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Tuesday, August 21, 2018
Featured Headlines
CalChamber Companies in the News
Walmex (Walmart Mexico) to Enter Newly Opened Mexican Retail Fuel Market
Reuters, August 16, 2018
Amazon to Open Colombia Service Center, Employ 600 Workers
Reuters, August 14, 2018
Trade Policy
From the White House
President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate, Designate, and Appoint Personnel to Key Administration Posts (Including Ambassadors)
August 16, 2018
From the U.S. Department of Commerce
Remarks by Secretary Wilbur L. Ross at the Business Roundtable and the Evening Reception on the Occasion of the Inauguration of Paraguay President-Elect Mario Abdo BenÃtez, Asuncion, Paraguay
August 15, 2018
From the U.S. Trade Representative
Public Hearings on Proposed Section 301 Tariff List
August 17, 2018
From the U.S. Department of State
U.S. Delegation Attends the 30th Pacific Islands Forum
August 20, 2018
From the International Trade Administration
Helping Small Business Owners Identify Their Vital Intellectual Property
August 20, 2018
From the World Trade Organization
Turkey Initiates WTO Dispute Complaint Against Additional US Duties on Steel, Aluminum
August 20, 2018
China Initiates Dispute Complaints Against US Solar Cell Duties, Renewable Energy Measures
August 16, 2018
WTO Members Review EU Request for Second Compliance Panel in Airbus Dispute
August 15, 2018
Trade Agreements
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NAFTA
How We’ll Assess a New NAFTA
US Chamber, August 20, 2018
U.S. Drops Agriculture Demand from
NAFTA Talks: Mexico Farm Lobby
Reuters, August 19, 2018
U.S. Energy Chief Applauds Mexico’s
Plan to End Fuel Imports
Reuters, August 16, 2018
Top U.S. Trade Official Hopes
for NAFTA ‘Breakthrough’ in Days
Reuters, August 16, 2018
Trump Administration Nearing Deal with Mexico
on Revised NAFTA – But Issues with Canada Remain
Los Angeles Times, August 16, 2018
There’s a Good Chance a NAFTA Deal Will Be
Reached This Month, Mexico Business Envoy Says
Financial Post, August 15, 2018
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China Hoping to Secure Free-Trade Agreement
with Canada Amid Rising Tensions with U.S.
Global News, August 20, 2018
Australia Expects Free Trade Deals this Year with Indonesia,
Hong Kong
The Japan News, August 18, 2018
Japan Asks Colombia to Join TPP
NHK, August 16, 2018
Japan and Peru Agree to Seek Early Implementation of TPP
Japan Times, August 15, 2018
Russia, Mexico Work on Package of Important Bilateral Deals
TASS, August 15, 2018
Federal
Trump Auto Tariff Timetable Likely to Slip Amid Europe, Nafta Talks
The Wall Street Journal, August 21, 2018
Trump is Preparing to Expand ‘Buy America’ Rules
to Include Government Infrastructure Projects
CNBC, August 15, 2018
‘No One Wins in a Trade War’ Ag Advocates Urge Trump to End Tariffs
The Fresno Bee, August 15, 2018
Traders of the Lost Ark: Rediscovering a Moral and Economic Case for Free Trade
Competitive Enterprise Institute, August 15, 2018
California
Why Donald Trump’s Trade War May Crush Central Valley Farmers
The San Diego Union-Tribune, August 16, 2018
Port of Oakland Exports Drop as Trade War Escalates
San Francisco Chronicle, August 15, 2018
More International Articles
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China
America’s Top Brands Sweat Next
Step in Trump’s China Trade War
AJoT, August 20, 2018
China Trade War: Where Are We Now?
Forbes, August 19, 2018
More Than Tariffs: China Sees Trade
War as a New US Containment Tactic
South China Morning Post, August 19, 2018
Stocks Jump on Signs China’s
Tired of Losing the Trade War
AJoT, August 16, 2018
Kudlow Says China Shouldn’t
Underestimate Trump on Trade
Bloomberg, August 15, 2018
China, U.S. to Hold Lower-Level
Trade Talks in Late August
Reuters, August 15, 2018
Five Sticking Points Keeping Xi
and Trump From a Trade Deal
Bloomberg, August 15, 2018
Soyabean Ship Saga Tests China’s Stance
on Tariffs
Financial Times, August 15, 2018
Garbage Companies are Refusing Your Recycling.
The Trade War with China Will Make it Worse
San Francisco Chronicle, August 14, 2018
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Australia Has a Lot to Lose in the US-China Trade War
CNN, August 21, 2018
Canadian Inflation Accelerates, Lifting Prospects of September Hike
Reuters, August 17, 2018
How Africa’s Historic Free Trade Agreement Will Change
the Continent
Brookings Institute, August 15, 2018
Russia Offers 2.5 Million Acres of Land to Chinese Farmers,
But Will it Ease Beijing’s Soybean Shortage
South China Morning Post, August 15, 2018
Turkey Doubles Tariffs on Some U.S. Imports; Lira Rallies
Reuters, August 14, 2018
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