International Trade News

September 29, 2009

Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, Mayor Shirley Franklin Announce 2010 Americas Competitiveness Forum to be Held in Atlanta

SANTIAGO, CHILE - At the closing of the 2009 Americas Competitiveness Forum (ACF) in Chile, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin announced that the United States will host the next ACF in Atlanta in the fall of 2010. Read the whole story here! 

September 28, 2009

Commerce Secretary Gary Locke Meets with Ministers from Central America

WASHINGTON - U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke hosted a productive, hour-long meeting with ministers from Costa Rica, El Salvador and Nicaragua while at the Americas Competitiveness Forum in Chile. This was Locke's first meeting with this group of ministers. Read the whole story here!

July 2009

FACT SHEET - July 2009 Export Statistics/Top Trading Partners here!

March 24, 2009

U.S. Senate Confirms Gary Locke as Commerce Secretary

WASHINGTON - The United States Senate this evening confirmed Gary Locke as the nation's 36th Commerce Secretary by unanimous consent. Secretary Locke will be a key member of President Obama's economic team and will work to foster and promote American economic development at home, and will be an influential ambassador for American business and industry abroad.  Read the whole story here!