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Tuesday, April 3, 2018
Featured Headlines
CalChamber Companies in the News
The UPS Store and Inc. Magazine Salute Small Businesses
with a National Pitch Off Contest
UPS, April 3, 2018
McKesson Announces New Initiatives, Launches Foundation
to Help Fight Nation’s Opioid Epidemic
McKesson, March 29, 2018
Cisco Systems Gives $50M to Combat California Homelessness
NBC Bay Area, March 27, 2018
Trade Policy
From the White House
Statement from the Press Secretary on President Donald J. Trump’s Upcoming Meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan
April 2, 2018
President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate and Appoint Personnel to Key Administration Posts
(Including Ambassadors to the UAE and Kenya)
March 28, 2018
President Donald J. Trump is Fulfilling His Promise on The U.S. – Korea Free Trade Agreement and on National Security
March 28, 2018
From the U.S. Trade Representative
President Trump Determines Trade Preference Program Eligibility
For Rwanda, Tanzania, And Uganda
March 29, 2018
Joint Statement by the United States Trade Representative
Robert E. Lighthizer and
Republic of Korea Minister for Trade Hyun Chong Kim
March 28, 2018
Section 301 Report into China’s Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Technology Transfer, Intellectual Property, and Innovation
March 27, 2018
From the U.S. Department of State
Briefing on The Indo-Pacific Strategy
April 2, 2018
Summit of the Americas: Background on U.S. Government Priorities
March 28, 2018
From the World Trade Organization
Azevêdo: Strength and Flexibility Are Essential
For an Effective Trading System
April 3, 2018
The European Union Launches Safeguard Investigation
on Certain Steel Products
March 27, 2018
WTO Chief Sees No Sign of U.S. Walking Away from WTO
Reuters, March 27, 2018
Trade Agreements
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NAFTA
Donald Trump Calls for Military
to Guard Southern Border
The Wall Street Journal, April 3, 2018
Trump Reportedly Wants a NAFTA
Overhaul Deal Within Two Weeks
CNBC, April 2, 2018
NAFTA or Not, Quebec is Putting
Millions Into Manufacturing
AJoT, March 29, 2018
New Visa Worker Program in
NAFTA 2.0 Says Mexican Foreign Minister
Breitbart, March 29, 2018
Canada Cites Big ‘Gaps’ to Quick
NAFTA Deal in Face of ‘Hopeful’ U.S. Trade Rep
Canadian Business, March 28, 2018
Goal of Latest NAFTA Pitch From
U.S.: Credit Countries for Higher Auto Wages
CBC, March 27, 2018
NAFTA is Bigger Risk to Mexican
Peso Than Election
Bloomberg, March 27, 2018
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Trans Pacific Partnership Without the U.S.: Populism Wins
Business World, March 31, 2018
Japan May Be Forced Into Bilateral Trade Deal with U.S.
Reuters, March 30, 2018
USTR Sees FTA with PH First Step in As-Pac Strategy
Manila Bulletin, March 29, 2018
Ukraine and Israel Complete Free Trade Agreement Talks
Kyiv Post, March 29, 2018
Africa’s Big New Free Trade Agreement, Explained
The Washington Post, March 29, 2018
Thailand Wants to Join CPTPP Trade Pact This Year: Deputy PM
Reuters, March 29, 2018
Federal
Trade War and Peace: Policies Should Unite Allies, Make Lasting Reforms
The Hill, April 2, 2018
Trump’s Tariffs Are Hurting American Factories After Prices Skyrocket
Bloomberg, April 2, 2018
Under Trump, a Strong Economy But Murky Policy Outlook
The Wall Street Journal, April 1, 2018
Data Show Trump Has Actually Been Less Active
Than Obama on Trade Restrictions
Quartz, March 28, 2018
U.S. Net Energy Imports in 2017 Fall to Their Lowest Levels Since 1982
American Journal of Transportation, March 28, 2018
Trade Deals Take Years. Trump Wants to Remake Them in Months.
The New York Times, March 28, 2018
Treasury to Use National Security Laws to Shield U.S. Tech
From China
The Wall Street Journal, March 28, 2018
Trump is Winning the Trade War – For Now
Politico, March 27, 2018
California
Here’s How Donald Trump’s Steel Tariff Could Whack
Southern California’s Economy
Los Angeles Daily News, April 2, 2018
Valley Fruit, Nut Farmers Fear Fallout From Chinese
Tariffs on Agriculture Products
The Fresno Bee, April 2, 2018
As China Puts the Breaks on Overseas Investment,
Los Angeles’ Development Boom Takes a Hit
Los Angeles Times, April 1, 2018
How Cape Town Found Water Savings California Never Dreamed Of
Los Angeles Times, April 1, 2018
Port of Oakland Forecasts Steady Growth as Partners Invest
American Journal of Transportation, March 30, 2018
Industry Ferment: US Wine Industry Crushed Over Tariffs
BBC News, March 29, 2018
More International Articles
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China
Restart the TPP With China in Exchange
for “U.S. Belt, U.S. Road”
Forbes, April 3, 2018
The U.S. Wrote the Rules for Global Trade.
Now China is Using Them Against Trump.
The Washington Post, April 2, 2018
US-China Trade War is a ‘Very Low Probability,’
Says Top Market Strategist
CNBC, April 2, 2018
Was Letting China into the WTO a Mistake?
Foreign Affairs, April 2, 2018
US-China Trade War Would Affect One in
Five Hong Kong Jobs, Finance Secretary Says
South China Morning Post, April 1, 2018
US Bid to Foil Chinese Tech Sector’s
Rise Bound to Fail
China Daily, March 30, 2018
The Weapons of a Modern-Day Trade War
Bloomberg, March 29, 2018
China’s Cutting Taxes for the
Industries Trump Wants to Punish
American Journal of Transportation, March 29, 2018
US Ambassador to China: Beijing
Hasn’t Treated American Companies Fairly
CNBC, March 29, 2018
U.S. Envoy Says China Retaliation
on Soybeans Would Backfire
American Journal of Transportation, March 29, 2018
China Appeals to Washington to Give Up Tariff Plan
The Sacramento Bee, March 28, 2018
Local U.S. Officials Woo Chinese
Investment Despite Trump Threat
Bloomberg, March 27, 2018
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German Minister Confident of ‘Sensible’ US Trade Compromise
The Sacramento Bee, March 31, 2018
India Has Huge Stake in Trade Tensions Between the US and China
The Economic Times, March 31, 2018
EU Sours on Reviving Trade-Pact Push With U.S. Amid Tariffs Row
AJoT, March 30, 2018
The Asia-Pacific’s Response to Rising U.S. Protectionism
Council on Foreign Relations, March 27, 2018
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