Today U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo, Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, and Ukrainian Minister of Infrastructure Oleksandr Kubrakov announced that they have signed a joint statement of intent to create a U.S.-Ukraine Infrastructure Task Force focused on Ukraine’s critical war-time needs and future post-conflict infrastructure reconstruction. This announcement reinforces the...

On Monday, Deputy Secretary of Commerce and Puerto Rico Economic Growth Coordinator Don Graves met virtually with a group of private sector leaders in Puerto Rico, including affiliates from the Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce, the Puerto Rico Manufacturers Association, and the Puerto Rico Retailers Association, to discuss economic relief following the devastation of Hurricane Fiona. Deputy...

The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) released a new Workforce Planning Guide for states and territories to use when planning high-speed Internet deployment projects. The high-speed Internet deployment and digital equity projects funded through the Biden-Harris Administration’s Internet for All initiative will create over 150,000 of good...

Today, Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo met with Mexican Finance Secretary Rogelio Ramirez de la O to follow up on discussions started during the recent U.S.-Mexico High Level Economic Dialogue meeting. The Secretaries discussed the shared goal of attracting more investment to the region and other endeavors to help foster regional prosperity and expand job creation in both the United States and...

Today, Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo met with EU Commission Executive Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis for a planning discussion ahead of the 3rd U.S.-EU Trade & Technology Council (TTC) Ministerial. They discussed work for the upcoming Ministerial related to semiconductor supply chains, export controls and other issues that will benefit stakeholders on both sides of the Atlantic.

Today, Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo thanked Singapore Senior Minister and Coordinating Minister for Social Policies Tharman Shanmugaratnam for Singapore’s cooperation on the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF), including providing ideas on how to deliver tangible benefits and achieve high-standard outcomes. Secretary Raimondo emphasized her desire to continue to work...

Thank you, Deputy Secretary Adeyemo, for bringing us together today. And thank you to all in the room who have joined the effort. When Russia launched its unconscionable war against the Ukrainian people, the Commerce Department had to rewrite the playbook of economic statecraft. The United States needed to degrade Russia’s military capability, and quickly, without boots on the ground. Export...

The following is a cross-post from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) CHIPS for America initiative is seeking public input on two programs that aim to restore U.S. global leadership in semiconductor manufacturing. Both were authorized under the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce...