Tuesday, January 8, 2019

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CalChamber Companies in the News

Lockheed Martin Skunk Works® Announces Job Growth
With Continued Investment In Southern California To Bring
New High-Tech Innovation To The State
Lockheed Martin, January 3, 2019

28 CalChamber Member Companies Recognized as Best Places
to Work in 2019
CalChamber, December 19, 2018

Supervisors OK 19,000-Home Development at Tejon Ranch
Los Angeles Times, December 11, 2018

Trade Policy

From the White House

Presidential Proclamation to Take Certain Actions Under
the African Growth and Opportunity Act and for Other Purposes
December 21, 2018

President Donald J. Trump Is Improving American Agriculture Programs
December 20, 2018

President Trump Announces Presidential Delegation to Switzerland
to attend the World Economic Forum
December 18, 2018

From the U.S. Department of Commerce

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Concludes Successful 2018
December 21, 2018

From the U.S. Trade Representative

USTR Requests First-Ever Environment Consultations Under
the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA)
January 4, 2019

USTR Grants First Round of Product Exclusions
(Harmonized Tariff Schedule)
December 21, 2018

Treasury, USTR Sign Bilateral Agreement with the United Kingdom on Prudential Measures Regarding Insurance and Reinsurance
December 19, 2018

From the U.S. Department of State

China Travel Advisory – Level 2 Exercise Increased Caution
January 3, 2019

Secretary Pompeo Travels to Brazil and Colombia
to Strengthen Prosperity, Security, and Democracy
December 28, 2018

Trade Agreements

Asia Trade Pact RCEP Aims for Fall Signing, After India Elections
Nikkei Asian Review, January 7, 2019

Swiss-US Free Trade Deal on WEF Agenda
Swissinfo.ch, January 6, 2019

Brexit Won’t Prevent a U.S.-U.K Trade Pact
The Wall Street Journal, January 6, 2019

Free Trade for the Pacific Basin as CPTPP Enters Into Force
Global Trade Review, January 4, 2019

CPTPP Could Be A Strong Trading Partner for China
The Global Times, January 1, 2019

Revised U.S.-S. Korea Free Trade Deal Takes Effect
UPI, December 31, 2018

Continental Free Trade Area to Boost E-Commerce in Africa
UNCTAD, December 11, 2018

California

Jerry Brown Has $15 Million Surplus of His Own,
Here’s What He Plans to Do With It
The Sacramento Bee, December 18, 2018

More International Articles

World Bank President Resigns to Join Investment Firm
The Wall Street Journal, January 7, 2019

Britain Testing ‘No-Deal’ Scenario as Brexit Vote Nears
AP, January 7, 2019

U.K. Upends Economic Orthodoxy That Growth Needs More Power
Bloomberg, January 3, 2019

China Lunar Prob Sheds Light on the ‘Dark Side’ of the Moon
The Sacramento Bee, January 3, 2019

Britain and the American Option
The Wall Street Journal, January 2, 2019

EU’s High Trade Surplus With the U.S. Poses Risk to 2018 Tariff Truce
The Wall Street Journal, January 1, 2019

One of World Trade’s Top Prognosticators Is Worried About 2019
Bloomberg, December 20, 2018

APEC to Spearhead Free Trade, Multilateral Integration, Says Chile
XinhuaNet, December 13, 2018

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