Tuesday, January 22, 2019
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Davos
Davos 2019 Is All About ‘Globalization 4.0.’
So What is That?
AJoT, January 22, 2019
Jair Bolsonaro says Brazil is open for business
CNN, January 22, 2019
Pompeo Sends Davos a Trump-Style
Message from Shutdown in DC
Bloomberg, January 22, 2019
The World Economic Forum in Davos Opens with U.S.-China Contest as ‘The Key Problem of Our Time’
CNBC, January 21, 2019
IMF, CEOs Warn of Slowing World
Economy on Eve of Davos Summit
Bloomberg, January 21, 2019
World Economic Forum Annual Meeting:
List of Public Figures Attending
WEForum, January 15, 2019
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CalChamber Companies in the News
Schwab Charitable Reports Record Grants in 2018
Charles Schwab, January 22, 2019
PepsiCo And The Global FoodBanking Network Partnership Delivers More Than 85 Million Servings Of Fresh Food To Communities In Need In 2018
PepsiCo, January 18, 2019
Trade Policy
From the White House
The Historic Results of President Donald J. Trump’s First Two Years in Office
January 20, 2019
Nominations Sent to the Senate
January 16, 2019
From the House Ways and Means Committee
Neal Responds to Possibility of Trump Administration Easing China Tariffs
January 18, 2019
From the World Trade Organization
General Council Chair Appoints Facilitator to Address Disagreement on Appellate Body
January 18, 2019
DDG Wolff Urges Members to Increase Engagement, Flexibility in Farm Trade Talks
January 18, 2019
U.S. Criticizes WTO Policy That Gives China Preferred Treatment
Bloomberg, January 16, 2019
Trade Agreements
UK Pledges Trade Continuity with NZ After Brexit
Radio NZ, January 22, 2019
Australian Trade Minister Pours Cold Water on Britain’s Post-Brexit TPP Plan
The Sydney Morning Herald, January 22, 2019
Ukraine and Israel Sign Massive Free Trade Agreement
The Jerusalem Post, January 21, 2019
TPP-11 Opens Doors to New Members
Nikkei Asian Review, January 19, 2019
U.S. Government Shutdown Delays Start of Trade Talks with Japan
The Asahi Shimbun, January 19, 2019
EU Outlines Trade Goal With U.S. in Bid to Bolster Truce
Bloomberg, January 18, 2019
Japan Increases Investment in Israel, In Midst of Negotiating Free-Trade Agreement
Jewish News Syndicate, January 17, 2019
Turkish Business Group Urges Free Trade Deal with US
YeniSafak, January 17, 2019
Brexit Vote Ups Pressure on U.K., Canada to Strike Bilateral Trade Deal
Financial Post, January 16, 2019
How Vietnam Will Ship Tariff-Free This Year to Countries Covering 45% of World GDP
VOA, January 16, 2019
Federal
U.S. Is Winning Globalization’s Next Wave Without the Trade Wars
Bloomberg, January 16, 2019
White House Considering Former PepsiCo CEO, Treasury Official to Lead World Bank
Reuters, January 16, 2019
U.S. Import Prices Fall; Year-on-Year Drop Largest Since 2016
Reuters, January 16, 2019
California
Port of Oakland Plans for Mega-Ships
AJoT, January 17, 2019
More International Articles
China
The Trade Deal China Wants Isn't
Just Bad, It May Be Illegal
Bloomberg, January 21, 2019
Pessimism Looms Over Prospect
of a Sweeping China Trade Deal
The New York Times, January 21, 2019
China’s Economy By the Numbers,
Is Worse Than it Looks
The New York Times, January 20, 2019
China Slump Squeezes Workers,
Hammers Consumer Spending
AP, January 18, 2019
China Offers a Path to Eliminate
U.S. Trade Imbalance, Sources Say
Bloomberg, January 18, 2019
U.S. Debates Lifting China Tariffs
to Hasten Trade Deal, Calm Markets
The Wall Street Journal, January 17, 2019
The U.S. and China Are Hatching
a Plan to Reopen Chicken Trade
The Wall Street Journal, January 17, 2019
When It Comes to Soy, China Is Getting
More Out of the Trade Truce
Bloomberg, January 17, 2019
China Says Economy Czar to
Visit Washington for Trade Talks
AP, January 17, 2019
Trump’s Trade War Tariffs Send Firms to
Hong Kong for a Little-Known Legal Loophole
South China Morning Post, January 16, 2019
USTR Pledges Exclusions From
Higher China Tariffs If Talks Fail
Bloomberg, January 15, 2019
U.S. Trade Chief Saw No Progress
on Key Issues in China Talks
Reuters, January 15, 2019
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Smaller EU States Block Pre-Brexit Reform of Finance Supervisors
Reuters, January 22, 2019
Vietnam’s Leader Pledges a U.S. Buying Spree to Help Placate Trump
Bloomberg, January 17, 2019
Airport, Customs, Trade: Europe Preps for a Chaotic Brexit
AP, January 17, 2019
Germany Pushes China to Open its Financial Sector
Reuters, January 17, 2019
Trade War Tops Global Risks for Business Leaders
The Wall Street Journal, January 16, 2019
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