In the United States, the Department of Commerce is an executive department of the federal government concerned with promoting economic growth. Among its tasks are gathering economic and demographic data for business and government decision-making, and helping to set industrial standards. This organization's main purpose is to create jobs, promote economic growth, encourage sustainable development and block harmful trade practices of other nations. The Department of Commerce headquarters is the Herbert C. Hoover Building in Washington, D.C.
Wilbur Ross is the current Commerce secretary.
The Trump administration is snubbing Congress by refusing to turn over a report detailing an investigation into national security risks potentially posed by imported vehicles and auto parts, citing.. Reuters - Published
Tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump to restructure the United States's top trade relationships have cost American companies $46 billion since February 2018, and U.S. exports of goods hit by.. Reuters - Published
Nike and FedEx, two companies with big exposure to the global economy, are set to report quarterly results in the upcoming week. Conway G. Gittens has a look at the week's major events.
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. sales of newly built homes increased 1.3% in November from the prior month, a sign that low mortgage rates are pushing up purchases as well as prices. The Commerce Department.. WorldNews - Published
U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said on Tuesday the Trump administration has not ruled out imposing tariffs on imported autos, after letting a review period end in November with no action. Reuters - Published
China's telecoms giant Huawei has been encouraging its suppliers to violate U.S. law by telling them to move operations offshore in a bid to avoid U.S. sanctions, Commerce Department Secretary Wilbur.. Reuters - Published
The U.S. Commerce Department confirmed Wednesday it has begun issuing licenses for some U.S companies to supply non-sensitive goods to China’s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd. Reuters - Published
The U.S. International Trade Commission on Tuesday concluded that U.S. industry is materially injured by Chinese-made mattresses that are sold at less than fair value, paving the way for the U.S... Reuters - Published
The U.S. International Trade Commission on Tuesday concluded that U.S. industry is materially injured by mattress imports from China that are sold at less than fair value, paving the way for the U.S... Reuters - Published
After adding Huawei to an economic blacklist in May citing national security concerns, the U.S. Commerce Department allowed it to purchase some American-made goods in a series of 90-day license.. WorldNews - Published
The U.S. Commerce Department on Wednesday added more than a dozen companies and individuals to its trade blacklist for allegedly providing material support to chemical and biological weapons activity.. Reuters - Published
The U.S. Commerce Department said on Thursday it made a preliminary determination that Chinese exporters had dumped ceramic tile in the U.S. market at less than fair value. Reuters - Published
Lack of transparency in the Commerce Department's handling of steel and aluminum tariffs raised the appearance that certain companies may have had "improper influence" in the process, its internal.. Reuters - Published
The United States is imposing new sanctions on Cuba over its human rights record and its support for Venezuela’s government, the U.S. Commerce Department said Friday. In a statement, the department.. WorldNews - Published Also reported by •Reuters
WASHINGTON (AP) — Retail sales dropped in September by the largest amount in seven months, possibly signaling that rising trade tensions and turbulent markets are having an impact on consumer.. WorldNews - Published
The U.S. Commerce Department on Monday put 28 Chinese public security bureaus and companies - including video surveillance company Hikvision - on a U.S. trade blacklist over Beijing's treatment of.. Reuters - Published
The U.S. Commerce Department said on Tuesday that it found that imports of ceramic tile from China are unfairly subsidized and it imposed preliminary duties on them ranging from about 104% to 222%. Reuters - Published
The U.S. Commerce Department said on Wednesday it imposed duties on Chinese and Mexican structural steel after making a preliminary determination that producers in both countries had dumped fabricated.. Reuters - Published
Mexico's government said on Wednesday that new duties imposed on some Mexican structural steel by the U.S. Commerce Department are part of a normal investigation when an industry feels it is being.. Reuters - Published
The U.S. Commerce Department has received more than 130 applications from companies for licenses to sell U.S. goods to China's Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, three sources said, nearly two months after.. Reuters - Published
The US Commerce Department is expected to extend a reprieve given to Huawei Technologies that permits the Chinese firm to buy supplies from US companies so that it can service existing customers, two.. WorldNews - Published Also reported by •Reuters
The U.S. Commerce Department is expected to extend a reprieve given to Huawei Technologies that permits the Chinese firm to buy supplies from U.S. companies so that it can service existing customers,.. Reuters - Published
The U.S. Commerce Department is continuing to evaluate requests by U.S. companies to sell certain equipment to Chinese telecoms company Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, a White House official and Commerce.. Reuters - Published
The US raised the stakes in its tensions with China in May, when the US Commerce Department added Huawei to its "entity list". The move bans the company from acquiring technology from US firms.. WorldNews - Published
PARIS, July 16- Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell reiterated pledges to "act as appropriate" to keep the U.S. economy humming in a speech on Tuesday that did not deviate from expectations that an.. WorldNews - Published
U.S. President Donald Trump's order that all federal agencies provide citizenship data to the Commerce Department could open a new legal front over whether states can redraw their voting maps based on.. Reuters - Published
President Trump issued an executive order Thursday directing the Department of Commerce to collect data about citizenship from government agency records. He said his administration is abandoning its.. CBS News - Published
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he was dropping his effort to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census but will sign an executive order telling federal agencies to provide citizenship.. Reuters - Published
Donald Trump will insist that 2020 census respondents are made to declare whether they are citizens, despite the Supreme Court ruling the question could not be included on forms, according to a US.. WorldNews - Published
Path being sought despite Supreme Court ruling at least temporarily blocking it; Trump may just tell Commerce Dept. to add it, AP source says CBS News - Published
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said administration officials were working on Independence Day in hopes of finding a way to have the 2020 census include a citizenship question even though the.. WorldNews - Published
Despite the Supreme Court ruling last week against the Trump administration putting a citizenship question on the 2020 Census and the Commerce Dept. saying it would comply, the Justice Department is.. CBS News - Published
The U.S. government said on Wednesday it was reviewing license requests from U.S. companies seeking to export products to China's Huawei Technologies Co Ltd "under the highest national security.. Reuters - Published
President Donald Trump said his administration was "absolutely moving forward" with adding the controversial citizenship question to the 2020 census on Wednesday, even though the Justice Department.. WorldNews - Published
Trump didn't detail how he planned to move forward, a week after the Supreme Court ruled the Commerce Department failed to justify its plan.
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A senior U.S. official told the Commerce Department's enforcement staff this week that China's Huawei should still be treated as blacklisted, days after U.S. President Donald Trump sowed confusion with.. Reuters - Published
The newly released testimony by the Commerce Department’s counsel gave ammunition to Democrats who have accused the Trump administration of trying to skew census results to Republicans’ benefit. NYTimes.com - Published
Huawei Technologies Co Inc filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Commerce Department on Friday challenging whether telecommunications equipment it sent from China to the United States, and then back to.. Reuters - Published
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