This week, TSMC, Intel and Global Foundries all issued public warnings that continuing to delay chipmaking incentives could cause them to scale back their plans to make semiconductors in the U.S. Their announcements come days after GlobalWafers announced a CHIPS Act-dependent multi-billion investment that will fill a hole in the U.S. chip manufacturing supply chain. Congress continues to make...

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law allocates nearly $3 billion of funding over 5 years to NOAA Today, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina M. Raimondo announced funding opportunities from NOAA's $2.96 billion in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds to address the climate crisis and strengthen coastal resilience and infrastructure. Over the next five years, NOAA’s targeted investments in the areas of habitat...

Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo and Singapore’s Minister for Communications and Information Josephine Teo announced the launch of the U.S.-Singapore Women in Tech Partnership Program, a platform for budding and experienced women tech leaders from Singapore and the United States to establish new international contacts and networks. The program will debut as part of the 2022...

At full build-out, the multi-staged, 3.2 million-square-foot silicon wafer factory will be the largest facility of its kind in the USA and among the largest in the world along with secured abundance of land to support any required further growth. Hsinchu, Taiwan-based global semiconductor silicon wafer company, GlobalWafers, announced today that it plans to build a state-of-the-art 300-millimeter...

Today, Commerce Secretary Gina M. Raimondo issued the following statement following the United States Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey in its Dobbs v. Jackson decision: "Choosing when and whether to have children are among the most important decisions in every woman’s life and those decisions should be made between a woman and her doctor. The...

Yesterday, Deputy Secretary of Commerce Don Graves met virtually with Prime Minister Albin Kurti of Kosovo to discuss the U.S.-Kosovo commercial relationship. During their meeting, Deputy Secretary Graves expressed his gratitude to Prime Minister Kurti and the Government of Kosovo for its cooperation in joining international sanctions on Russia in response to its unlawful invasion of Ukraine. The...

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo issued a statement on today’s implementation of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA), and the recent release of the Strategy to Prevent the Importation of Goods Mined, Produced, or Manufactured with Forced Labor in the People’s Republic of China, which was prepared by the Department of Homeland Security in partnership with the Commerce...

On Saturday, Deputy Secretary Don Graves concluded his travels to West Africa, where he met with representatives from the governments of Côte d'Ivoire & Ghana, participated in key commercial forums driving investment and creating opportunities for U.S. businesses across Africa, and engaged with private sector and NGO representatives. Between June 11-15, Deputy Secretary Graves traveled to Abidjan...