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

Commerce secretary says more money needed to block AI chip exports to China

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

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)

Top Chinese official tells the U.S. commerce secretary he’s ready to improve cooperation

By Joe McDonald - Associated Press

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

By Will Weissert - Associated Press

U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, right, shakes hands with U.S. Ambassador to China Nick Burns after delivering her speech at a reception with U.S. Industry and Chinese Government Officials hosted by Ambassador Burns, in Beijing, Monday, Aug. 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, Pool)

Raimondo announces progress in China talks on export controls

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

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)

Top U.S., Chinese commerce officials express support for easier trade, but deep differences remain

By Joe McDonald - Associated Press

The American and Chinese flags wave at Genting Snow Park ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Feb. 2, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. Hackers working on behalf of the Chinese government broke into the computer networks of at least six state governments in the United States in the last year. That's according to a report released Tuesday by a private cybersecurity firm. The report from Mandiant does not identify the hacked agencies or offer a motive for the intrusions, which began last May and continued through the last month. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)

Chinese hacks of Biden admin emails get increasingly sophisticated; fearful lawmakers begin probe

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo listens during a meeting with President Joe Biden's "Investing in America Cabinet," in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Friday, May 5, 2023, in Washington. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra looks on at left. The Commerce Department on Friday, May 12, 2023, is launching the application process for cities to receive a total of $500 million in grants to become “tech hubs.” (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Commerce Department starts process to fund tech hubs across the U.S. with $500 million in grants

By Josh Boak - Associated Press

This photo shows a view of the ARM-structure server processor Yitian 710, developed by Alibaba's in-house semiconductor unit T-Head, at the Apsara Conference, an annual cloud service technology forum hosted by Alibaba Group, in Hangzhou in east China's Zhejiang province on Oct. 19, 2021. To help make China a self-reliant &quot;technology superpower,&quot; the ruling Communist Party is pushing the world's biggest e-commerce company to take on the tricky, expensive business of designing its own processor chips, a business unlike anything Alibaba Group has done before. (Chinatopix via AP)

Republicans say Biden’s rules for firms competing with China on chips make U.S. less competitive

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden attends an event to support legislation that would encourage domestic manufacturing and strengthen supply chains for computer chips in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus, March 9, 2022, in Washington. Just hours before Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell threatened to block a bill to revive the U.S. computer chip sector, senior Biden aides met on a Thursday morning to plan for that exact scenario. They decided to keep pushing and working bipartisan relationships with legislators developed over 18 months, leading to the passage of the $280 billion CHIPS and Science Act. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Biden team pledges to closely watch the $52 billion doled out to semiconductor manufacturers

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., addresses a gathering during a town hall style meeting, Tuesday, June 28, 2022, in Randolph, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Warren and Jayapal criticize Biden admin for hiring Big Tech execs

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo attends a panel session at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. The annual meeting of the World Economic Forum is taking place in Davos from May 22 until May 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo warns of talking ‘ourselves into a recession’

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo speaks during an address at Brown University, March 15, 2022, in Providence, R.I., in this file photo. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File) **FILE**

Commerce secretary defends China solar tariff probe despite freeze on clean energy projects

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo speaks during an address at Brown University, March 15, 2022, in Providence, R.I. The Commerce Department says it is investigating whether imports of solar panels from Southeast Asia are circumventing anti-dumping rules that block imports from China. The decision could dramatically reduce solar imports to the U.S. and undercut President Joe Biden’s ambitious climate goals. Clean energy leaders said the investigation could lead to thousands of layoffs in the domestic solar industry and imperil up to 80% of planned solar projects in the U.S. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo tests positive for coronavirus

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Jan. 8, 2021 file photo, President-elect Joe Biden's nominee for Secretary of Commerce, Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo speaks during an event at The Queen theater in Wilmington. The Senate has voted to confirm Raimondo as President Biden's commerce secretary. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo is designated survivor for State of the Union

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

In this Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021, photo Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo poses for a photograph with her Bulova watch. Raimondo only wears watches made by Bulova — a company that fired her scientist father, closed its Rhode Island factory and moved production to China in 1983. “It’s been a tribute to my dad," Raimondo said in an interview, “and a reminder to me that we need to do more to get good manufacturing jobs in America.” (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Commerce head out to save U.S. jobs, 1 computer chip at a time

By Josh Boak - Associated Press

Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo listens to a question during a press briefing at the White House, Wednesday, April 7, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

White House willing to ‘compromise’ on proposed corporate tax hike

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden’s Cabinet and Cabinet-level picks. (AP Graphic)

Senate confirms Raimondo as Biden commerce secretary

By KEVIN FREKING - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 5, 2020, file photo, Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo speaks at an event in Providence, R.I. Raimondo, President Joe Biden's pick for commerce secretary, gives her final State of the State address on Wednesday evening, Feb. 3, 2021. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

Raimondo bids farewell in final State of the State speech

By DAVID KLEPPER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 8, 2021, file photo President-elect Joe Biden's nominee for Secretary of Commerce, Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo speaks during an event at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Biden’s Commerce pick, Raimondo, voices tough line on China

By KEVIN FREKING and MIKE SCHNEIDER - Associated Press

1st Amendment group asks Raimondo to stop avoiding reporters

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