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Trump digs into trade abuse with two orders

by Mitchell Hartman
Mar 31, 2017
President Trump issued two executive orders dealing with trade today. One will start a 90-day clock for the Commerce Department to report back on countries unfairly subsidizing their exports to the U.S. That’s called dumping. Second, the administration will look into whether countervailing duties imposed by the U.S. when it finds another country is dumping are […]
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The Commerce Secretary on the digital economy's future

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Nov 1, 2016
Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker talks about her department's attempts to modernize its role in the digital economy.
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Commerce Department set to release retail sales

by Ashley Milne-Tyte
Aug 12, 2016
Though big brick-and-mortar stores aren't doing that well, consumers are spending.
Job gains are having an effect on consumer confidence, according to one expert.
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Consumer spending is slowing down and so is the GDP

by Mitchell Hartman
Apr 28, 2016
Gross domestic product rose 0.5 percent at the start of 2016, with business investment and exports falling, and spending by consumers slowing down.
Shoppers walk along Lexington Avenue in the eastern Midtown section of Manhattan on April 29, 2015 in New York City. According to the Federal Reserve Bank, growth of the U.S. gross domestic product - the value of goods and services produced in the U.S. - has slowed for the first quarter of 2015.  
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U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker on the future of the TPP

by Kai Ryssdal
Apr 15, 2016
Secretary Pritzker joined Marketplace host Kai Ryssdal to discuss set-top boxes, creating competition and the status of the Trans- Pacific Partnership
WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Jacob Lew (L), Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker (2nd L) and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack (R) wait for the beginning of a hearing before House Ways and Means Committee April 22, 2015 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The committee held the hearing on ''Expanding American Trade with Accountability and Transparency.'' 
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What goes into the 'durable goods index'

by Tim Fitzsimons
Jan 27, 2015
Long-lasting goods are one way to measure health of U.S. manufacturing sector.
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Commerce Sec. Penny Pritzker on our export economy

by Kai Ryssdal
Sep 2, 2014
Host Kai Ryssdal crunches the numbers with Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker.
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What happens when a billionaire faces Congressional confirmation?

by Mitchell Hartman
May 20, 2013
Commerce Secretary nominee and Hyatt heiress Penny Pritzker will have to shift her billions to avoid conflicts of interest, and prepare for questions about the family business.
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Meet the two new nominees for President Obama's economic team

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
May 2, 2013
The president has nominated Penny Pritzker to run the Commerce Department, and Michael Froman as the next U.S. trade representative.
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News In Brief

MID-DAY UPDATE: American families make 18% less after the financial crisis, radiation levels continue to rise in Japan

by Katharine Crnko
Mar 25, 2011
Here are some of today's top headlines from the Marketplace Morning Report and around the web. The economy, in the last quarter of 2010, grew ...
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