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Apr092015

U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce Bruce Andrews Announces Partnership with Inter-American Development Bank

Trade and InvestmentBruce H. AndrewsSelectUSALook South Initiative
U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce Bruce Andrews today announced that the U.S. Department of Commerce is partnering with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to make it easier for small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) throughout the Western Hemisphere to enter new markets and grow. Deputy Secretary Andrews made the announcement with IDB President Louis Alberto Moreno at the Seventh Summit...

Apr092015

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New Administration Report: Exports Helping to Support Jobs, Grow Small Businesses Across America

Trade and InvestmentU.S. Trade Representative Michael FromanTransatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (T-TIP)Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)Trade Promotion Authority (TPA)
U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker and United States Trade Representative Michael Froman today released a new report that shows that the number of jobs supported by goods exports continues to rise in states across the country.

Apr022015

Commerce Department Launches First Startup Global Pilot Event to Help Young Companies Do Business Internationally

Trade and InvestmentInnovationStartup Global
The U.S. Department of Commerce today officially launched the Startup Global initiative, delivering the first in a series of pilot program educational events. The event took place at 1776, a local business incubator in Washington, D.C., which is one of four such locations to be selected as pilot sites. U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker announced Startup Global, an initiative designed to...

Apr022015

Statement from U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker on International Trade in Goods and Services in February 2015

Trade and InvestmentU.S. International Trade in Goods and ServicesTrade Promotion Authority (TPA)
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker issued the following statement today on the release of the February 2015 U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services data. The goods and services trade deficit improved by 17 percent to $35.4 billion in February. This is the lowest monthly trade deficit since October 2009.

Mar252015

U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker Announces Russell Slifer as Deputy Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

InnovationAbout the U.S. Department of CommerceRussell Slifer
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today announced the appointment of Russell Slifer as the next Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Deputy Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Slifer currently serves as the Director of the USPTO's Rocky Mountain Regional Office in Denver and will begin his new role at USPTO headquarters in Alexandria...

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