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Trade Update - Tuesday, March 7, 2017
Featured Headlines
CalChamber Companies in the News
IBM and Salesforce Announce Landmark Global Strategic Partnership
IBM, March 6, 2017
Exxon to Invest $20 Billion on U.S. Gulf Coast Refining Projects
Reuters, March 6, 2017
AT&T Continues to Invest to Enhance and Expand Integrated Solutions for Businesses Worldwide
AT&T Newsroom, February 28, 2017
Trade Policy
From the Department of Commerce
Statement from Secretary Ross on International Trade
in Goods and Services in January 2017
March 7, 2017
Secretary Ross Announces $1.19 Billion Penalty for Chinese Company’s Export Violations to Iran and North Korea
March 7, 2017
From the U.S. Trade Representative
From the World Trade Organization
DG Azevêdo Welcomes EU Trade Ministers’ Strong Support
for Global Trading System
March 2, 2017
WTO Members Elect General Council,
Dispute Settlement Body Chairs for 2017
February 28, 201
From the House Ways and Means Committee
Brady, Reichert Statements on President Trump’s Trade Agenda
March 1, 2017
From the Senate Committee on Finance
Hatch Statement on President Trump’s Address to Congress
February 28, 2017
From the U.S. Department of State
2017 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report
March 2, 2017
Trade Agreements
(New Zealand) Government Hopeful of Free-Trade Deal
with Gulf States this Year – McCully
Stuff, March 7, 2017
Ottawa Takes Another Step Toward Free Trade Agreement
with China
Global News, March 5, 2017
S. Korea, MERCOSUR to Launch Trade Talks in First Half
Yonhap News Agency, March 3, 2017
USTR Accuses Korea-US FTA of Enlarging Trade Deficit,
Calls for Major Review
The Korea Herald, March 2, 2017
Envoy Pushes for EU-PH Free Trade Agreement
Inquirer.net, March 2, 2017
Don’t End NAFTA. Fix it.
Politico, March 2, 2017
China-Japan-Korea Free Trade Agreement:
A Road to Asian Economic Integration
International Affairs Review, March 1, 2017
India to Speed Up FTA with Eurasian Economic Union
The Hindu Business Line, February 28, 2017
Federal
US Trade Deficit Jumps to 5-Year High of $48.5 Billion
The Sacramento Bee, March 7, 2017
Clayton Yeutter, Chief US Trade Negotiator
and Agriculture Secretary, Dies at 86
Albuquerque Journal, March 6, 2017
Why the White House Worries About Trade Deficits
by Peter Navarro
The Wall Street Journal, March 5, 2017
Trump Administration to Propose ‘Dramatic Reductions’
in Foreign Aid
Reuters, March 4, 2017
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to CNBC:
We’ll Be ‘Aggressive’ on Trade and Fix Bad Deals
CNBC, March 3, 2017
U.S. Not Bound by WTO Decisions, Trump Warns in Trade Agenda
American Journal of Transportation, March 1, 2017
Huntsman ‘In the Mix’ to be U.S. Ambassador to Russia
The Salt Lake Tribune, March 1, 2017
Trump Said to Pick Donor Kelly Craft for Canada Ambassador
Bloomberg, March 1, 2017
Manufacturing in U.S. Expands at Fastest Pace Since August 2014
Bloomberg, March 1, 2017
How the WTO Undermines U.S. Trade Remedy Enforcement
Stewart Law, February 2017
Trump’s Push for American-Made Could Disrupt NAFTA Supply Chains and Raise Consumer Prices
Los Angeles Times, February 28, 2017
California
Slowdown in H-1B Could Mean Trouble for Silicon Valley
East Bay Times, March 6, 2017
How New Southern California Air Cleanup Plan
Could Affect Warehouses, Ports
Daily News, March 3, 2017
Would 17 Million Tourists Skip California?
The Orange County Register, March 2, 2017
Why Expert Sees Potential Trouble in Trump’s Impact on Inland Empire Economy
Daily Bulletin, March 1, 2017
More International Articles
South Korea Says to ‘Actively’ Consider Filing WTO Complaint Against China
Reuters, March 7, 2017
NAFTA Fight Would Only Hurt Investment, Canada Warns
Bloomberg, March 6, 2017
CBI Chief Drechsler Warns of Pandora’s Box of Brexit
Without Trade Deal
Forbes, March 3, 2017
With Isolationism on the Rise, Gulf Reinforces its Global Outlook
Arab News, March 3, 2017
Latin America Turns to China for Economic Stability,
Opportunities
Xinhuanet, March 2, 2017
EU Threatens to Introduce Visas for US Travelers
BBC, March 2, 2017
For China’s Factories, a Weaker Currency
is a Double-Edged Sword
The New York Times, March 1, 2017
Weaker Euro Helps Propel Euro Zone Factory Growth
to Six-Year High
Reuters, March 1, 2017
South Korea’s February Exports Post Best Growth in 5 Years
as Global Demand Improves
The Straits Times, March 1, 2017
China February Factory Growth Beats Expectations
as Global Demand Improves
Reuters, March 1, 2017
Despite TPP Setback, Trump Government Unlikely
to Abandon Asia: PM Lee
Today Online, March 1, 2017
Mexico Welcomes Record-Breaking 35 Million International Tourists in 2016
MarketWatch, February 28, 2017
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