SAN JOSE, Costa Rica – Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo co-led a roundtable discussion with Costa Rica’s Minister of Science, Innovation, Technology and Telecommunications (MICITT) Paula Bogantes, Costa Rica’s Minister of Foreign Trade Manuel Tovar and Industry and other stakeholders to discuss their collective commitments to support the Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity...

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica – Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo co-led a roundtable discussion with Costa Rica’s Minister of Foreign Trade Manuel Tovar, Costa Rica’s Minister of Science, Innovation, Technology and Telecommunications Paula Bogantes, Vice Chair of the Export-Import Bank of the United States Judith Pryor, and Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration Thea...

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica – Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo met with Costa Rica’s Minister of Foreign Trade Manuel Tovar and Minister of Science, Innovation, Technology and Telecommunications Paula Bogantes. During the meeting, the three discussed collaborative efforts to improve the overall semiconductor ecosystem through nearshoring supply chain capacity to the Western Hemisphere...

Today, Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo and Assistant Secretary Alan Davidson gave remarks at a roundtable with leading AI developers, civil society organizations, and academics on the benefits, risks, and policy options regarding open AI models, in relation to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s (NTIA) Request for Comment on the topic. Secretary Raimondo moderated...

U.S. Department of Commerce Proposes up to $8.5 Billion in Potential Direct Funding for Intel Under President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda to Support Multiple Projects in Arizona, New Mexico, Ohio, and Oregon Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced that the U.S. Department of Commerce and Intel Corporation have reached a non-binding preliminary memorandum of terms (PMT) to provide...

First-of-its-kind Presidential Trade and Investment Mission to the Philippines announced over $1 billion in investments Raimondo leads members of the President’s Export Council on fact-finding trip to Thailand to identify opportunities to strengthen bilateral commercial relationship Raimondo hosts virtual IPEF Ministerial and Department of Commerce publishes text of the proposed Clean Economy...

BANGKOK, Thailand – This week, U.S. Secretary Gina Raimondo led members of the President’s Export Council (PEC) to Bangkok, Thailand, from March 13 to March 14, 2024, to identify opportunities for the United States and Thailand to strengthen economic relationships across a number of critical issues, including manufacturing, supply chain resiliency, the digital economy, and clean technology. In...

BANGKOK – Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo met with Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin during her official travel to Thailand. Secretary Raimondo thanked the Prime Minister for Thailand’s continued partnership in advancing shared economic priorities through the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) and continuing to demonstrate the value of the Framework to IPEF...