All Entries Tagged With: "Gary Locke"
22 U.S. Companies Get Award for Outstanding Exports
WASHINGTON – / N2N / – U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke today presented 22 companies and organizations with the 2010 Presidential “E” Award and “E” Star Award for outstanding contributions to growing U.S. exports, strengthening the economy and creating American jobs. The Presidential “E” Awards are the highest U.S. government honor for increasing exports. These [...]
NOAA Expands Fishing Closure in Oil-Affected Gulf of Mexico
- / N2N / – NOAA has modified and expanded the boundaries of the closed fishing area to better reflect the current location of the BP oil spill, and is extending the fishing restriction until May 17. The closed area now represents slightly less than 4.5 percent of Gulf of Mexico federal waters. The original [...]
Manufacturers Must Play Key Role in Export Expansion
WASHINGTON – / N2N / – U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke addressed the Department of Commerce Manufacturing Council today about the importance of the manufacturing sector in the expansion of exports and job creation. “This administration is rebuilding, retooling and reinventing our national strategies for sustained economic success,” Locke said. “Manufacturing needs to be a [...]
U.S. Trade Deficit Widens in December
WASHINGTON – / N2N / – U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke issued the following statement on the release of the December 2009 U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services report by the Commerce Department’s U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Today’s report showed that U.S. exports in December 2009 increased by [...]
National Export Initiative to Create 2 Million Jobs
WASHINGTON – / N2N /- Commerce Secretary Gary Locke unveiled details of President Obama’s National Export Initiative (NEI) at a luncheon today at the National Press Club. During last week’s State of the Union speech, the president announced a goal of doubling exports over the next five years to support two million jobs in America. [...]
November 2009 Data – U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services
WASHINGTON – / N2N / – U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke issued the following statement on the release of the November 2009 U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services report by the Commerce Department’s U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Today’s report showed that U.S. exports increased by 0.9 percent to [...]
$15.6 Million Grant to Restore St. Louis Port
ST. LOUIS – / N2N / – U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke announced today a $15.6 million Economic Development Administration (EDA) grant to reconstruct the St. Louis Municipal Terminal’s South Dock, which was damaged by extensive flooding in 2008. Three local St. Louis businesses served by the port met with Locke and Mayor Francis Slay [...]
U.S. Meets with Egypt’s Minister of Trade/Industry
WASHINGTON – / N2N / – U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke hosted a meeting with Egypt’s Minister of Trade and Industry (MOTI), Mr. Rachid Mohamed Rachid, at the Commerce Department today. This was the first meeting between the Secretary and Minister Rachid. Secretary Locke and Minister Rachid confirmed the importance of further strengthening the U.S.-Egypt [...]
Gary Locke Comments on September U.S. International Trade
WASHINGTON – / N2N / – U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke issued the following statement on the release of the September 2009 U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services report by the Commerce Department’s U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Today’s report showed that U.S. exports increased by 2.9 percent to [...]
Gary Locke to attend Singapore Ministerial Meetings
SINGAPORE – / N2N / – U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke will be in Singapore and China the next six days, focused on an agenda that seeks to create jobs at home by making U.S. businesses more competitive in some of the fastest growing economies in the world. Locke will attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation [...]
U.S. Commerce Secretary Locke Keynotes District Export Council Conference to Highlight Importance of Exporting
WASHINGTON – / N2N / – U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke delivered the keynote address during the National District Export Council (DEC) Conference today at the Department of Commerce to highlight the administration’s commitment to an aggressive export promotion strategy and to underscore the department’s top trade priorities: increasing exports for small and medium-size businesses; [...]
China Agrees to Improve Access for U.S. Energy Companies, Reopen Market to U.S. Pork, at the 20th Session of the U.S.-China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade
HANGZHOU, CHINA— – / N2N / – China agreed today to reopen its market to U.S. pork and live swine, remove barriers for American firms to China’s growing clean energy market, and clamp down on Internet piracy at the 20th session of the U.S.-China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT) in Hangzhou, China, co-chaired [...]
Commerce Secretary Gary Locke Co-Chairs U.S.-Iraq Business Dialogue at the Commerce Department
WASHINGTON— / – N2N – / U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke today co-chaired the U.S.-Iraq Business Dialogue with Iraq’s Acting Minister of Trade Dr. Safa Al-Din Muhammad Al-Safi. Secretary Locke expressed the U.S. government’s commitment to helping Iraq become a strong, stable and democratic country, and to building lasting economic ties between the two countries. [...]
