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Five Things Entrepreneurs Should Know About Export Controls

Trade and InvestmentNational Entrepreneurship Month

This week, Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker addressed more than 1100 industry representatives during the Bureau of Industry and Security’s (BIS) annual conference to...

Nov052015

Statement by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker on the Release of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Text

Trade and InvestmentTrans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)

“The completion of the Trans-Pacific Partnership is a testament to our Administration’s strong commitment to strengthening America’s competitiveness, increasing opportunities...

Nov052015

Trans-Pacific Partnership Can Boost Virginia Exports and Jobs

Trade and InvestmentTrans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)Made in America

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today released a report highlighting the potential benefits of the recently completed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) for Virginia...

Nov042015

Statement from U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker on International Trade in Goods and Services in September 2015

Trade and InvestmentInternational Trade in Goods and ServicesTrans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)Made in America

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker issued the following statement today on the release of the September 2015 U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services data. U.S...

Nov042015

U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker and U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman to Convene 26th Session of U.S.-China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade

Trade and InvestmentU.S.-China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT)

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker and U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman will co-lead a high-level U.S. Government delegation for the 26th session of the U.S.-...

Nov042015

Trans-Pacific Partnership Can Boost Wisconsin Exports and Jobs

Trade and InvestmentTrans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)Made in America

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today released a report highlighting the potential benefits of the recently completed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) for Wisconsin...

Nov042015

Trans-Pacific Partnership Can Boost Illinois Exports and Jobs

Trade and InvestmentTrans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)Made in America

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today released a report highlighting the potential benefits of the recently completed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) for Illinois...

Nov022015

Secretary Pritzker tours a training facility at Bayer Health Care in Berlin, where she also participated in a Workforce Development Roundtable.

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U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker Visits Berlin and Frankfurt, Germany

Trade and InvestmentTransatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (T-TIP)SelectUSA

Last week, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker traveled to Berlin and Frankfurt, Germany to underscore the strength of the U.S.-German partnership and address some of...

Nov022015

SelectUSA Executive Director Vinai Thummalapally Helps Inaugurate Lufthansa Technik Puerto Rico's New MRO facility on Friday, October 30, 2015.

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Welcome and Congratulations to Lufthansa Technik!

Trade and InvestmentSelectUSAForeign Direct Investment (FDI)

There are few things more exciting than the moment when a multi-year project truly becomes a reality. I had the honor of witnessing that this weekend, when I joined Puerto...

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Secretary Pritzker is welcomed to the village of Velyki Pryts'ky

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Secretary Penny Pritzker's Visit to Ukraine

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U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker arrived in Kyiv on October 26, 2015 as a continuation of the Obama Administration’s sustained commitment to supporting the Ukrainian...

Oct302015

Trans-Pacific Partnership Can Boost Florida Exports and Jobs

Trade and InvestmentTrans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today released a report highlighting the potential benefits of the recently completed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) for Florida...

Oct302015

Joint Statement by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker and Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk on Need for Deeper Economic Reforms to Expand U.S.-Ukraine Business Ties

Trade and InvestmentUkrainian Prime Minister Arseniy YatsenyukU.S. – Ukraine Business Forum

Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker and Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk issued the following statement regarding discussions on October 26 in Kyiv to...

Oct302015

In Bila Tsirk’va, Secretary Pritzker visited a local Jewish school, which has about 150 students (K-12).

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U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker Concludes Visit to Ukraine

Trade and InvestmentU.S.-Ukraine Business ForumUkrainePenny Pritzker

This week, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker arrived in Kyiv as a continuation of the Obama Administration’s sustained commitment to supporting the Ukrainian...

Oct292015

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker Delivers Remarks at the AmCham Germany Annual Transatlantic Business Conference in Frankfurt

Trade and InvestmentTransatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (T-TIP)Safe Harbor FrameworkDigital Economy

Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker delivered remarks at the AmCham Germany Annual Transatlantic Business Conference to address critical strategic and economic...

Oct292015

Hazards Shouldn’t Lead to Disasters: NIST Releases New Community Resilience Planning Guide

InnovationEnvironmentClimate Action PlanPenny PritzkerCommunity Resilience Planning Guide for Buildings and InfrastructureCommunity Resilience Center of Excellence

The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today issued the Community Resilience Planning Guide for Buildings and Infrastructure...

Oct262015

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker and Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk Meet with American Executives to Discuss Private Sector Engagement in Ukraine

Trade and InvestmentU.S.-Ukraine Business ForumUkrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk

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...

Oct262015

In Kyiv, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker Announces Third $1 Billion U.S. Loan Guarantee for Ukraine

Trade and InvestmentU.S.-Ukraine Business ForumPetro Poroshenko

Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker announced that the Obama Administration intends to work with Congress to move forward with a third, $1 billion loan guarantee...

Oct232015

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker to Visit Ukraine and Germany

Trade and InvestmentU.S.-Ukraine Business Forum

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker will travel to Ukraine from October 26-27 as a continuation of the Obama Administration’s sustained commitment to supporting the...

Oct222015

U.S. Department of Commerce Report Highlights Positive Impact of Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement on Services Sector Exports

Trade and InvestmentTrans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)ExportsServices Sector

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today released the Opportunities for the U.S. Service Sector Report, the first in a series of 15 new reports designed to spotlight...

Oct222015

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker Delivers Remarks at the Investing in Manufacturing Communities Partnership Summit

InnovationInvesting in Manufacturing Communities Partnership (IMCP)Skills for Business

Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker highlighted the role American communities are playing in the U.S. manufacturing resurgence during remarks at the Investing in...

Oct212015

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker Presents a Path Forward for American Competitiveness at Center for American Progress

InnovationSkills for Business

Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker presented her vision of how American can remain competitive in the 21st century at the Center for American Progress’ economic...

Oct212015

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker Receives Commercial Diplomat of the Year Award

Operational ExcellenceAbout the U.S. Department of CommerceTrade and InvestmentPenny PritzkerJohn Kerry

Yesterday, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker was honored as the inaugural recipient of the “Commercial Diplomat of the Year Award” at the Foreign Policy Diplomat of...

Oct212015

Trans-Pacific Partnership Can Boost Colorado Exports and Jobs

Trade and InvestmentTrans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today released a report highlighting the potential benefits of the recently completed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) for Colorado...

Oct202015

Trans-Pacific Partnership Can Boost Oregon Exports and Jobs

Trade and InvestmentTrans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today released a report highlighting the potential benefits of the recently completed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) for Oregon...

Oct202015

Trans-Pacific Partnership Can Boost Washington Exports and Jobs

Trade and InvestmentTrans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today released a report highlighting the potential benefits of the recently completed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) for Washington...

Oct192015

Trans-Pacific Partnership Can Boost Texas Exports and Jobs

Trade and InvestmentTrans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today released a report highlighting the potential benefits of the recently completed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) for Texas...

Oct192015

Trans-Pacific Partnership Can Boost California Exports and Jobs

Trade and InvestmentTrans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today released a report highlighting the potential benefits of the recently completed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) for California...

Oct162015

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker Awarded Trade Leadership in the Digital Age Award From National Foreign Trade Council

Trade and InvestmentOperational ExcellenceTrans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)National Foreign Trade Council (NFTC)

Yesterday, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker received the “Trade Leadership in the Digital Age Award” at the National Foreign Trade Council’s Annual World Dinner...

Oct152015

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker traveled to Havana on October 6-7, 2015, becoming the second U.S. cabinet official to visit Cuba since the re-establishment of diplomatic relations on July 20, 2015.

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Secretary Penny Pritzker’s Trip To Cuba

Trade and InvestmentCuba

Last week, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker helped lay the foundation for a new chapter of relations between the United States and Cuba after 50 years of broken...

Oct152015

U.S. Department of Commerce Awards Nearly $10 Million in "Power" Grants

InnovationPartnerships for Opportunity and Workforce and Economic Revitalization (POWER) Initiative

Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker announced the first round of grant recipients under the Obama Administration’s Partnership for Opportunity and Workforce and...

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Secretary Pritzker walks through Old Havana

Secretary Pritzker (third from right) touring Old Havana in Cuba

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Secretary Penny Pritzker's Trip to Cuba

Trade and InvestmentCubaPenny Pritzker

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker traveled to Havana on October 6-7, 2015, becoming the second U.S. cabinet official to visit Cuba since the re-establishment of...

Oct092015

Katharine Morgan, Executive Vice President of ASTM International

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Smart Manufacturing Growth Leads to Good Jobs on the Cutting Edge

InnovationManufacturing Day

If my teenage son came up to me and said, "Mom, I think I want to have a career in manufacturing," I'm not sure how I would react if we were living in the 20th...

Oct072015

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker Inaugurates Regulatory Dialogue in Cuba

Trade and InvestmentCubaPenny Pritzker

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker and Cuban Minister of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment Rodrigo Malmierca inaugurated the Regulatory Dialogue between U.S. and...

Oct072015

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker Highlights Economic Benefits with Trans-Pacific Partnership

Trade and InvestmentTrans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)Made in AmericaSmall and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)Penny Pritzker

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today issued a series of new fact sheets that demonstrate the positive impact that passage of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)...

Oct062015

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker Arrives in Havana, Cuba

Trade and InvestmentCubaPenny Pritzker

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker arrived in Havana today, October 6, becoming the second U.S. cabinet official to visit Cuba since the re-establishment of diplomatic...

Oct062015

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker Announces 2016 SelectUSA Investment Summit

Trade and InvestmentSelectUSASelectUSA Investment SummitPenny Pritzker

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today announced the Department of Commerce will host the third SelectUSA Investment Summit on June 19-21, 2016 at the Washington...

Oct062015

Statement from U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker on European Court of Justice Safe Harbor Framework Decision

Trade and InvestmentSafe Harbor FrameworkPenny Pritzker

Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker released the following statement in response to the European Court of Justice decision surrounding the Safe Harbor Framework.

Oct062015

Save the Date: 2016 SelectUSA Investment Summit

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Open for Business: Strengthening U.S. Manufacturing and Increasing Investment in the United States

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Open for Business: Strengthening U.S. Manufacturing and Announcing the 2016 SelectUSA Investment Summit

Oct052015

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker Delivers Remarks on Resolution of Civil Claims Against BP for Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Plan to Restore Gulf of Mexico

EnvironmentPenny Pritzker

Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker delivered remarks at the announcement of the resolution of federal and state claims against BP for the April 2010 Deepwater...

Oct052015

Statement by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker on the Conclusion of Negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership

Trade and InvestmentTrans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)Penny PritzkerExportsFree Trade Agreement (FTA)

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker issued the following statement today on the conclusion of the negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).

Oct022015

Secretary Penny Pritzker (center) observes an advanced plasma cutter at work

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Manufacturing Day Attracts Thousands to Factories Nationwide

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Today, Secretary Pritzker was among the thousands of Americans celebrating National Manufacturing Day at manufacturing facilities across the country.

Oct022015

Op-Ed: Time to worry about the manufacturing-skills gap

InnovationNational Association of Manufacturing (NAM)Manufacturing Day

If manufacturing in the United States were its own country, it would rank as the ninth-largest economy in the world, with manufacturers contributing $2.09 trillion to the U.S...

Oct022015

Worker Welding a Filter Housing for a Refinery

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BEA’s Factory Factoids in Honor of Manufacturing Day

DataManufacturing Day

U.S. factories do their part to keep the U.S. economy humming. Did you know that manufacturing accounts for 12 percent of overall U.S. economic activity as measured by Gross...

Sep302015

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker to Visit Wilmington, Del. for Events to Celebrate National Manufacturing Day

InnovationManufacturingManufacturing DayPenny Pritzker

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker will visit Wilmington, Del. on Friday, October 2 to celebrate National Manufacturing Day. She will be hosted by U.S. Senator Chris...

Sep292015

Secretary Pritzker met with some Etsy sellers about the opportunities they have and the challenges they face in selling their good overseas. They also discussed how the Department of Commerce can help them export their products.

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Secretary Pritzker Samples Tech Innovation, Big Apple-Style

InnovationTrade and InvestmentPenny Pritzker

The digital economy is critical to America's continued competitiveness. It is a source of jobs; key to the formation of new businesses, and an enabler of new services...

Sep292015

Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker: Meaningful Progress Made During President Xi Visit

Trade and InvestmentPresident of China Xi JinpingBrand USAU.S.-China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT)Penny Pritzker

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today made the following statement about progress achieved on a number of issues facing the U.S.-China bilateral relationship.

Sep282015

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker to Travel to Cuba

Trade and InvestmentCubaPenny Pritzker

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker will travel to Havana on October 6-7, becoming the second U.S. cabinet official to visit Cuba since President Obama called for the...

Sep232015

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker Kicks-off CEO Roundtable Discussion with U.S. CEOs and Chinese Delegation

Trade and InvestmentChinaPenny Pritzker

Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker delivered opening remarks at the CEO roundtable discussion hosted by the Paulson Institute and the China International Trade...

Sep232015

Secretary Pritzker Tours MIT's Thin Film Deposition's Lab

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Secretary Pritzker Outlines America’s Innovation Agenda at MIT

InnovationMassachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)America's Innovation Agency

Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker traveled to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to lay out America’s “Path Forward” on innovation and meet directly with some of...

Sep232015

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker Co-Chairs First-Ever U.S.-India Strategic and Commercial Dialogue

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U.S.-India Strategic and Commercial Dialogue Strengthens Important Bilateral Relationship

Trade and InvestmentU.S.-India Strategic and Commercial Dialogue (S&CD)

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker co-chaired the first-ever U.S.-India Strategic and Commerce Dialogue (S&CD) this week, a brand new mechanism intended to advance...

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