Tag: Gina Raimondo

US Commerce Chief: More Action To Be Taken on Huawei if Needed

WASHINGTON—U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said on Thursday the Biden administration will take further action against Chinese telecoms firm Huawei if necessary, after some Republican lawmakers pressed for more steps. Washington says Huawei is a national security threat on a variety of grounds and aggressively lobbied other countries not to use Huawei equipment in next-generation…


Lifting International Travel Restrictions Will Boost US Economy: Commerce Chief

WASHINGTON—U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said on Thursday that the decision by the Biden administration to lift international travel restrictions in early November will be a boost to the U.S. economy, especially for tourist destinations like New York and for business travel. Raimondo said the decision announced Monday to allow fully vaccinated foreign nationals to…


White House Investing $3 Billion to Get Americans Back to Work

WASHINGTON—The Biden Administration on July 22 announced an economic development plan that would invest $3 billion in distressed and underserved communities affected by the pandemic to support jobs and economic recovery. The initiative would bring “transformative growth” to communities throughout the country by investing in infrastructure, innovation, and workforce training, according to Secretary of Commerce…


US and European Leaders Warn About China Setting Standards on AI

Top U.S. and European leaders recently spoke about how democracies should set the rules for artificial intelligence (AI), instead of an authoritarian regime like China. “We cannot let China write the rules of the road around AI,” said U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo at the Global Emerging Technology Summit in Washington on June 13. The…


Biden Commerce Secretary: ‘A Lot Of’ Jobs Lost in Retail, Service Industries ‘Might Not Be Coming Back’

Department of Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said in a new interview that many pre-pandemic jobs, namely in the retail and service sectors, may never come back. On Thursday, the Department of Labor released a report that new jobless claims dropped to 364,000 for the week. However, the data revealed that nearly 3.5 million Americans were collecting…


Biden Commerce Secretary Says Trump’s Steel and Aluminum Tariffs Saved American Jobs

Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo told reporters at the White House on April 7 that the Trump administration’s tariffs on steel and aluminum saved American jobs. “With respect to tariffs, there is a place for tariffs. The 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum have in fact helped save American jobs in the steel and aluminum industries,”…


Trump’s Steel and Aluminum Tariffs Saved US Jobs, Biden Commerce Secretary Says

Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo said on April 7 that the Trump administration’s tariffs on steel and aluminum saved American jobs. “With respect to tariffs, there is a place for tariffs. The 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum have in fact helped save American jobs in the steel and aluminum industries,” Raimondo told reporters at the…


Biden’s Commerce Chief Gina Raimondo Praises Trump’s China Tariffs as ‘Effective’

President Joe Biden’s pick for Commerce secretary, Gina Raimondo, on Thursday acknowledged that the tariffs on China imposed by former President Donald Trump have been “effective,” in comments that signal the current administration won’t soon roll back the highly contentious duties. “The data show that those tariffs have been effective,” Raimondo, who was confirmed to…


US Senate Confirms Raimondo to Head Commerce Department

WASHINGTON—The Senate voted 84-15 on Tuesday to confirm Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo to head the U.S. Commerce Department, the agency that repeatedly sparred with China during the prior administration. Raimondo, a Democrat tapped by President Joe Biden, will oversee the Commerce Department and its bureaus, which have about 46,000 employees. The department includes the…


Biden Admin So Far Has Eased Pressure on Communist China: Sen. Cruz

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) raised alarm over what he saw as “a pattern of a systemic decision” from the Biden administration to “embrace” communist China. “So far, every action, every nomination that we have seen from the nascent Biden administration, insofar as it concerns China, has lessened the scrutiny, has lessened the sanctions, has lessened…