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Oct072015

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

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) can have on the U.S. economy. The reports highlight the increased value of U.S. goods and services exports to TPP markets, the number of U.S. jobs supported by these exports, and the value of foreign investment into the United...

Oct072015

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

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 Cuban officials. During this meeting, representatives from the Departments of Commerce, Treasury, and State will discuss the recent changes to regulations, governing trade, financial transactions, and travel applicable to Cuba.

Oct092015

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Spotlight on Commerce: Alejandro Rodriguez, Chief of Staff to the Deputy Secretary

This post is part of the Spotlight on Commerce series highlighting members of the Department of Commerce and their contributions to the Open for Business Agenda.

Oct092015

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Philadelphia High School Training the Next Generation of Manufacturing Innovators

Last week MBDA National Director Alejandra Y. Castillo attended a ribbon cutting at a new high school in Philadelphia that is opening doors and opportunities for young people...

Oct092015

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MBDA National Director Recognized for Leadership and Commitment to the Hispanic Business Community

Each year, Americans observe National Hispanic Heritage Month from September 15 to October 15, by celebrating the histories, cultures and contributions of American citizens...

Oct062015

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

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.

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

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 Horizon Oil Spill, and the restoration of natural resources in the Gulf of Mexico. During her remarks, Secretary Pritzker emphasized the Administration’s unwavering commitment to securing justice for the Gulf communities and...

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

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On October 6, 2015, Secretary Penny Pritzker landed in Havana, Cuba, becoming the second U.S. cabinet official to visit Cuba since the re-establishment of diplomatic relations on July 20, 2015. more info | view original

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Secretary Pritzker lands in Havana, Cuba

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Charles Baker, Container Port Director at the Mariel Port in Havana, Cuba, welcomes Secretary Penny Pritzker during her October 6 visit to the port. more info | view original

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Director of the Mariel Container Port welcomes Secretary Pritzker (left)

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Container Port Director Charles Baker presents the Mariel Port's development plan to Secretary Penny Pritzker during her visit to Cuba. more info | view original

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Secretary Pritzker (left) learns about plans for developing Mariel Port in Cuba

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Secretary Penny Pritzker tours Mariel Port in Cuba with U.S. Ambassador Jeffrey DeLaurentis and Container Port Director Charles Baker. more info | view original

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Secretary Pritzker (second from right) tours Mariel Port in Cuba

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Rodrigo Malmierca, Cuba's Minister of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment, greets Secretary Penny Pritzker. more info | view original

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Cuban Foreign Trade and Investment Minister Malmierca (center) welcomes Secretary Pritzker (right)

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Secretary Penny Pritzker and U.S. Ambassador Jeffrey DeLaurentis meet with Cuban officials for the U.S.-Cuba Regulatory Dialogue Meeting on October 7, 2015. more info | view original

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Secretary Pritzker (center) and Ambassador DeLaurentis (left) at the U.S.-Cuba Regulatory Dialogue Meeting

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Secretary Penny Pritzker and Cuban Minister of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment Rodrigo Malmierca co-chaired the U.S.-Cuba Regulatory Dialogue meeting on October 7, 2015. more info | view original

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Secretary Pritzker (second from left) co-chairs the U.S.-Cuba Regulatory Dialogue meeting

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Secretary Penny Pritzker held a bilateral meeting with Rodrigo Malmierca, Cuba's Minister of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment, following the U.S.-Cuba Regulatory Dialogue meeting. more info | view original

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Secretary Pritzker (center left) meets with Cuban Foreign Trade and Investment Minister Malmierca (center right)

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Secretary Penny Pritzker tours the historic El Capitolio in Havana, Cuba, which is currently under restoration. more info | view original

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Secretary Pritzker (center) tours El Capitolio restoration in Cuba

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Secretary Penny Pritzker stands in a courtyard of the historic El Capitolio in Havana, Cuba, which is currently under restoration. more info | view original

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Secretary Pritzker (second from left) tours El Capitolio restoration in Cuba

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During her visit to Cuba on October 7-8, 2015, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker walked around Old Havana to tour the historic architecture and speak with Cuban citizens in the plaza. more info | view original

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

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Secretary Penny Pritzker enjoyed a walking tour of Old Havana on October 7, 2015. more info | view original

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Secretary Pritzker (center) tours Old Havana

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Secretary Penny Pritzker stopped to speak with a group of Cuban citizens sitting in a plaza during her walking tour of Old Havana. more info | view original

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Secretary Pritzker (left) speaks with Cuban citizens in the plaza

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Secretary Pritzker stopped to speak with a group of Cuban school children during her walking tour of Old Havana. more info | view original

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Secretary Pritzker speaks with schoolchildren in Havana

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Secretary Penny Pritzker stopped to buy some local coffee from a Plaza Vieja shop during her walking tour of Old Havana. more info | view original

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Secretary Pritzker (right) buys local coffee in Havana

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Bruno Rodriguez, Cuba's Foreign Minister, welcomes Secretary Penny Pritzker. more info | view original

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Cuban Foreign Minister Rodriguez (left) welcomes Secretary Pritzker (right)

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Secretary Penny Pritzker held a bilateral meeting with Bruno Rodriguez, Cuban Foreign Minister. more info | view original

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Secretary Pritzker (center left) meets with Cuban Foreign Minister Rodriguez

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Secretary Penny Pritzker holds a bilateral meeting with Ricardo Cabrisas, Cuba's Vice President of the Council of Ministers. more info | view original

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Secretary Pritzker meets with Cuban VP of the Council of Ministers Cabrisas

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U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker arrived in Havana on October 6, becoming the second U.S. cabinet official to visit Cuba since the re-establishment of diplomatic relations on July 20, 2015. Her first event in Cuba was a visit to Mariel Special Development Zone (ZEDM), where she visited the container terminal and the warehouse and was briefed by representatives of ZED Mariel’s Office on the plans for the zone. more info | view original

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Secretary Penny Pritzker (second from left) visits the Mariel Special Development Zone in Cuba

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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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. more info | view original

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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Secretary Pritzker addresses the 2015 SelectUSA Investment Summit.

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Secretary Pritzker addresses the 2015 SelectUSA Investment Summit.

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Secretary Pritzker addresses the 2015 SelectUSA Investment Summit.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

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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 meeting with CEOs representing the Alaska Native Corporations

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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. 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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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. 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.

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

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Secretary Pritzker appears on MSNBC's Morning Joe

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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 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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 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.

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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 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

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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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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

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