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Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo testifies during a hearing on Capitol Hill, May 15, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

Commerce Secretary Raimondo offers a parting shot at Trump and advice for Democrats’ future

Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo says Donald Trump is a president-elect who for all of his aggressive talk is afraid to let America compete with the rest of the world, responding instead with tariffs and curtailing immigration.
 
President Joe Biden speaks in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, Friday, Jan. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

Biden’s administration proposes new rules on exporting AI chips, provoking an industry pushback

 
Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill, Feb. 1, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

US effort to curb China’s and Russia’s access to advanced computer chips ‘inadequate,’ report finds

 
FILE - A man works at a manufacturer of Integrated Chip encapsulation in Nantong in eastern China's Jiangsu province on Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. (Chinatopix Via AP, File)

China’s ban on key high-tech materials could have broad impact on industries, economy

 
FILE - American flags are displayed with Chinese flags on top of a trishaw on Sept. 16, 2018, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

US expands list of Chinese technology companies under export controls

 

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FILE - Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, left, and Secretary of State Antony Blinken, attend the U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council Ministerial Meeting at the State Department, Jan. 30, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Biden administration to host international AI safety meeting in San Francisco after election

 
FILE - A person walks into the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., headquarters in Hsinchu, Taiwan on Oct. 20, 2021. The Biden administration pledged Monday, April 8, 2024, to provide up to $6.6 billion so that a Taiwanese microchip giant can expand the facilities it is already building in Arizona and ensure that the world most-advanced chips are produced domestically for the first time. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying, File)

Biden administration announces $6.6 billion to ensure leading-edge microchips are built in the US

 
U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Gina Raimondo, left, shakes hand with Thai Foreign Minister Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara at Foreign Ministry in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, March 14, 2024. Raimondo was in Thailand to promote US-Thai trade and investment relations, saying Thailand could benefit from efforts to diversify global supply chains, especially for semiconductors, and that Thailand's plans to emphasize a digital economy will benefit both nations. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

US commerce secretary hails progress at year’s first meeting of Indo-Pacific trade grouping

 
U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, right, talks beside Philippine Trade and Industry Secretary Alfredo Pascual during a press conference at Paranaque city, Philippines on Monday, March 11, 2024. Raimondo led a U.S. Presidential Trade and Investment Mission which aims to boost US contributions to the Philippines and to further strengthen bilateral economic ties. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

US is constantly assessing expansion of export controls on chips that could boost China’s military

 
FILE - U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo speaks Dec. 11, 2023, during a visit to BAE Systems, in Nashua, N.H. The Biden administration on Friday, Feb. 9, 2024, will announce the investment of $5 billion in a public-private consortium aimed at supporting research and development in advanced computer chips. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Biden administration announces $5 billion commitment for research and development of computer chips

 
U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, addresses an audience, Monday, Dec. 11, 2023, during a visit to BAE Systems, in Nashua, N.H. The Biden administration announced the first of many coming federal investments in computer chip production, saying Monday that it would provide $35 million for BAE Systems to increase production at a New Hampshire factory making chips for military aircraft, including F-15 and F-35 jets. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Biden administration says New Hampshire computer chip plant the first to get funding from CHIPS law

 
FILE - Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo testifies during a Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation hearing Oct. 4, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Commerce Department on Oct. 17 updated and broadened its export controls to stop China from acquiring advanced computer chips and the equipment to manufacture them. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

China says US moves to limit access to advanced computer chips hurt supply chains, cause huge losses

 
FILE - Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo testifies during a Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation hearing Oct. 4, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Commerce Department on Oct. 17 updated and broadened its export controls to stop China from acquiring advanced computer chips and the equipment to manufacture them. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

The Commerce Department updates its policies to stop China from getting advanced computer chips

 
FILE - Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador speaks during a rally marking his fifth anniversary in office, at the Zocalo in Mexico City on July 1, 2023. Mexico’s armed forces sent troops, vehicle convoys and helicopters into remote towns near the southern border with Guatemala on Wednesday, Sept. 27, after drug cartels blocked roads and cut off electricity in some areas over the weekend. Lopez Obrador acknowledged Monday that the cartels have cut off electricity in some towns and forbidden government workers from coming in to the largely rural area to fix the power lines. (AP Photo/Aurea Del Rosario, File)

Mexico’s president slams US aid for Ukraine and sanctions on Venezuela and Cuba

 
FILE - White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Friday, Sept. 15, 2023. Sullivan met in Malta over the past two days with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, the Maltese government said Sunday, Sept. 17, in a statement. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Biden’s national security adviser holds two days of talks in Malta with China’s foreign minister

 
President Joe Biden boards Air Force One for a trip to attend the G20 summit in New Delhi, Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023, in Andrews Air Force Base, Md. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden to use G20 summit and Vietnam visit to highlight US as trustworthy alternative to China

 
Gabe Amo meets with members of the press at an election results party after his win in the Democratic primary for Rhode Island's 1st Congressional District, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023, in Pawtucket, R.I. (David Delpoio/Providence Journal via AP)

Democrat Gabe Amo one win away from being 1st person of color to represent Rhode Island in Congress

 

Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

 
U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo speaks during the press conference at the Boeing Shanghai Aviation Service Co., Ltd, in Shanghai, China, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, Pool)

US commerce secretary warns China will be ‘uninvestable’ without action on raids, fines

 
U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, left, is greeted by Chinese Premier Li Qiang at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, Pool)

US commerce secretary rejects Chinese appeal to ease export controls

 
U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, second right, speaks during a meeting with Chinese Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao, second left, at the Ministry of Commerce in Beijing, Monday, Aug. 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, Pool)

US, China agree to discuss export controls as commerce secretary visits to warm up chilly ties

 
FILE - Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo speaks during an event about high-speed internet infrastructure, in the East Room of the White House on June 26, 2023, in Washington. Raimondo is the latest member of President Joe Biden’s Cabinet to visit China as his administration tries to mend the deteriorating ties between the world's two largest economies. She promises to be “practical” without compromising the U.S. push to “responsibly” manage that economic relationship. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Biden’s commerce secretary is the latest Cabinet member to visit China in a bid for improved ties

 

U.S. commerce secretary to visit China amid efforts to stabilize relations

 
FILE - Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo speaks during an event about high speed internet infrastructure, in the East Room of the White House on June 26, 2023, in Washington. China says it would welcome a visit by Raimondo following the imposition of foreign investment controls by her agency that have stung numerous Chinese companies, according to reports Thursday, Aug. 17. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

China says it would welcome a visit by US commerce secretary after imposition of investment controls

 
President Joe Biden speaks at Auburn Manufacturing Inc., in Auburn, Maine, Friday, July 28, 2023, before he signs an executive order to encourage companies to manufacture new inventions in the United States. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Joe Biden’s ‘Buy America’ policy on infrastructure projects leads to factory jobs in Wisconsin

 
FILE - Vice President Kamala Harris salutes as she steps off of Air Force Two at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., May 4, 2021. Vice President Harris plans to visit southeast Wisconsin this week. She will making a stop in Pleasant Prairie on Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023 to tout broadband and affordable connectivity before going to Milwaukee for a pair of campaign receptions. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Vice President Kamala Harris will visit Wisconsin to tout broadband and raise money

 
President Joe Biden leaves St. Edmund Roman Catholic Church in Rehoboth Beach, Del., after attending a Mass, Saturday, July 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Biden goes west to talk about his administration’s efforts to combat climate change