Today, Commerce Deputy Secretary Don Graves met with Norway’s Minister of Trade and Industry Jan Christian Vestre to discuss the U.S.-Norway commercial relationship. The Deputy Secretary thanked Minister Vestre for the longstanding and productive dialogue between Commerce and Norway on commercial issues through the Informal Commercial Exchange (ICE) talks. Graves expressed interest in formalizing...

Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo and Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Semiconductor Supply Chain and Innovation Partnership during the U.S.-India Commercial Dialogue. Following the signing, the Secretary Raimondo released the below statement. “As the Commerce Department embarks on the implementation the CHIPS and Science Act, I’m...

NEW DELHI – Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo met with Indian National Security Advisor (NSA) to the Prime Minister Ajit Doval to discuss the U.S.-India commercial relationship and opportunities to deepen linkages between our economies. They concurred on the importance of the inaugural meeting of the U.S.-India initiative on Critical and Emerging Technology. Secretary Raimondo and...

NEW DELHI – Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo met with Indian Minister of Education and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Dharmendra Pradhan to discuss the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF), including the IPEF Upskilling Initiative, and the Government of India’s initiatives on skill development. The two discussed how the IPEF Upskilling Initiative is a...

Proposed Budget Supports Department of Commerce’s Mission of Making America More Competitive Today, the Biden-Harris Administration submitted to Congress the President’s Budget for fiscal year 2024. President Biden’s 2024 Budget for the Department of Commerce makes historic investments to drive U.S. innovation and global competitiveness, foster inclusive capitalism and equitable economic growth...

NEW DELHI – Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo met with Indian Minister of Finance Nirmala Sitharaman to discuss key areas of shared interest, including the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF), semiconductors, and supply chain resilience. Secretary Raimondo thanked Minister Sitharaman for India’s early engagement and continued support of IPEF, and for working closely...

NEW DELHI – Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo met with Indian Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar to discuss U.S.-India relations and opportunities for further economic cooperation. The Secretary underscored the importance of the U.S.-India bilateral relationship to the Biden Administration and the Department, including ongoing collaboration and potential for closer...

NEW DELHI – Today, Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo met with Indian Minister of Electronics & Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw ahead of the U.S.-India CEO Forum and U.S.-India Commercial Dialogue to discuss issues of importance to the U.S.-India commercial relationship, including our cooperation on semiconductors, the digital economy and data flows, Open RAN and the Indo-Pacific Economic...