On Thursday, November 30, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo and Indian Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal convened a virtual U.S.-India CEO Forum (Forum) meeting as a follow-up to the March 2023 Forum meeting in New Delhi, India. During the meeting, U.S. and Indian CEOs provided both governments with updates on the status of their recommendations on how to advance U.S.-India...

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo will participate in a fireside chat at the annual Reagan National Defense Forum (RNDF) at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, on December 2, 2023. The conversation will focus on how the Commerce Department is currently at the nexus of America’s economic and technological competitiveness and national security. For more...

Today, Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo participated in a meeting of the President’s Export Council (PEC) convened by Chair Mark Ein and Vice Chair Rosalind Brewer to discuss their recommendations to the President on ways to grow exports and position the United States as a global leader in the climate and clean tech, agriculture, and manufacturing sectors. Joined by other senior Biden-Harris...

Thank you, Mark and Roz. Welcome to the second meeting of the President’s Export Council under the Biden Administration. I’m honored we’re joined by so many colleagues. Since our last meeting, we’ve acted on many of your recommendations, which are informing our policies to expand exports and ensure all U.S. companies can compete and succeed in international markets. First, I am pleased to announce...

Hi, everyone. It’s an honor to join you today. I want to recognize Deputy Secretary Graves for the tremendous work he and his team have done to bring this event together and to develop Commerce’s Business Diversity Principles Initiative. At Commerce, our number one goal is to improve America’s competitiveness so our workers and companies can succeed in the global economy. We’re placing equity at...

Good afternoon, everyone. I’m excited to welcome you to the Department’s Third Annual Interagency Convening on Equitable Economic Growth. Today, this Equity Convening gathers us all here to engage in critical conversations about equitable economic development. I would like to especially thank Representatives Al Green and Emanuel Cleaver for joining us today, as well as Mayor Ed Gainey of...

Today, Deputy Secretary of Commerce Don Graves participated in the inaugural meeting of the White House Council on Supply Chain Resilience. At the event, he highlighted the vital work of Commerce’s Supply Chain Center along with several other key steps the Department is taking to lower costs for American families, strengthen U.S. economic competitiveness, protect U.S. national security, and create...

Download the Business Diversity Principles Fact Sheet (PDF) The Department of Commerce is developing the Business Diversity Principles (BDP) Initiative as part of its 2022-2026 Strategic Plan goal of promoting inclusive capitalism and equitable economic growth for all Americans. The BDP Initiative aims to foster a more equitable economic landscape by encouraging businesses to learn from each other...

At the Dubai Air Show this week, Boeing announced several deals including contracts with Egypt, Ethiopia, which was the largest-ever purchase of Boeing airplanes in African history, and Jordan. These deals included the sale of 38 Boeing 737 Max aircraft and 17 Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft, with options for more, amounting to approximately $21.2 billion of U.S. export content . After the...

Following President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.’s summit on Wednesday with President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in Woodside, California, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo met yesterday with Minister of Commerce of the PRC Wang Wentao to discuss the U.S.-China bilateral commercial relationship and to follow up on developments since the Secretary’s trip in August. During the...