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...

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...

Yesterday, Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo met with Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Dr. Kao Kim Hourn to discuss the Department of Commerce’s commitment to ASEAN and ASEAN member countries. The two discussed opportunities to increase trade and investment ties between the United States and the ASEAN region. The Secretary welcomed robust participation from...

Since President Biden launched the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) just two years ago, the United States and the 13 other IPEF partners have worked together to deepen long-term regional economic engagement. In that short time, this group of diverse partners have taken IPEF from a vision to three innovative economic cooperation agreements. At the Ministerial meeting in...

Alongside the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) ministerial meetings in Singapore, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo and Australian Minister for Trade and Tourism, Senator the Honourable Don Farrell, met on June 6, 2024, for the third annual ministerial meeting of the Australia-United States Strategic Commercial Dialogue. The Secretary and Minster reiterated the value of...

Raimondo met with the IPEF partners to advance progress on Pillars II, III, and IV – the Supply Chain, Clean Economy, and Fair Economy pillars – and to kick-off the inaugural Clean Economy Investor Forum with 22 U.S. companies, driving sustainable infrastructure & clean technology investments in the region. This week, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo traveled to Singapore to participate in...

Today, approximately two years since the launch of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) in Tokyo, Japan, the 14 IPEF partners – Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Japan, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, the United States, and Viet Nam – announced significant new achievements related to the IPEF Agreement Relating to...