Cross-Border Trucking Plan Boosts Manufacturing Exports to Mexico
We can’t say the Mexican trucking dispute is over, but we can now say that, at last, the end appears to be in sight. Almost two years after Mexico imposed retaliatory tariffs on billions of dollars of...
View ArticlePresident’s Visit to GE Schenectady Highlights Energy, Manufacturing, India
From the White House’s weekly schedule for President Obama, posted by Lynn Sweet of The Chicago Sun-Times: [The] President will travel to Schenectady, New York to visit the birthplace of General...
View ArticleOn a Business Mission to India
From the Department of Commerce, “High-Technology Trade Mission To India with Secretary Locke and 24 U.S. Companies Kicks Off“: Today, Secretary Locke kicked off a high-technology trade mission today...
View ArticleIn India, Secretary Locke Notes Trade Opportunities, Obstacles
Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke gave the keynote speech today at an event sponsored by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in New Delhi, one of the events on a trade and business mission he is...
View ArticleTestimony and Then Questions About Manufacturing in America
Chairman Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) of the Senate Commerce Committee, who is chairing a hearing this morning, “The Future of American Manufacturing: Maintaining America’s Competitive Edge,” said...
View ArticleGood Lucke to Locke
President Obama is going to nominate Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke to serve as ambassador to China, numerous news agencies report. We wish him good luck on an enormous challenge. Ed O’Keefe,...
View ArticleCircumnetting Goings On at the Department of Commerce
Many things worth noting at the Department of Commerce last week, including Secretary Gary Locke’s travels to Brazil with President Obama: Commerce.gov, March 20, news release, “Secretary Locke Tours...
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Secretary Locke Visits Cummins, U.S. Manufacturer in São Paulo
Commerce Secretary Locke shone a welcome spotlight on an Indiana-based business with a global reach when he visited a Cummins operation in São Paulo over the weekend. From the Commerce blog, “Commerce...
View ArticleSnuff Out the Chinese ‘Rippos’
The average consumer probably associates Chinese counterfeiting with fake luxury watches, high fashion, purses, luggage and maybe DVDs, but the attacks against U.S. goods, company reputations and...
View ArticleEnergy Security, Energy Reality in America, Germany
Commerce Secretary Gary Locke spoke in Milwaukee today with WisBusiness.com filing a report: MILWAUKEE — U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke told a Milwaukee audience the United States — and...
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