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Tuesday, August 22, 2017
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NAFTA
First Round of NAFTA Negotiations Conclude
CalChamber, August 22, 2017
U.S. Lays Out Ambitious Schedule
for NAFTA Talks as Opening Round Concludes
Los Angeles Times, August 20, 2017
NAFTA 2.0 Press Conference
USTR Youtube, August 16, 2017
First Round of NAFTA Negotiations
Begins Today (Wednesday 8/16)
CalChamber, August 16, 2017
NAFTA: The Hard Work to Modernize
the Agreement Begins Now
Fox News, August 15, 2017
Mexico to Host Second Round
of NAFTA Talks in September
Reuters, August 2, 2017
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CalChamber Companies in the News
3M Applies Its Adhesive Know-How to Improve Wearable Medical Devices
3M, August 21, 2017
Cigna Earns “Certified” Status for Both Physician and Hospital Quality from National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)
Cigna, August 21, 2017
Best Lawyers in America 2018 Edition Honors More Than 200 Littler Lawyers
Littler, August 17, 2017
Trade Policy
From the White House
President Donald J. Trump Announces United States Strikes Deal to Export Pork to Argentina
August 17, 2017
Remarks by the Vice President on Advancing Prosperity
and Economic Growth in the Western Hemisphere
August 16, 2017
Remarks by Vice President Pence to the Argentine
and Latin American Business Community
August 15, 2017
Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Works
to Rebuild America’s Infrastructure
August 15, 2017
From the U.S. Trade Representative
USTR Lighthizer Statement on the Conclusion
of the Special Session of the US-Korea FTA Joint Committee
August 22, 2017
Trilateral Statement on the Conclusion of NAFTA Round One
August 20, 2017
USTR Announces Initiation of Section 301 Investigation of China
August 18, 2017
USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue and USTR Robert Lighthizer Announce Expanded Access for U.S. Rice Exports to Colombia
August 17, 2017
USTR Lighthizer, Japan Foreign Minister Kono Agree
to Accelerate Bilateral Trade Engagement
August 17, 2017
USTR Announces Special Session
of the U.S.-Korea FTA Joint Committee
August 17, 2017
Opening Statement of USTR Robert Lighthizer
at the First Round of NAFTA Renegotiations
August 16, 2017
Department of State
Remarks With Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland
Before Their Meeting
August 16, 2017
On-The-Record Roundtable Interview With USAID Administrator Mark Green
August 16, 2017
Updated Foreign Direct Investment Statistics
Foreign Direct Investment in the United States 2017
Organization for International Investment
FDI in the US: 2016
Select USA
Statistics on the Activities of US Affiliates of Foreign Multinational Enterprises Now Available for 205, Revised Data Available for 2014
BEA, August 16, 2017
New Foreign Direct Investment in the United States in 2016
BEA, August 2017
Trade Agreements
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More on NAFTA
Industry Pushes Cyber Issues in NAFTA
and Upcoming Korea Trade Talks
Washington Examiner, August 20, 2017
U.S. Did Not Detail Request
for Auto Rules of Origin at NAFTA Talks
Reuters, August 19, 2017
Veteran NAFTA Negotiators Likely
to Deflect Political Pressure
Reuters, August 19, 2017
‘Fundamentally Failed’: U.S. Vows Major
Overhaul as NAFTA Talks Formerly Begin
CBC, August 16, 2017
NAFTA Talks Open With Spat Over
How to Resolve Tariff Conflicts
The Wall Street Journal, August 16, 2017
Trudeau Weighs Mexico Visit During Nafta Talks
Bloomberg, August 15, 2017
Address by Foreign Affairs Minister
on the Modernization of NAFTA
Government of Canada, August 14, 2017
Energy & Geopolitics: Mexico and NAFTA
CSIS, August 14, 2017
What the US Wants from NAFTA Talks
The Wall Street Journal, August 13, 2017
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India, Canada Free Trade Agreement: After 2-Year Gap,
Both Nations Set to Talk; Here are the Key Challenges
Financial Express, August 21, 2017
Canada Pivots to China for a Possible Free-Trade Deal
as Rows with Trump Grow
South China Morning Post, August 19, 2017
Turkey Ratifies Free Trade Agreement with Singapore
Daily Sabah, August 17, 2017
New Zealand Lawmaker Says Good Chance of Pacific Trade Deal
The Sacramento Bee, August 16, 2017
Federal
Lighthizer’s Economics Deficit
The Wall Street Journal, August 21, 2017
New U.S. Ambassador Arrives in Japan
Japan Today, August 18, 2017
Kelly Craft Sworn in as U.S. Ambassador to Canada
CTV News, August 18, 2017
U.S. VP Pence Says U.S. Wants Increased Trade
with Latin America
Reuters, August 17, 2017
Pence Tours Panama Canal as He Wraps Up His Latin America Trip
Associated Press, August 17, 2017
South Korea Lifts Ban on U.S. Poultry, Egg Imports: USDA
Reuters, August 17, 2017
Funding for Freight Transportation Infrastructure Needed
to Keep U.S. Economy Moving
American Journal of Transportation, August 17, 2017
With No U.S.-Canada Deal, Lumber Talks to Run Parallel to NAFTA
Reuters, August 15, 2017
California
More International Articles
National’s ‘Boldest-Ever’ Trade Policy Just a Wishlist: Labour
New Zealand Herald, August 22, 2017
Crawford Falconer Takes Up Post as UK’s Top Trade Negotiator
BBC, August 21, 2017
Putin Names Hardliner Anatoly Antonov as Russia’s US Ambassador
The Guardian, August 21, 2017
Britain to Boost Trade with Panama, Colombia
XinhuaNet, August 21, 2017
China Expresses ‘Strong Dissatisfaction’ with U.S. Trade Probe
Bloomberg, August 21, 2017
Thailand Economy Grows at Fastest Pace in Over Four Years
American Journal of Transportation, August 20, 2017
UK to Publish Brexit Papers on Goods and Documents
Politico, August 20, 2017
Getting to the Core of Global Inflation
Reuters, August 18, 2017
China is Growing Its Share of Southeast Asia’s Infrastructure Pie
American Journal of Transportation, August 17, 2017
China Warns Washington Against ‘Trade War’
Associated Press, August 17, 2017
Cyberattack Cost Maersk as Much as $300 Million
and Disrupted Operations for 2 Weeks
Los Angeles Times, August 17, 2017
Brazil Farmers Run Out of Space as Bumper Crops Pile Up
Reuters, August 16, 2017
Japan’s Exports Rise in July, Underpin Strengthening Economy
Reuters, August 16, 2017
China Inc. is Still Going Global But the Trophy Days Are Over
American Journal of Trasnportation, August 15, 2017
U.K. Says Physical Irish Border ‘Completely Unacceptable’
Bloomberg, August 15, 2017
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