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Tuesday, January 9, 2018
Featured Headlines
CalChamber Companies in the News
Boeing, Turkish Airlines Announce Order for Three 777 Freighters
American Journal of Transportation, January 9, 2018
FedEx Readies for Surge in E-Commerce with New Hub
in Shanghai
American Journal of Transportation, January 8, 2018
United Names Janet Lamkin Regional President for California
BizWomen, November 10 2017
Trade Policy
From the White House
Remarks by President Trump to the American Farm Bureau Annual Convention. Video here.
January 8, 2018
Vice President Mike Pence to Travel to Egypt, Jordan, and Israel
January 8, 2018
President Donald J. Trump Announces Key Additions to his Administration (including Ambassadors to Chile and Barbados)
January 4, 2018
From the U.S. Department of Commerce
Digital Trade in North America
Office of the Chief Economist, January 5, 2018
From the U.S. Trade Representative
USTR Robert Lighthizer Statement on the Rural Prosperity Task Force Report
January 8, 2018
Statement on the Conclusion of Meeting on the U.S.-Korea (KORUS) FTA
January 5, 2018
From the World Trade Organization
Peter Sutherland, First WTO Director-General,
Passes Away in Dublin
January 7, 2018
What’s Next for Agriculture in the WTO?
USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, January 5, 2018
From the International Trade Administration
Incorporating FDI in Economic Development:
How the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) Helps
January 5, 2018
From the House Ways and Means Committee
Brady Statement on Chairman Royce’s Retirement Announcement
January 9, 2018
Trade Agreements
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NAFTA
Despite Trump Threats, Vehicle Imports
From Mexico Hit an All-Time High
CNBC, January 8, 2018
Trump Loves Farmers But Keeps
Them Guessing on NAFTA Strategy
Politico, January 8, 2018
Mexico’s Trumpian Populist Could
Mean Trouble for Donald Trump
Politico, January 7, 2018
Farmers Seek Signs That Trump
Has Eased Opposition to NAFTA
Fox, January 7, 2018
Canada Sends Ministers to U.S.
to Boost NAFTA as Key Talks Loom
Reuters, January 4, 2018
U.S.-NAFTA Freight Up Year-Over-Year
for 12th Straight Month
The Trucker, January 4, 2018
Mexico Looks South for Grain if NAFTA Talks Fail
AgWeb, January 3, 2018
Mexico Preparing Sea Transport to Receive Grain
AgWeb, January 2, 2018
Top Risks 2018: Mexico and NAFTA (pg. 9)
Eurasia Group, January 2 2018
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Auto Becomes Top Priority in KORUS FTA Talks
Yonhap News, January 6, 2018
Tariffs to Be Slashed as China-Chile Free Trade Agreement Kicks In
China.org, January 5, 2018
S. Korea Negotiator Vows to Put National Interest First
in U.S. Trade Talks
Yonhap News, January 5, 2018
UK Looks to Join Pacific Trade Group After Brexit
Financial Times, January 2, 2018
Federal
White House Preparing for Trade Crackdown
Politico, January 7, 2018
The Export-Import Banks Costs Nothing and Boosts Jobs
Houston Chronicle, January 6, 2018
U.S. Trade Deficit Rises to Near Six-Year High on Record Imports
Reuters, January 5, 2018
What Does 2018 Hold for Global Supply Chains?
American Journal of Transportation, January 4, 2018
Trump Steps Up Efforts to Check China Influence in Latin America
Bloomberg, January 4, 2018
2018 Administration Priority: Overhauling U.S. Trade Policy
NPR, January 3, 2018
Will 2018 Be the Year of Protectionism? Trump Alone Will Decide
The New York Times, January 3, 2018
Foreign Firms Rush Washers, Solar Panels Into U.S. Amid Trade Fears
The Wall Street Journal, January 3, 2018
Travel Industry to Launch Coalition in Response to Drop
in International Visits to U.S.
Los Angeles Times, January 2, 2018
AFTI Calls on Congressional Trade Leaders to Reauthorize
the Generalized System of Preferences Without Delay
Alliance for Fair Trade with India, January 2, 2018
The Trump Effect: Business, Anticipating Less Regulation,
Loosens Purse Strings
The New York Times, January 1, 2018
California
Tech Sector at Risk Without Trade Deals
The Sacramento Bee, January 8, 2018
Canada’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change
to Promote Climate Action, Canadian Clean Technology,
and Trade in San Francisco
Government of Canada, January 4, 2018
Jerry Brown’s Last Budget – Again
Fox and Hounds, January 3, 2018
Plan Finally Moving to Overhaul H-1B Visa Program
The San Jose Mercury News, January 2, 2018
More International Articles
UK Said to Be Seriously Preparing for a Brexit ‘No Deal’
CNBC, January 8, 2018
China Sets Up 30 Billion Yuan Fund
to Boost Services Trade Industry
Reuters, January 7, 2018
Developing Countries Should Continue Trade-Easing Reforms
in Wake of WTO Deal
UNCTAD, January 5, 2018
U.S. Urges U.K. to Cut EU Rules After Brexit to Boost Trade
Bloomberg, January 5, 2018
Eurozone Economy Ends 2017 on ‘Stellar’ Note
The Associated Press, January 4, 2018
As China Greens its Economy, These People, Businesses,
and Nations Will Feel the Pinch
Quartz, January 4, 2018
China Softens Tone in Drive for Asia Influence
Financial Times, January 3, 2018
New EU Rules Aim to Protect Investors, Strengthen Markets
The Associated Press, January 3, 2018
Mexicans in U.S. Send Cash Home in Record Numbers
CNN, January 3, 2018
Britain’s Open to Foreign Investment,
Trade Minister Fox Tells China
CNBC, January 3, 2018
China-U.S. Trade Tension Needs Control
XinhuaNet, January 3, 2018
China Set to Top Japan as World’s Biggest Natural Gas Importer
Reuters, January 2, 2018
Brazil Closes Out 2017 with Record Trade Surplus
Voice of America, January 2, 2018
Wall Street Looks to Latin America for 2018’s Best Carry Trades
Bloomberg, January 2, 2018
Making China Great Again
The New Yorker, January 8, 2018
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