U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker and U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman today led a U.S. delegation in discussions with Vice Premier Wang Yang and other Chinese government officials as part of the 26th session of the U.S.-China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT) in Guangzhou, China. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and U.S. Ambassador to China Max Baucus also...

Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker delivered keynote remarks at the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) Annual Update Conference in Washington, D.C. BIS’s Annual Update Conference gives companies the opportunity to interact with U.S. Government officials who are responsible for export control regulations and policies intended to advance U.S. national security, foreign policy and...

Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker and Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk met with a group of American executives in Kyiv to hear directly from companies on the progress they have seen from Ukraine’s ambitious reform agenda. The U.S. businesses then had an opportunity to share their recommendations for additional measures needed to strengthen Ukraine’s business climate and...