Department of Commerce

Oct022015

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

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. economy every year. Every dollar spent in the manufacturing sector adds another $1.37 to the economy and each manufacturing job creates another 2.5 jobs in local goods and services.

Oct022015

On Manufacturing Day, U.S. Commerce Department Unveils Report Showing Pay Premium Exists for Manufacturing

As “America’s Data Agency,” the Commerce Department today released a new report drawing on evidence from 10 federal data sets to show that a pay premium exists for workers in manufacturing industries. The report by the Economics and Statistics Administration’s Office of the Chief Economist rebuts criticisms about the existence of a manufacturing pay premium, and based on the evidence, clearly...

Oct022015

Infographic on Manufacturing Day: Celebrating the Backbone of America

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Inspiring the Next Generation of Manufacturers

This is my favorite time of year, when we recognize the importance of manufacturing as thousands of companies open their doors to welcome in the public to see the amazing...

Oct022015

Deputy Assistant Secretary Matt Erskine Announces EDA Grant at Brooklyn Navy Yard

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EDA’s Manufacturing Footprint

“The rumors of the demise of the U.S. manufacturing industry are greatly exaggerated.” Elon Musk. Elon Musk was probably trying to be clever when he made that quip about...

Oct022015

Worker Welding a Filter Housing for a Refinery

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BEA’s Factory Factoids in Honor of Manufacturing 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...

Sep182015

Commerce and Treasury Announce Further Amendments to the Cuba Sanctions Regulations

Today, the Department of Commerce and the Department of the Treasury are announcing additional revisions to the Cuban Assets Control Regulations (CACR) and Export Administration Regulations (EAR), building off the changes put into place by Treasury and Commerce on January 16, 2015 and further delivering on the new direction toward U.S. relations with Cuba that President Obama laid out last...

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Secretary Penny Pritzker speaking with the American Chamber of Commerce of Mexico

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Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker watches an advanced plasma cutter at work in the M. Davis production facility in Delaware. This machine cuts pipes so quickly that the manufacturer hired more people to assemble the product, increasing both outputs and employment at the plant. more info | view original

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

Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker speaks with high-school students at the M. Davis production facility in Delaware during their Manufacturing Day 2015 event. These students are participating in a vocational tech co-op program where they spend time working at the facility to explore career opportunities in manufacturing. more info | view original

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Secretary Penny Pritzker (left) speaks to two high school students (right) in a manufacturing plant

Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker, along with Senator Chris Coons and Congressman John Carney, tours the Accudyne Systems production facility in Delaware during their Manufacturing Day 2015 event. This machine produces hail balls that are used to test impact damage on homes. more info | view original

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Secretary Penny Pritzker (third from left) holds a hail ball next to a large machine

Secretary Pritzker Visits Montgomery College to Discuss Importance of Training America’s Workforce more info | view original

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Secretary Pritzker Visits Montgomery College to Discuss Importance of Training America’s Workforce

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The 2015 SelectUSA Investment Summit aimed to build on the tremendous success of the inaugural event, which connected investors from 60 countries with representatives from nearly every U.S. state and territory. At this year’s Summit, economic development organizations from across the United States gathered to showcase investment opportunities to companies from around the world. more info | view original

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2015 SelectUSA Summit Recap

Secretary Pritzker Welcomes President Barack Obama to the 2015 SelectUSA Investment Summit more info | view original

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Secretary Pritzker Welcomes President Barack Obama to the 2015 SelectUSA Investment Summit

Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker huddles with 10 female U.S. Ambassadors at the 2015 SelectUSA Investment Summit. more info | view original

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Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker huddles with 10 female U.S. Ambassadors at the 2015 SelectUSA Investment Summit.

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Secretary Pritzker and 10 female U.S. Ambassadors at the 2015 SelectUSA Investment Summit.

Secretary Pritzker meets with Governor Malloy of Connecticut at the 2015 SelectUSA Investment Summit. more info | view original

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Secretary Pritzker meets with Governor Malloy of Connecticut at the 2015 SelectUSA Investment Summit.

Secretary Penny Pritzker Meets with Governor of New Mexico Susana Martinez at the 2015 SelectUSA Investment Summit. more info | view original

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Secretary Penny Pritzker Meets with Governor of New Mexico Susana Martinez at the 2015 SelectUSA Investment Summit.

Secretary Pritzker meets with Josué Gomes da Silva, CEO of Coteminas at the 2015 SelectUSA Investment Summit. more info | view original

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Secretary Pritzker meets with Josué Gomes da Silva, CEO of Coteminas at the 2015 SelectUSA Investment Summit.

Secretary Pritzker meets with Governor Beshear of Kentucky at the 2015 SelectUSA Investment Summit. more info | view original

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Secretary Pritzker meets with Governor Beshear of Kentucky at the 2015 SelectUSA Investment Summit.

Secretary Pritzker meets with Mike Mcnamara, CEO of Flextronics at the 2015 SelectUSA Investment Summit. more info | view original

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Secretary Pritzker meets with Mike Mcnamara, CEO of Flextronics at the 2015 SelectUSA Investment Summit.

Secretary Pritzker addresses the 2015 SelectUSA Investment Summit. more info | view original

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Secretary Pritzker addresses the 2015 SelectUSA Investment Summit.

Secretary Pritzker addresses the 2015 SelectUSA Investment Summit. more info | view original

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Secretary Pritzker addresses the 2015 SelectUSA Investment Summit.

Secretary Pritzker addresses the 2015 SelectUSA Investment Summit. more info | view original

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Secretary Pritzker addresses the 2015 SelectUSA Investment Summit.

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker Co-Chairs First-Ever U.S.-India Strategic and Commercial Dialogue. The Dialogue included Secretary of State John Kerry and Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz as well as Indian Minister of Commerce and Industry Nirmala Sitharaman and Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj. more info | view original

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

Secretary Pritzker and Steve Case viewing a demonstration at RoadTrippers during a stop on the Rise of the Rest Tour. more info | view original

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Secretary Pritzker and Steve Case viewing a demonstration at RoadTrippers

Secretary Pritzker Discusses the Importance of a Globally Competitive Workforce at the 2014 CGI America Annual Meeting more info | view original

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Secretary Pritzker Discusses the Importance of a Globally Competitive Workforce at the 2014 CGI America Annual Meeting

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Secretary Pritzker discussed America’s leadership in empowering entrepreneurs at home and abroad

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Secretary Pritzker highlighted the Department’s focus on entrepreneurship as an important tool for economic growth during armchair discussion with 1776 cofounder, Evan Burfield

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Secretary Pritzker speaking with Evan Burfield at 1776 about the Open for Business Agenda

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Secretary Pritzker meeting with CEOs representing the Alaska Native Corporations

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Secretary Pritzker delivering remarks on the leadership of the Department of Commerce and the entire Obama Administration in promoting entrepreneurship across the U.S. at the 2015 State of Entrepreneurship Address, hosted by the Kauffman Foundation.

Secretary Pritzker Speaks at the Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit more info | view original

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Secretary Pritzker Speaks at the Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit

Secretary Pritzker sits down with Bob Morgan, President and CEO of the Charlotte Chamber, for an armchair discussion. more info | view original

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Secretary Pritzker sits down with Bob Morgan for an armchair discussion.

Secretary Prtizker featured on "Outlook for the United States" at the World Economic Forum as part of a panel discussion with Susan Glasser, Editor, Politico; John Hickenlooper, Governor of Colorado; Andrew Liveris, President and CEO, Dow Chemical Company; Patrick McHenry, Republican Congressman from North Carolina; Cecilia Rouse, Dean of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University. more info | view original

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Secretary Prtizker featured on Outlook for the United States at the World Economic Forum

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker Tours Research and Technology Park In Monterrey, Mexico more info | view original

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U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker Tours Research and Technology Park In Monterrey, Mexico

Secretary Pritzker and her Chief of Staff, Bruce Andrews, Meet with Mayor Bloomberg in his City Hall Office more info | view original

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Secretary Pritzker and her Chief of Staff, Bruce Andrews, Meet with Mayor Bloomberg in his City Hall Office

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker Tours Solar Park in Dubai more info | view original

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U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker Tours Solar Park in Dubai

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker Wraps Up Successful Trade Mission with Visit to Qatar more info | view original

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U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker Wraps Up Successful Trade Mission with Visit to Qatar

Secretary Pritzker Concludes “Commerce in the Valley” Tour more info | view original

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Secretary Pritzker Concludes “Commerce in the Valley” Tour

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Secretary Pritzker addresses over 150 businesses at New Hampshire Day on Capitol Hill

Secretary Pritzker Joins PAGE Member Steve Case on Cincinnati Leg of “Rise of the Rest” Road Tour more info | view original

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Secretary Pritzker Joins PAGE Member Steve Case on Cincinnati Leg of “Rise of the Rest” Road Tour

Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today outlined a bold new policy agenda for the Department of Commerce, centered on U.S. trade and investment, innovation, and data. more info | view original

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Pritzker on podium

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Secretary Pritzker enjoying NNMI Day with Senator Sherrod Brown and Congressmen Joe Kennedy and Tom Reed

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Secretary Pritzker Visits Chicago to Discuss Tools Needed for Continued Economic Growth and Commercial Diplomacy

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Secretary Pritzker meeting with CEOs representing the Alaska Native Corporations

Representative Barbara Lee, Secretary Penny Pritzker, Clifton Burch, President at Empire Engineering & Construction, Inc. and MBDA National Director Alejandra Castillo more info | view original

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Representative Barbara Lee, Secretary Penny Pritzker, Clifton Burch, President at Empire Engineering & Construction, Inc. and MBDA National Director Alejandra Castillo

Secretary Pritzker tours the Walmart Distribution Facilities in Bentonville, Arkansas after announcing the 12 new IMCP manufacturing communities during the Walmart Manufacturing Summit. more info | view original

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Walmart Distribution Center Tour

Commerce's Advocacy Center Supports Jobs at Boeing Facility in Arizona more info | view original

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Commerce's Advocacy Center Supports Jobs at Boeing Facility in Arizona

Secretary Pritzker and Vice Premier Yang stand in front of "JCCT 2014" in lights more info | view original

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Secretary Pritzker and Vice Premier Yang stand in front of "JCCT 2014" in lights

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JCCT Day One Emphasizes A Shared Vision of Global Economic Partnership

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker Highlights Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Growth in U.S.-Mexico Relationship more info | view original

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U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker Highlights Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Growth in U.S.-Mexico Relationship

Commerce Department Recognizes Outstanding Employees at 65th Annual Honor Awards more info | view original

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Commerce Department Recognizes Outstanding Employees at 65th Annual Honor Awards

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Secretary Pritzker’s Oregon visit included touring Leatherman Tools, Inc.'s manufacturing site and connecting with company employees.

Penny Pritzker Sworn in as 38th U.S. Secretary of Commerce more info | view original

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Penny Pritzker Sworn in as 38th U.S. Secretary of Commerce

Secretary Pritzker Appears on Morning Joe To Discuss Ways the Administration is Working to Grow the Economy and Create Jobs more info | view original

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Secretary Pritzker Appears on Morning Joe To Discuss Ways the Administration is Working to Grow the Economy and Create Jobs

President Barack Obama delivers remarks at a meeting with the President's Export Council, in Room 350 of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building of the White House, Sept. 19, 2013. Seated with the President, from left are: Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker; Council Vice-Chair Ursula Burns, Chairwoman and CEO of Xerox; and and Council Chair Jim McNerney, Jr., President and CEO, The Boeing Company (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) more info | view original

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President Barack Obama delivers remarks at a meeting with the President's Export Council on Sept. 19, 2013. Seated with the President is Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker

Secretary Pritzker thanked and posed for a photo with the Commercial Service team in Kyiv, Ukraine on September 26, 2014. more info | view original

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Secretary Pritzker and Commercial Service team in Kyiv, Ukraine

Secretary Pritzker met with young entrepreneurs, who are the future of a stronger Ukrainian economy, during her commercial diplomacy trip to Kyiv, Ukraine. more info | view original

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Future Business Leaders Roundtable in Kyiv, Ukraine

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Secretary Penny Pritzker to Lead High-Level U.S. Business Delegation to Poland and Turkey

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Secretary Pritzker and CEOs from the President’s Export Council Explore Market Opportunities with Turkish Business Leaders

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker Makes First Official Trip to India for U.S.-India Strategic Dialogue more info | view original

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U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker Makes First Official Trip to India for U.S.-India Strategic Dialogue

Secretary Pritzker joined by U.S. Ambassador Wayne and Mexico's Secretary of Economy, Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal during her trade mission to Mexico City and Monterrey. more info | view original

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Secretary Pritzker joined by U.S. Ambassador Wayne and Mexico's Secretary of Economy, Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal during her trade mission to Mexico City and Monterrey.

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker Kicks Off Middle East Trade Mission in Abu Dhabi more info | view original

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U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker Kicks Off Middle East Trade Mission in Abu Dhabi

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker Meets with Government Leaders on Mexico Business Development Mission more info | view original

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U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker Meets with Government Leaders on Mexico Business Development Mission

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U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker Visits Shanghai Ahead of the Strategic and Economic Dialogue

Secretary Pritzker Discusses Trade and Investment with Ghanaian President Mahama and Other Officials more info | view original

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Secretary Pritzker Discusses Trade and Investment with Ghanaian President Mahama and Other Officials

Secretary Penny Pritzker speaking with the American Chamber of Commerce of Mexico alongside Ernesto M. Hernández, President & Director General of General Motors Mexico, and Jose Zozaya, President and Executive Representative, Kansas City Southern de Mexico. more info | view original

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Secretary Penny Pritzker speaking with the American Chamber of Commerce of Mexico

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker met with her Mexican and Canadian counterparts, Canadian Minister of International Trade Ed Fast and Mexican Secretary of Economy Ildefonso Guajardo. more info | view original

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Secretary Pritzker with her Mexican and Canadian counterparts, Minister Fast and Secretary Guajardo

Over the last 2 days, Secretary Pritzker emphasized the importance of North American growth and competitiveness through increased trade, investment, and innovation, and North America’s commitment to completing the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) - a high-standard trade agreement that opens new markets across the Asia-Pacific to goods and services made in the United States, Canada and Mexico. more info | view original

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Trilateral press conference with Secretary Ildefonso Guajardo and Minister Ed Fast

U.S. Commerce Secretary Prizker Co-Chairs Economic and Commercial Dialogue with Poland’s Deputy Prime Minister Piechocinski more info | view original

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U.S. Commerce Secretary Prizker Co-Chairs Economic and Commercial Dialogue with Poland’s Deputy Prime Minister Piechocinski

Secretary Pritzker Speaks on CNBC’s Squawk Box about the President's change in policy toward Cuba more info | view original

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Secretary Pritzker Speaks on CNBC’s Squawk Box about the President's change in policy toward Cuba

Secretary Pritzker, Ambassador Froman and Vice Premier Yang took questions from the audience after speaking at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs' US-China: A Shared Vision of Global Economic Partnership. more info | view original

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Secretary Pritzker, Ambassador Froman and Vice Premier Yang at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs' US-China: A Shared Vision of Global Economic Partnership

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U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker joined President Obama to hear recommendations from the President’s Export Council on policies that will increase U.S. economic growth through international commerce.

Exports are a huge part of the Chicago economy, and Secretary Pritzker was happy to meet the Commercial Service team in the Windy City that is helping area businesses sell their quality goods and services around the world. more info | view original

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Exports are a huge part of the Chicago economy, and Secretary Pritzker was happy to meet the Commercial Service team in the Windy City that is helping area businesses sell their quality goods and services around the world.

Secretary Pritzker appears on MSNBC's Morning Joe more info | view original

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Secretary Pritzker appears on MSNBC's Morning Joe

Secretary Pritzker, Ambassador Froman and Vice Premier Yang prepare for the final day of the Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade more info | view original

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Secretary Pritzker, Ambassador Froman and Vice Premier Yang prepare for the final day of the Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade

Secretary Pritzker greets Vice Premier Yang on the first day of the Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade more info | view original

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Secretary Pritzker greets Vice Premier Yang on the first day of the Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade

Secretary Pritzker signs new regulations that are the U.S.'s first step toward expanding economic engagement with Cuba. more info | view original

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Secretary Pritzker signs Cuba regulations

Secretary Penny Pritzker Tours the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Thin Film Deposition Lab with Professor Kim Kimmerling ahead of her remarks on the importance of policies related to immigration, infrastructure, manufacturing, and the digital economy, all of which support innovation, entrepreneurship, and American competitiveness in the 21st century. more info | view original

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

Secretary Pritzker Speaks about the importance of changes to our visa policy for Chinese visitors to the American economy more info | view original

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Secretary Pritzker Speaks about the importance of changes to our visa policy for Chinese visitors to the American economy

Secretary Pritzker with GM CEO Mary Barra, Senior Editor at Large for Fortune Patricia Sellers, and Washington Editor for Fortune Nina Easton at the Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit more info | view original

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Secretary Pritzker with GM CEO Mary Barra, Senior Editor at Large for Fortune Patricia Sellers, and Washington Editor for Fortune Nina Easton at the Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit

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U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker outlined a bold new policy agenda for the Department of Commerce, centered on U.S. trade and investment, innovation, and data. This "Open for Business" agenda reflects the department's role as the voice of business, and the Obama Administration's focus on economic growth and job creation. Additionally, this new vision recognizes the demands of a globally competitive economy. more info | view original

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The "Open for Business Agenda" - Remarks delivered at 1776 DC on November 14, 2013

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The Secretary salutes Michelle Lee's new role as Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker, Secretary of Labor Tom Perez and National Economic Council Director Gene Sperling with members of the Business Leaders United for Workforce Partnerships more info | view original

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Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker, Secretary of Labor Tom Perez and National Economic Council Director Gene Sperling with members of the Business Leaders United for Workforce Partnerships

Secretary Pritzker Committed to Strengthening the Role of Women in Business and Technology more info | view original

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Secretary Pritzker Committed to Strengthening the Role of Women in Business and Technology

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Secretary Penny Pritzker met with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Ambassador Caroline Kennedy, and Japan’s Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Yasuhisa Shiozaki on the Tokyo stop of the Trade Mission

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Global Entrepreneurship Summit Preview more info | view original

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Secretary Pritzker and PAGE members on a panel at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2015. more info | view original

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PAGE and SPP at GES

Four PAGE ambassadors attended the Global Entrepreneurship Summit with Secretary Pritzker. more info | view original

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Secretary Pritzker and PAGE Members at GES 2015

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker more info | view original

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U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker

Secretary Pritzker delivers remarks at the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers Meeting in Los Angeles more info | view original

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Secretary Pritzker delivers remarks at the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers Meeting in Los Angeles

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker watches as Georgia Tech biomedical engineering student Sara Khalek works on a medical device design. Khalek is an apprentice at the Global Center for Medical Innovation (GCMI). Pritzker visited GCMI on August 23rd. (Georgia Tech Photo: Rob Felt) more info | view original

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Secretary Pritzker is joined by Commerce employees at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Western Regional Center in Seattle, Washington. more info | view original

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Secretary Pritzker with NOAA employees

Secretary Penny Pritzker Delivers Keynote Remarks at the U.S.-Saudi Business Opportunities Forum in Los Angeles, California more info | view original

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Secretary Penny Pritzker Delivers Keynote Remarks at the U.S.-Saudi Business Opportunities Forum

Secretary Pritzker laying a wreath at the Canadian War Memorial, extending her deepest sympathy for the loss of Canada's heroes. more info | view original

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Secretary Pritzker laying a wreath at the Canadian War Memorial, extending her deepest sympathy for the loss of Canada's heroes.

Secretary Pritzker speaks to the Minnesota Business Partnership. It is composed of more than 100 men and women representing a broad range of business interests, political perspectives, and personal philosophies. As chief executives of Minnesota’s largest employers, they are united by the Partnership’s mission: maintain a high quality of life for all Minnesotans by ensuring that the state’s economy remains strong, globally competitive, and its prospects for growth bright. more info | view original

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Swiss executives announce $3 billion investment in the US during meeting with Secretary Pritzker

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Secretary Pritzker Joins Bipartisan Roundtable on the Benefits of Trade during National Governors Association Winter Meeting.

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Secretary Penny Pritzker with Tunisia’s President Beji Caid Essebsi discussing the challenges and opportunities facing the country’s economy.

Secretary Pritzker Addresses Importance of Supply Chain Innovation and Public-Private Partnerships at Global Supply Chain Summit 2015 more info | view original

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Secretary Pritzker Addresses Importance of Supply Chain Innovation and Public-Private Partnerships at Global Supply Chain Summit 2015

Encouraging Innovation, Not Litigation more info | view original

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Encouraging Innovation, Not Litigation

Secretary Penny Pritzker meets with Eduardo Leite, Chairman of the Executive Committee of Baker & McKenzie LLP, the new chair of the U.S. section of the U.S.-Brazil CEO Forum more info | view original

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Secretary Penny Pritzker meets with Eduardo Leite, Chairman of the Executive Committee of Baker & McKenzie LLP, the new chair of the U.S. section of the U.S.-Brazil CEO Forum

Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker joined U.S. and Mexican government leaders in Brownsville, Texas, at a ceremony to inaugurate the West Rail Bypass International Bridge, the first new international rail crossing between the United States and Mexico since 1910. more info | view original

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Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker joined U.S. and Mexican government leaders in Brownsville, Texas on the front of a locomotion engine

Secretary Penny Pritzker met with Mandela Washington Fellows as part of President Obama's Young African Leaders Initiative to support their continued engagement in promoting digital literacy and technology education . more info | view original

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Secretary Penny Pritzker poses with four Mandela Washington Fellows

Secretary Penny Pritzker meets with European Commission Vice President for the Digital Single Market Andrus Ansip. more info | view original

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Secretary Pritzker and European Commission VP of DSM Ansip

Secretary Pritzker gives remarks at the National Council of La Raza on Tuesday, touching on immigration reform and the importance of the Hispanic community in keeping America “Open for Business.” more info | view original

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Secretary Pritzker and VP Biden

Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker Addresses the National Council of La Raza Annual Conference more info | view original

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Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker Addresses the National Council of La Raza Annual Conference

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