Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and Governor Roy Cooper Announce $45 Billion “Internet for All” Initiative During Durham Visit Today, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina M. Raimondo will visit Durham, N.C., to announce the launch of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Internet for All initiative, which will invest $45 billion to provide affordable, reliable, high-speed internet for everyone in America by...

Thank you, Ambassador Osius, for that introduction. It’s an honor to be here. Since I became Commerce Secretary last year, I’ve had the opportunity to speak to ministers from most of your governments and travel to the region. We’ve discussed the U.S. commitment to ASEAN and our desire to achieve sustainable and inclusive economic growth together. And I’ve heard you speak about the principle of...

Today, Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo met with Prime Minister of Vietnam Phạm Minh Chính as part of his official visit to the United States for the U.S.-ASEAN Special Summit. During their meeting, Secretary Raimondo and Prime Minister Chính discussed the U.S.-Vietnam commercial relationship and the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework. The Secretary and Prime Minister also discussed two...

Yesterday, Secretary Raimondo and Malaysia’s Senior Minister for International Trade and Industry, Mohamed Azmin Ali met and signed the U.S.-Malaysia Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) on Semiconductor Supply Chain Resilience. The MOC aims to provide guiding principles for both nations as they collaborate on strengthening semiconductor supply chain resiliency efforts. In signing the MOC, the...

Innovation, Supplier Diversity, and Semiconductors Front and Center in the Motor City Yesterday, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce Don Graves, U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow and Gary Peters, U.S. Congresswomen Brenda Lawrence and Rashida Tlaib, Michigan Lieutenant Governor Garlin Gilchrist II, and Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, hosted a Supply Chain Summit, bringing innovation, resilience, and supplier...

These days, most of us know how to tell where we are. Advances in Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) technology allow us to find our location from anywhere our GPS-enabled smartphones are working. So, what about when our smartphones are not working? Networks get jammed, infrastructure goes down, or sometimes you’re just inside of a concrete building. If you’ve ever been to a subway station...

Thank you, Michelle, for that introduction. And thank you all for joining us today. At the Commerce Department, we have one overarching goal: to improve America’s competitiveness so that our workers and companies succeed in the global economy. From day one, President Biden has recognized that if we want to compete globally, we need to invest domestically. A major part of that is rebuilding...

Good morning and thank you all for joining us today. I am so excited to be back in Detroit! Thank you, Mayor Duggan for welcoming us again to your beautiful city and thank you to Representative Lawrence and Senators Stabenow and Peters for all the work you do in Washington to deliver for the people of Michigan. I’d also like to thank Lt. Gov Gilchrist and Gov. Whitmer for working tirelessly with...