U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo issued the following statement regarding the first session of the relaunched U.S.-Mexico High-Level Economic Dialogue, which was held today at the White House. “Today, I was honored to co-chair the first U.S.-Mexico High-Level Economic Dialogue that Presidents Biden and López Obrador agreed to relaunch in March 2021. I am grateful to have been joined by...

The Department is now seeking to recruit top-level candidates to serve on the committee U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo today announced that the Commerce Department has established a high-level committee to advise the President and other federal agencies on a range of issues related to artificial intelligence (AI). Working with the National AI Initiative Office (NAIIO) in the White House...

Today, Secretary Raimondo met with European Commission Executive Vice President (EVP) Valdis Dombrovskis at the Tallinn Digital Summit in Tallinn, Estonia. During their meeting, the Secretary and EVP Dombrovskis discussed the U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council (TTC) and the progress of certain working groups under the direction of U.S. and European TTC lead agencies. Secretary Raimondo and EVP...

Today, Secretary Raimondo met with Estonian Prime Minister, Kaja Kallas ahead of the Tallinn Digital Summit in Tallinn, Estonia. During their meeting, Secretary Raimondo and Prime Minister Kallas discussed the importance of promoting increased commercial partnership and collaboration on emerging technologies and countering unfair non-market economy practices. They also exchanged views on...

United States Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo will be in Tallinn September 6 and 7, where she will participate in the Tallinn Digital Summit and hold bilateral meetings. Secretary Raimondo is the first senior official from the Biden Administration to visit Estonia and the first Cabinet-level official to visit since 2019. During her trip to Estonia, Secretary Raimondo will meet with a number...

Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce published its findings of the internal review of the Investigations and Threat Management Service (ITMS) and recommended immediate actions to address outstanding issues. The Department has accepted the recommendations from the report, including the recommendation to eliminate ITMS and permanently end the criminal investigation function ITMS performed. Within...

On Wednesday, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo met with Ukrainian First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy Oleksiy Lyubchenko in Washington, DC to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) outlining areas of renewed cooperation on trade. The MOU also notes U.S. support for Ukrainian efforts to improve its business and investment climate, which could help to increase U.S.-Ukraine...

Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo and Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher hosted a roundtable discussion focused on critical cybersecurity challenges facing our country. With representatives from industry and academia, the group emphasized a collective imperative to increase engagement and collaboration on emerging best practices to combat increased cyber threats to our energy sector...