Good morning everyone, and welcome to the second full day of the 2023 SelectUSA Investment Summit! It is wonderful to be here once again at National Harbor, making lasting connections with fellow attendees and creating exciting opportunities to bolster foreign direct investment right here in the United States. It was such a pleasure to meet so many of you yesterday and hear firsthand your stories...

Today, Deputy Secretary Don Graves welcomed Danish Minister for Industry, Business and Financial Affairs Morten Bødskov to the SelectUSA Investment Summit and thanked him for co-leading the Danish delegation of companies to the Investment Summit, along with U.S. Ambassador to Denmark Alan Leventhal. The Deputy Secretary acknowledged Denmark’s global leadership in developing renewable energy...

Joint initiative strengthens federal technical assistance to foreign multinationals starting or expanding U.S. operations Today, Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, and Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su announced the launch of SelectTalentUSA, a joint initiative to help build a pipeline of skilled workers to meet the growing workforce needs of foreign...

Welcome to the 2023 SelectUSA Investment Summit. I’d like to extend a special welcome to those who are joining us for the first time. And thank you to those joining us yet again. SelectUSA is the premier U.S.-government initiative dedicated to facilitating job-creating business investment by foreign investors in the American market. This week, you’ll hear about the partnership and investment...

In 1992, Congress established May as Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month to coincide with two key milestones: the arrival of the nation’s first Japanese immigrants (May 7, 1843) and Chinese workers’ pivotal role in building the transcontinental railroad (completed May 10, 1869). The move expanded what had been Asian/Pacific American Heritage Week since 1978. In 2021, a presidential...

Yesterday, Secretary Gina Raimondo held meetings with Japan’s Minister of Economy, Trade, and Industry Yasutoshi Nishimura and the Minister of Foreign Affairs Yoshimasa Hayashi. Secretary Raimondo thanked both Ministers for Japan’s leadership on the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF). In particular, the Secretary and Ministers discussed the importance of the work within IPEF to...

Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo met with Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy of the Republic of Korea (ROK) Lee Chang-yang to hold the first Ministerial-level meeting of the U.S.–ROK Supply Chain and Commercial Dialogue (SCCD). The Secretary and the Minister discussed shared efforts on export controls and semiconductor supply chain resiliency. They also formally launched a new...

United States Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo and Republic of Korea Minister of Trade, Industry, and Energy Chang-Yang Lee ("the Participants") signed a Memorandum of Understanding to launch the United States - Korea Supply Chain and Commercial Dialogue (“SCCD”) on May 21, 2022. The SCCD aims to strengthen the international competitiveness of both U.S. and Korean industries and foster...