Today, Deputy Secretary of Commerce Don Graves participated in the inaugural meeting of the White House Council on Supply Chain Resilience. At the event, he highlighted the vital work of Commerce’s Supply Chain Center along with several other key steps the Department is taking to lower costs for American families, strengthen U.S. economic competitiveness, protect U.S. national security, and create...

Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo met with Prime Minister of Thailand Srettha Thavisin while in San Francisco participating in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum. Secretary Raimondo thanked the Prime Minister for his support of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) and welcomed the significant progress made, including the substantial conclusion on...

A joint Press Statement from the 14 IPEF partners is available here. Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the substantial conclusion of negotiations of the Clean Economy Agreement and the Fair Economy Agreement of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF), following the IPEF Ministerial meeting in San Francisco, California. IPEF Ministers also signed the Pillar...

Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo met with Prime Minister of Fiji Sitiveni Rabuka while participating in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in San Francisco. During the meeting, Secretary Raimondo reaffirmed the Department of Commerce’s commitment to enhancing our economic ties with the Pacific Island Countries, and Fiji in particular, as part of the Biden-Harris...

Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce released the below joint statement from the 14 Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) partner nations: PRESS STATEMENT ON Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity Meetings in San Francisco The 14 IPEF partners signed the IPEF Supply Chain Agreement and announced the substantial conclusion of the negotiations for the IPEF Clean Economy...

Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo met with Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy of the Republic of Korea Bang Moon-Kyu. Both Secretary Raimondo and Minister Bang are participating in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in San Francisco. During the meeting, they discussed ways in which the United States and the Republic of Korea can deepen collaboration on critical...

Today, Secretary Gina Raimondo participated in the second ministerial meeting of the U.S.-Japan Economic Policy Consultative Committee alongside U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade, and Industry Yasutoshi Nishimura and Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs Yoko Kamikawa. During the meeting, the participants affirmed the United States’ and Japan’s mutual...

We, Japan’s Minister for Foreign Affairs KAMIKAWA Yoko; Japan’s Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry NISHIMURA Yasutoshi; United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken; and United States Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, convened in San Francisco on November 14, 2023, for the second ministerial meeting of the Japan-U.S. Economic Policy Consultative Committee (EPCC). Japan and the United...

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo and United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai today announced that the United States will host the third in-person Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) ministerial meeting in San Francisco, California, on November 13-14, 2023. The ministerial comes on the heels of the seventh in-person IPEF negotiating round from November 5-12, 2023...

The U.S. Department of Commerce and the Office of the United States Trade Representative today announced that a U.S. delegation will travel to San Francisco, California, from November 5-12, 2023, for the seventh in-person negotiating round of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF). In San Francisco, the IPEF partners will continue to make progress on negotiations towards high...