This week, the U.S. Department of Commerce held the first in-person meetings of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) Agreement’s Supply Chain Council on Thursday, September 12, followed by the Crisis Response Network on Friday, September 13. The IPEF Supply Chain Council meeting, chaired by the United States, included representatives from all IPEF member countries: Australia...

Thank you, Assistant Secretary Harris. Thanks to chairs Ursula and Jeff, and to our speakers. Yesterday we held our inaugural Supply Chain Summit, and it was a great moment to reflect on how far we’ve come. Following the COVID supply chain challenges, we embraced a whole of government approach to address supply chain gaps. It’s truly remarkable to see what has happened in the last four year – not...

We, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo; Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade, and Industry Saito Ken; and Republic of Korea (ROK) Minister of Trade, Industry, and Energy Ahn Duk-geun met in Washington today for the inaugural meeting of Commerce and Industry Ministers. United by the vision established by our three leaders at their historic Trilateral Summit at Camp David on August 18, 2023, we...

Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced the U.S. Cabinet members and White House senior officials speaking at the 2024 SelectUSA Investment Summit from June 23 to 26 at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland. U.S. Cabinet and White House senior officials joining the existing lineup of confirmed U.S. Governors and company executives include: U.S...

Since President Biden launched the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) just two years ago, the United States and the 13 other IPEF partners have worked together to deepen long-term regional economic engagement. In that short time, this group of diverse partners have taken IPEF from a vision to three innovative economic cooperation agreements. At the Ministerial meeting in...

Alongside the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) ministerial meetings in Singapore, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo and Australian Minister for Trade and Tourism, Senator the Honourable Don Farrell, met on June 6, 2024, for the third annual ministerial meeting of the Australia-United States Strategic Commercial Dialogue. The Secretary and Minster reiterated the value of...

Today, approximately two years since the launch of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) in Tokyo, Japan, the 14 IPEF partners – Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Japan, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, the United States, and Viet Nam – announced significant new achievements related to the IPEF Agreement Relating to...

Raimondo will meet with IPEF partners to advance progress on Pillars II, III, and IV – the Supply Chain, Clean Economy, and Fair Economy pillars – and to kick-off the Inaugural Clean Economy Investor Forum with 22 U.S. companies, driving sustainable infrastructure & clean technology investments in the region. U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo will travel to Singapore from June 3 to June 6...

On May 22, Deputy Secretary of Commerce Don Graves met with the Secretary’s Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Advisory Committee for the final meeting of its seventh charter. Deputy Secretary Graves thanked the Committee for its recommendations over the course of its two-year charter. The Committee provided several recommendations in areas including: global standards for hydrogen production...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded NOAA $5 million to support the conversion of the Mauna Loa atmospheric baseline observatory in Hawaii to a net-zero carbon facility. The award, part of $250 million in funding announced by DOE’s Assisting Federal Facilities with Energy Conservation Technologies (AFFECT) program, will help NOAA’s Global Monitoring Laboratory purchase solar panels and...