International

Canadian Consul General visits CalChamber

Post-pandemic return-to-work policies, energy resources, climate change and trade issues were among the topics of discussion when a team from the Canadian Consulate General...

Biden Worker-Centered Trade Policy Aims to Strengthen Labor Rights Worldwide

Workers and labor standards around the world are a central element of the Biden administration’s trade policy. The 2022 Trade Policy Agenda and 2021 Annual...

Report Notes Harm to U.S. Business, Workers from Counterfeiting, Piracy

Commercial-scale copyright piracy and trademark counterfeiting are harming businesses and workers, according to a report released recently by the Office of the U.S. Trade...

Stakeholders Say Real-Time Data Needed to Solve Supply Chain Inefficiencies

The need for timely accurate data to increase efficiency within the supply chain was a recurring theme in stakeholder comments during the February meetings...

Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: Full Impact on Economy, Markets, State Uncertain

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will have an impact on the world economy that is still not fully recovered from the pandemic. However, it is...

Trade Representative Releases Report on China’s WTO Compliance

Fifty years after President Richard Nixon made his historic visit to China, 20 years after China joined the World Trade Organization (WTO), and following...

California Keeps Top Trading State Status

Trade statistics released this month by the U.S. Department of Commerce show that California remained a top trading state in 2021. California exported $175.12 billion...

Californians Among Ambassador Nominees Moving Forward in U.S. Senate This Year

After a year in office, the Biden administration has finally received U.S. Senate confirmations for many of the persons it nominated over the past...

Stakeholders Look to Data Harmonization to Solve Global Supply Chain Issues

The need to standardize data to solve global supply chain issues has been a consistent theme at meetings to date of a maritime data...

Partnership Working to Improve Conditions, Promote Economy in Central America

Promoting economic opportunity in northern Central America to address the root causes of migration is the focus of the Partnership for Central America (PCA),...