland
CNN, July 15, 2015
Trade Policy
Santorum: Reauthorize Ex-Im Bank
The Hill, July 16, 2015
From the World Trade Organization
Germany donates EUR 1 million to help developing countries participate in Doha Round
July 20, 2015
Liberia, EU Sign Deal on Ascension
Belarusian News, July 20, 2015
The Battle against GMOs in the Philippines: Confronting
the WTO’s Attempts to Destabilize Sustainable Agriculture
Global Research, July 18, 2015
WTO members move close to deal on ITA expansion
July 18, 2015
The WTO Secretariat convenes a five-day Workshop on Trade
and Public Health
July 17, 2015
WTO opens NGO accreditation for Nairobi Ministerial Conference
July 15, 2015
From the White House
Follow Dr. Biden’s Trip to Asia on Instagram
July 16, 2015
From the U.S. Department of Commerce
Update to Important Commerce Data Tool Helps Businesses Improve their Export Services and Stay Compliant
July 20, 2015
U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker
to Attend Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Kenya
July 20, 2015
Joint Statement by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker
and Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk on First-Ever U.S.-Ukraine Business Forum
July 16, 2015
International Visitors Spent More than $18 Billion in May 2015
July 15, 2015
From the U.S. Trade Representative
U.S Led Effort Reaches ‘Major Breakthrough’
to Expand Information Technology Agreement
July 19, 2015
U.S. Trade Representative Froman Announces FY 2016 WTO Tariff-Rate Quota Allocations for Raw Cane Sugar,
Refined and Specialty Sugar and Sugar-Containing Products
July 14, 2015
Trade Agreements
Deal reached on cuts to global IT tariffs Financial
Times, July 19, 2015
Deal Could Cut Tariffs on $1 Trillion in Tech Trade
Bloomberg, July 18, 2015
Clamor for economic Charter change grows
July 18, 2015
EU TTIP chief negotiator: ISDS proposal being finalized
July 17, 2015
Thailand to apply for free trade zone with EEU by 2016
RT, July 15, 2015
TPP: The $27 Trillion Trade Agreement
The Market Mogul, July 2015
California
Sacramento’s new Mexican consul to help drought-stricken farmworkers
The Sacramento Bee, July 20, 2015
UPDATED: Governor Brown to Speak at Vatican Symposium
on Climate Change and Modern Slavery this Week
Governor's Press Office, July 20, 2015
California Governor Calls for Zero-Emissions Plan
for Freight Industry
The Wall Street Journal, July 17, 2015
California Museum hires new director, looks to raise profile
The Sacramento Bee, July 17, 2015
Governor Appointments to Office of Public Sector
Non-Governmental Organization Coordination at CalOES
Governor's Press Office, July 16, 2015
Where Are the Most U.S. Manufacturing Workers? Los Angeles
The Wall Street Journal, July 15, 2015
Importers move their business from West to East Coast ports
American Journal of Transportation, July 15, 2015
Long Beach port president confident diversions won't last
Journal of Commerce, July 15, 2015
More International Articles
Greece Said to Order Creditor Payments as Banks Reopen
Bloomberg, July 20, 2015
Vietnam’s government gives go-ahead for $2.5 billion port project
AJOT, July 19, 2015
Costa Rica ban on Mexican avocados goes
to World Trade Organization
The Tico Times, July 17, 2015
Survey Shows Eurozone Inflation Below Target for Some Time
to Come
The Wall Street Journal, July 17, 2015
Did the U.N. financing for development conference deliver?
Reuters, July 17, 2015
EU Agrees to 7.2 Billion-Euro Loan to Keep Greece Afloat
Bloomberg, July 17, 2015
U.S. jobless claims, housing data point to firming economy
Reuters, July 16, 2015
Softer euro zone inflation confirmed in June as energy dips
Reuters, July 16, 2015
Short-Term Fixes May Impede China’s Long-Term Goals
The Wall Street Journal, July 15, 2015
China’s Growth Beats Economists’ Forecast as Stimulus Kicks In
Bloomberg, July 14, 2015
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