Today, Australian Minister for Trade, Tourism, and Investment, Dan Tehan; New Zealand Minister for Trade and Export Growth, Damien O’Connor; Singapore Minister for Trade and Industry Gan Kim Yong; and U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo met to discuss opportunities to expand economic cooperation among like-minded partners in the Indo-Pacific region in an open and inclusive manner, and the...

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo and Australia’s Minister for Trade, Tourism, and Investment Dan Tehan met today in Singapore during the Bloomberg New Economy Forum. They discussed a range of topics, including promoting the green economy and next steps on building resilient supply chains in the Indo-Pacific. In particular they discussed the crucial role that critical minerals play in...

Yesterday, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo and Singapore Minister for Trade and Industry Gan Kim Yong met to discuss early outcomes and next steps on implementing the U.S.-Singapore Partnership for Growth and Innovation (PGI), which they signed last month in Washington. Secretary Raimondo and Minister Gan issued the following statement: “We reaffirm our commitment to collaborate through...

Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo met with Minister for Trade, Tourism, and Investment of Australia Dan Tehan to discuss opportunities to deepen the U.S.-Australia commercial relationship. During the meeting, Secretary Raimondo discussed President Biden’s interest in working with its partners across the region to establish an Indo-Pacific economic framework that will define and...

Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo met with New Zealand Minister for Trade and Export Growth Damien O’Connor to explore opportunities for closer bilateral engagement and to discuss broader regional priorities. Specifically, the Secretary and Minister discussed President Biden’s interest in collaborating with like-minded partners across the Indo-Pacific on an economic framework that...

Vice President Kamala Harris announced today at the conclusion of the White House 2021 Tribal Nations Summit that the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has awarded the first three grants as part of the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program. These initial awards, totaling nearly $1.4 million, are being made to the Taos Pueblo in New...

Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo met with the Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong. During their meeting, Secretary Raimondo and Prime Minister Lee discussed areas of cooperation under the U.S.-Singapore Partnership for Growth and Innovation (PGI) that Vice President Harris announced in Singapore during her August visit to Singapore, and that Secretary Raimondo and...

Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo met with Singapore Minister for Communications and Information Josephine Teo for a bilateral meeting and to co-host an event promoting women’s leadership in the technology sector. During their meeting, Secretary Raimondo and Minister Teo discussed U.S. and Singapore collaboration on the digital economy, AI, and other related priorities in the U.S...