Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo met with European Commission Executive Vice President Margrethe Vestager, Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Saito Ken, and Republic of Korea Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Ahn Duk-geun to discuss the importance of trustworthy and resilient supply chains in key sectors. The Ministers discussed shared concerns regarding the...

Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo and Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade, and Industry Ken Saito held a ministerial meeting of the Japan-United States Commercial and Industrial Partnership (JUCIP). During the meeting, the Secretary and Minister expressed deep concern about the weaponization of economic dependencies as well as the use of non-market policies and practices on certain...

We, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo; Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade, and Industry Saito Ken; and Republic of Korea (ROK) Minister of Trade, Industry, and Energy Ahn Duk-geun met in Washington today for the inaugural meeting of Commerce and Industry Ministers. United by the vision established by our three leaders at their historic Trilateral Summit at Camp David on August 18, 2023, we...

Minister Ahn, Minister Saito, it’s my honor to welcome you to the United States Department of Commerce. Thank you for being here for the first-ever U.S.-Japan-Korea Commerce and Industry Ministerial. When our leaders met at Camp David last August for their historic Trilateral Summit, they charged us with using this new, trilateral platform to raise our shared ambitions to a new horizon. This is an...

Today, Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo met with Costa Rica’s Minister for Foreign Trade Manuel Tovar. The two discussed efforts to elevate Costa Rica’s role in semiconductor assembly, testing, and packaging following the Secretary’s March visit to Costa Rica. They discussed the Ministry’s recent efforts to deepen commercial collaboration with Singapore, Japan and Taiwan, as well as progress...

Proposed Investment Would Support Construction of a State-of-the-Art Manufacturing Center and Create Over 1,100 Direct Jobs in Colorado Springs, Colorado Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced that the Department of Commerce and Entegris, a key supplier of advanced materials and process solutions for leading-edge chipmakers, have reached a non-binding preliminary memorandum of terms (PMT...

Wisconsin-based companies, Miron and Boldt join a growing list of construction industry leaders, including Bechtel and Turner who announced their support earlier last week. On Friday, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo traveled to Milwaukee to join Governor Tony Evers and the Wisconsin Regional Training Partnership WRTP | BIG STEP for a roundtable on women in construction and the trades...

Joint initiative strengthens federal workforce technical assistance to foreign multinational businesses in Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan starting or expanding U.S. operations Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced a market expansion of SelectTalentUSA, a joint initiative across the U.S. Departments of Commerce, Labor, and Education providing technical assistance to foreign businesses to...