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U.S. Department of State Weekly Digest Bulletin Εισερχόμενα U.S. Department of State <usstatebpa@public.govdelivery.com> 9:22 π.μ. (πριν από 4 λεπτά) προς εγώ Αγγλικά Ελληνικά     Μετάφραση μηνύματος Under Secretary Fernandez’s Travel to Mexico, Panama, and Costa Rica 09/11/2022 You are subscribed to Press Releases for U.S. Department of State. This information has recently been updated, and is now available. Under Secretary Fernandez’s Travel to Mexico, Panama, and Costa Rica 09/11/2022 04:01 PM EDT Office of the Spokesperson Under Secretary Jose W. Fernandez will travel to Mexico City on September 12 to join Secretary Blinken as part of the U.S. delegation to the U.S. – Mexico High-Level Economic Dialogue (HLED) to advance our shared objectives for North American economic prosperity.  The HLED discussions will review advances and achievements over the past year and help define our shared vision to enhance regional competitiveness.  Under Secretary Fernandez will also engage with private sector stakeholders and civil society from the United States and Mexico on opportunities to deepen economic cooperation and strengthen regional supply chains. The Under Secretary will travel to Panama City on September 13 and San Jose on September 14 to discuss collaboration and further strengthen our strategic economic partnership with Alliance for Development in Democracy (ADD) countries on supply chains, including new opportunities for investment in more resilient and secure technologies. In Panama, Under Secretary Fernandez will also meet with the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Environment, Finance, and Commerce, with the National Secretary of Science, Technology, and Innovation, and separately with the Panama Canal Administrator to discuss the strength of the bilateral relationship and explore areas for further collaboration including supply chain bottlenecks and logistics, energy and maritime cooperation, and investment opportunities. In Costa Rica, the Under Secretary will meet with President Rodrigo Chaves Robles to discuss our shared regional objectives for promoting trade and investment, supporting the development of 5G telecommunications infrastructure, and protecting our oceans through marine governance and transparency with cooperation on the Eastern Tropical Pacific Marine Corridor (CMAR). Throughout his travel, Under Secretary Fernandez will also meet with leaders in government and business to promote U.S. investment and trade, supply-chain diversification, ocean conservation, the clean energy transition, and digital connectivity for the region, as well as engage with potential partners across sectors to further our multilateral efforts to tackle the effects of climate change, food insecurity and malnutrition, as well as pandemic threats. On the Occasion of the Ethiopian New Year 09/11/2022 You are subscribed to Secretary's Remarks for U.S. Department of State. This information has recently been updated, and is now available. On the Occasion of the Ethiopian New Year 09/11/2022 05:47 PM EDT Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State On the occasion of the Ethiopian New Year, the United States stands with the people of Ethiopia and supports ongoing diplomatic efforts to realize their desire to live in peace, with economic opportunity for all.  We commend the African Union for its work to bring the Ethiopian government and Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) to talks as soon as possible to resolve the ongoing conflict.  We encourage a robust process that responds to the Government of Ethiopia’s declared readiness to go “anywhere, anytime” for the sake of peace and the TPLF’s statement today that they are ready to end the fighting and seek to resolve outstanding issues through dialogue. International partners stand ready to support this process.  Eritrea and others should cease fueling the conflict. The United States supports Ethiopia’s unity, sovereignty, and territorial integrity and wants to return to a strong partnership. In the spirit of the new year, we call on the country’s leaders to put Ethiopia on a path that ends the suffering and achieves a lasting peace. On the Occasion of the Ethiopian New Year 09/11/2022 You are subscribed to Press Releases for U.S. Department of State. This information has recently been updated, and is now available. On the Occasion of the Ethiopian New Year 09/11/2022 05:47 PM EDT Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State On the occasion of the Ethiopian New Year, the United States stands with the people of Ethiopia and supports ongoing diplomatic efforts to realize their desire to live in peace, with economic opportunity for all.  We commend the African Union for its work to bring the Ethiopian government and Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) to talks as soon as possible to resolve the ongoing conflict.  We encourage a robust process that responds to the Government of Ethiopia’s declared readiness to go “anywhere, anytime” for the sake of peace and the TPLF’s statement today that they are ready to end the fighting and seek to resolve outstanding issues through dialogue. International partners stand ready to support this process.  Eritrea and others should cease fueling the conflict. The United States supports Ethiopia’s unity, sovereignty, and territorial integrity and wants to return to a strong partnership. In the spirit of the new year, we call on the country’s leaders to put Ethiopia on a path that ends the suffering and achieves a lasting peace. $2 Million in New U.S. Humanitarian Demining Assistance for the South Caucasus 09/11/2022 You are subscribed to Press Releases for U.S. Department of State. This information has recently been updated, and is now available. $2 Million in New U.S. Humanitarian Demining Assistance for the South Caucasus 09/11/2022 05:38 PM EDT Office of the Spokesperson To promote regional peace and cooperation, the United States is pleased to announce $2,000,000 for humanitarian demining operations in areas affected by the fall 2020 intensive fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces in the South Caucasus.  Landmines and unexploded ordnance across the conflict zone continue to kill and maim civilians, block economic development, and impede the safe return of displaced communities. Building on the $500,000 announced in November 2021, new U.S. funding will continue to strengthen the technical capacity of demining organizations to clear deadly landmines and unexploded ordnance.  These efforts play a critical role bolstering human security and enabling displaced communities to return to their homes and rebuild their lives safely. The United States is the world’s largest single financial supporter of conventional weapons destruction, investing over $4.7 billion in more than 100 countries since 1993 to promote international peace and security by addressing the threats that landmines and unexploded ordnance pose to civilians. For more information, please consult the PM website, or contact the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs Office of Congressional and Public Affairs, at pm-cpa@state.gov, and follow us on Twitter @StateDeptPM. Public Schedule – September 12, 2022 09/12/2022 You are subscribed to Public Schedule for U.S. Department of State. This information has recently been updated, and is now available. Public Schedule – September 12, 2022 09/12/2022 08:00 AM EDT Office of the Spokesperson                                       ***THE DAILY PUBLIC SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*** SECRETARY ANTONY J. BLINKEN Secretary Blinken is on travel to Mexico on September 12, 2022.  Please click here for more information. 12:00 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Blinken participates in a working lunch with Mexican Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard in Mexico City, Mexico. (CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE) 1:30 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Blinken meets with Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador in Mexico City, Mexico. (CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE) 3:30 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Blinken participates in the High-Level Economic Dialogue Second Annual Meeting in Mexico City, Mexico. (POOLED PRESS COVERAGE) Remarks will be livestreamed on www.state.gov and https://youtube.com/c/secretariadeeconomia. 5:00 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Blinken participates in a family photo as part of the High-Level Economic Dialogue Second Annual Meeting in Mexico City, Mexico. (POOLED PRESS COVERAGE) 5:30 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Blinken participates in a joint press availability with Mexican Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, Mexican Economy Secretary Tatiana Clouthier, and Mexican Finance Secretary Rogelio Ramirez in Mexico City, Mexico. (OPEN PRESS COVERAGE) The joint press availability will be livestreamed on www.state.gov and https://youtube.com/c/secretariadeeconomia. DEPUTY SECRETARY WENDY R. SHERMAN Deputy Secretary Sherman attends meetings and briefings at the Department of State. DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR MANAGEMENT AND RESOURCES BRIAN P. MCKEON Deputy Secretary McKeon attends meetings and briefings at the Department of State. UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS VICTORIA J. NULAND Under Secretary Nuland attends meetings and briefings at the Department of State. UNDER SECRETARY FOR ARMS CONTROL AND INTERNATIONAL AFFARIS BONNIE D. JENKINS Under Secretary Jenkins is on travel to the Philippines, Vietnam, and Singapore from September 5-14, 2022.  Please click here for more information. UNDER SECRETARY FOR CIVILIAN SECURITY, DEMOCRACY, AND HUMAN RIGHTS UZRA ZEYA Under Secretary Zeya attends meetings and briefings at the Department of State. ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS LEE SATTERFIELD Assistant Secretary Satterfield is on travel to Indonesia and Qatar from September 9-16, 2022.  Please click here for more information. ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS BRIAN A. NICHOLS  Assistant Secretary Nichols joins Secretary Blinken on travel to Mexico on September 12, 2022. BRIEFING SCHEDULE No Department Press Briefing. Secretary Blinken to Travel to Mexico and Indiana 09/12/2022 You are subscribed to Press Releases for U.S. Department of State. This information has recently been updated, and is now available. Secretary Blinken to Travel to Mexico and Indiana 09/12/2022 09:57 AM EDT Ned Price, Department Spokesperson Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will travel to Mexico City, Mexico on September 12 to co-chair the 2022 U.S.-Mexico High-Level Economic Dialogue (HLED). Secretary Blinken, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, and Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Jayme White along with other senior U.S. government officials will join their Mexican counterparts for a bilateral dialogue and stakeholder engagements. Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Jose W. Fernandez and Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Brian A. Nichols will accompany Secretary Blinken on this trip. The HLED is a strategic and flexible diplomatic platform for the United States and Mexico to advance shared economic, commercial, and social priorities. The U.S. co-chairs include the State Department, U.S. Department of Commerce, and the Office of the United States Trade Representative. With the goal of fostering economic development and growth, job creation, global competitiveness, and reduction of poverty and inequality, the HLED is organized around four central pillars: Building Back Together, Promoting Sustainable Economic and Social Development in Southern Mexico and Central America, Securing the Tools for Future Prosperity, and Investing in Our People. While in Mexico, Secretary Blinken will also meet bilaterally with Mexican Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard. Secretary Blinken will make a joint visit to Purdue University with U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo to highlight the Passage of the CHIPS and Science Act. The bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act, passed by Congress and signed into law by President Biden last month, will strengthen America’s industries of the future, bolster supply chains, help address shortages of goods and rising prices, and protect our national and economic security. Please see the White House release for more information on the CHIPS and Science Act. While at Purdue University, Secretary Blinken will participate in a panel discussion with Secretary Raimondo, Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb, Senator Todd Young, and Purdue University President Mitch Daniels to discuss U.S. leadership in technologies of the future. While at Purdue University, Secretary Blinken and Secretary Raimondo will visit the student-organized Industrial Roundtable job fair that gathers over 12,000 engineering, science, and technology students to recruit America’s top STEM talent into public service. Secretary Blinken will also meet separately with Purdue students to discuss STEM careers and paid student programs at the U.S. Department of State. Deputy Secretary Sherman’s Travel to Honolulu 09/12/2022 You are subscribed to Press Releases for U.S. Department of State. This information has recently been updated, and is now available. Deputy Secretary Sherman’s Travel to Honolulu 09/12/2022 10:58 AM EDT The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman will travel to Honolulu, Hawaii, on September 13 to participate in the 2022 Pacific Islands Conference of Leaders (PICL) convened by the East West Center Pacific Islands Development Program (PIDP). She will lead a high-level U.S. interagency delegation, including representatives from the National Security Council, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Department of the Interior, USAID, and U.S. Coast Guard. At the PICL, the Deputy Secretary will highlight a range of ongoing areas of U.S. partnership with the Pacific Islands and meet with PICL leaders on the margins to discuss increasing U.S. engagement with these countries and with the Pacific Islands Forum. She will also meet with Pacific Islands students and professional fellows to learn about their priorities and concerns. The Deputy Secretary’s participation follows her August travel to Samoa, Tonga and Solomon Islands and comes two weeks before President Biden will host Pacific Islands leaders at the White House for the first U.S.-Pacific Island Country Summit. These engagements reflect the United States’ commitment to engage meaningfully with fellow Pacific nations in the spirit of partnership and friendship. Ambassador Hussain’s Travel to Türkiye 09/12/2022 You are subscribed to Press Releases for U.S. Department of State. This information has recently been updated, and is now available. Ambassador Hussain’s Travel to Türkiye 09/12/2022 11:35 AM EDT Office of the Spokesperson U.S. Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom Rashad Hussain is on travel to Ankara and Istanbul, Türkiye, on September 10-14. During his trip, Ambassador Hussain will meet with Turkish government leaders and engage with civil society groups and religious communities on a range of bilateral and human rights issues. Follow Ambassador Hussain and the Office of International Religious Freedom on Facebook and on Twitter @IRF_Ambassador and @StateIRF. For media inquiries, please contact IRFPress@state.gov. Secretary Blinken’s Meeting with Mexican Foreign Secretary Ebrard 09/12/2022 You are subscribed to Press Releases for U.S. Department of State. This information has recently been updated, and is now available. Secretary Blinken’s Meeting with Mexican Foreign Secretary Ebrard 09/12/2022 03:28 PM EDT Office of the Spokesperson The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met with Mexican Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard today in Mexico City on the margins of the 2022 U.S.-Mexico High-Level Economic Dialogue. Secretary Blinken noted his continued appreciation for collaboration with Mexico on a range of issues of mutual interest, including addressing the shared threat of fentanyl production and trafficking, addressing migration in a safe, orderly, and humane manner, including through the implementation of the Los Angeles Declaration on Migration and Protection commitments, and advancing our shared economic interests. They also discussed regional efforts to support the people of Haiti as well Mexico and the United States’s continued cooperation to create a more effective United Nations. Secretary Blinken and Secretary Raimondo Visit Purdue University 09/12/2022 You are subscribed to Press Releases for U.S. Department of State. This information has recently been updated, and is now available. Secretary Blinken and Secretary Raimondo Visit Purdue University 09/12/2022 05:41 PM EDT Office of the Spokesperson U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo will join Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb, Senator Todd Young, and Purdue University President Mitch Daniels to tour Purdue University’s microelectronic training facilities at the Birck Nanotechnology Center in West Lafayette, Indiana. The tour will be pooled press only. There will be a press gaggle following this event. The press gaggle will be open to registered press only. At 11:30 a.m. ET, Secretary Blinken, Secretary Raimondo, Governor Holcomb, Senator Young, and Purdue University President Daniels will participate in a moderated conversation on building a semiconductor ecosystem to restore domestic manufacturing and competitiveness abroad, as well as the impacts of the CHIPS and Science Act. The event will be open press and live streamed on www.state.gov and www.youtube.com/statedept . Please email publicaffairs@doc.gov with any media inquiries. All media interested in covering these events must RSVP to publicaffairs@doc.gov by 6pm EST on September 12. Pre-set time for all press covering the press gaggle and panel discussion is 8:00 a.m. E.T. at the Birck Nanotechnology Center for security sweeps. Media representatives may attend these events upon presentation of one of the following: (1) a U.S. Government-issued photo media credential (e.g., Department of State, White House, Congress, Department of Defense or Foreign Press Center), or (2) an official photo identification card issued by their news organization, or (3) a letter from their employer on official letterhead verifying their current employment as a journalist. Additionally, they must present an official government photo identification card (i.e., U.S. driver’s license or passport).  Assistant Secretary Stewart Travels to Geneva, September 13-15 09/12/2022 You are subscribed to Press Releases for U.S. Department of State. This information has recently been updated, and is now available. Assistant Secretary Stewart Travels to Geneva, September 13-15 09/12/2022 06:22 PM EDT Office of the Spokesperson Assistant Secretary for Arms Control, Verification and Compliance Mallory Stewart will travel to Geneva, Switzerland from September 13-15. She will provide remarks on September 13 at the United Nations General Assembly’s established open-ended working group on reducing space threats through norms rules and principles of responsible behaviors.  Assistant Secretary Stewart will also consult with our delegation to the Geneva Conference on Disarmament and conduct meetings with representatives from a number of nations on the margins of the working group. Secretary Blinken’s Meeting with Mexican President López Obrador 09/12/2022 You are subscribed to Press Releases for U.S. Department of State. This information has recently been updated, and is now available. Secretary Blinken’s Meeting with Mexican President López Obrador 09/12/2022 07:15 PM EDT Office of the Spokesperson The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met today with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador in Mexico City. Secretary Blinken discussed President López Obrador’s July 12 meeting with President Biden and our shared commitment to build a more prosperous and secure future for the people of North America.  Secretary Blinken thanked President López Obrador for the commitments Mexico made at the Summit of the Americas, our joint work to address fentanyl, and our ongoing cooperation and efforts to humanely address irregular migration in the Americas. They also spoke about joint efforts to tackle the climate crisis through investments in clean energy and emerging technologies like electric vehicles, solar technologies, and semiconductors. Secretary Blinken reiterated our deep appreciation for Mexico’s coordination on economic, security, and migration issues as we seek to advance our shared priorities.  Noting that the United States and Mexico will celebrate 200 years of diplomatic relations in December, Secretary Blinken also spoke about the deep cultural, historical, and economic ties that bind our nations together. Secretary Antony J. Blinken Before the Second Annual High-Level Economic Dialogue 09/12/2022 You are subscribed to Secretary's Remarks for U.S. Department of State. This information has recently been updated, and is now available. Secretary Antony J. Blinken Before the Second Annual High-Level Economic Dialogue 09/12/2022 08:32 PM EDT Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Mexico City, Mexico Economia ECONOMY SECRETARY CLOUTHIER: (Via interpreter) So good afternoon.  What a pleasure to be here once more after this very good meeting with the president of Mexico and with Secretary Blinken and Secretary Raimondo.  Ambassador Salazar and all our friends from Mexico, welcome, everyone – want to welcome you once more to this Ministry of the Economy of Mexico.  First of all, we want to thank you for understanding because we did change the venue.  This is the first anniversary of this first edition of the High-Level Economic Dialogue, which signifies promoting cooperation in our relationship.  As we said this morning, Dr. De la Mora had an extraordinary meeting with stakeholders, with the academy, with the business community, and governments.  She said that in such a broad relationship as the one we have between Mexico and the United States, well, there are all sorts of situations that arise, but we also have the very big commitment to address controversies and differences and to look for new ways to cooperate with each other.  That’s why we’re moving forward. And within one of these mechanisms is the High-Level Economic Dialogue, which is very good for us institutions to be able to find mechanisms of collaboration and how to continue moving forward.  In this case, we’ve set conditions to have a great region of competitiveness, and this is part of what Secretary Raimondo was telling us a few minutes ago with President López Obrador. We’re convinced that today we’re going to be holding a very productive discussion that will allow us to share vision of each one of the participants on the HLED for the second year, and we can thus agree a better path for us to continue moving forward and collaborating between our two countries. Once more, thank you so much.  I want to thank all of you for your presence.  Let me now give the floor to our foreign minister of Mexico, Marcel Ebrard.  You have the floor, Marcelo. FOREIGN SECRETARY EBRARD: (Via interpreter) Thank you, Tatiana.  Very well, I cordially welcome all of you.  Secretary of the Department of State Mr. Antony Blinken, Secretary Raimondo, thank you so much.  I am delighted to have you in Mexico.  Welcome, everyone. I simply wanted to say this is a meeting, a strategic vision.  It’s a common vision between Mexico and the U.S. to build a strong region, a prosperous region as well, and that will maintain its political weight in the world – North America, and we’re just so happy to have all of you here where we’re going to be discussing today has to do with progress we’ve made.  This is a very positive meeting and also invitations that we have to expand integration between Mexico and the United States on common issues as for instance clean energies, electronic vehicles,  semiconductors, technology, and also this electromobility, which is an enormous topic, and this is the agenda. So I do think this is a wonderful occasion and I really celebrate the fact we’re discussing this.  This has to do with a common vision for the future.  Welcome, everyone, your respective delegations – your delegation from the U.S. and the Mexican friends that are here with us. ECONOMY SECRETARY CLOUTHIER:  Yes, Secretary Blinken, you have the floor, sir. SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Thank you very much, Secretary Clouthier.  Thank you for your hospitality here as well.  Marcelo, Secretary Ramírez de la O, thank you so much for hosting us here today in Mexico City.  It’s just great to be back with all of you. Last year, our two presidents agreed to relaunch the High-Level Economic Dialogue.  They recognized together that a strong Mexico-U.S. relationship was vital for ensuring that our countries could actually take advantage of the opportunities of this century for our people.  And since then we’ve been working together on an incredibly wide range of issues, new areas, and deepened our cooperation in places where we had already been working together. To name just a few very quickly, Mexico and the United States, our auto industry leaders are sharing information and best practices to speed up the transition to electric vehicles, which along with other clean energy technologies are critical to creating new jobs and addressing the global climate crisis.  Our development agencies, AMEXCID and USAID, are working together to provide skills and training to young people in Central America so that they can find more opportunity at home and not feel compelled to leave their countries.  Our governments are finding new ways to strengthen cyber security, which is increasingly central to the lives and livelihoods of our citizens, from the resilience of our supply chains to the success of small and medium enterprises increasingly reliant on a digital economy. And I think we’re seeing results.  Total trade between our countries recent surpassed even pre-pandemic levels.  Mexico is our second-largest trading partner with trade between our countries exceeding $7 billion, supporting over a million jobs.  And all of this is not just about abstract numbers: good-paying jobs, quality benefits, better schools, stronger small businesses, brighter futures for our people when we do it right.  We have our differences, as any countries with relationships and deep and wide as ours are, but we work through them in a pragmatic way – and I’m pleased about that as well – based on mutual respect. I will let Secretary Raimondo address this.  But as we’ve discussed today, we have some remarkable new opportunities before us in part because of some progress we’ve been able to make in the United States with the CHIPS Act and then with the IRA, the Inflation Reduction Act.  These create, I think, new perspectives to go even further in some of the work that we’ve already started to do, but I’ll leave it to Secretary Raimondo to discuss that. But the issues that we’ll talk about today – expanding inclusive opportunities and jobs in North America, accelerating North America’s clean energy transition, modernizing our border infrastructure, promoting an open and secure internet, among others – aren’t simply issues that matter to our governments; profoundly, they matter to our people. Together we can make North America the most competitive, dynamic region in the world.  Both of our presidents share that vision, and it’s our responsibility to actually try and make good on it.  Delighted to be here and working with all of our colleagues.  Thank you. ECONOMY SECRETARY CLOUTHIER: (Via interpreter) Thank you so much.  Now with the Secretary of Commerce of the United States.  You have the floor, Gina, please. SECRETARY RAIMONDO:  Thank you.  Thank you.  Good afternoon and thank you – thank you to our hosts, our Mexican partners.  We’re having a fantastic day.  It’s wonderful to be with you in person in a very productive session. As Tony said, a year ago our governments agreed to restart this High-Level Economic Dialogue to re-engage in positive economic and commercial dialogue to advance our shared priorities, to increase trade, to increase cross-border investment; but fundamentally, what it is all about is creating opportunity for the workers of our countries, as we just spoke with your president.  And we are moving forward on our shared priorities of supply chains, information and communication technology, cyber security, and workforce development. We’ve already made progress, of which I am very proud.  We’ve already identified the areas of the supply chain that are the most ripe for collaboration.  We’ve shared best practices to strengthen cyber security.  And we’ve implemented an Academy of Women Entrepreneurs program supporting 800 women across 13 Mexican states.  So this isn’t just talking.  This is doing. But obviously, there is so much more to do.  And as Secretary Blinken just said, in the past month the United States Congress passed two pieces of game-changing legislation.  One, which we’ll talk about later, is the semiconductor act, the CHIPS Act, which will make a $50 billion investment in the semiconductor supply chain in the United States, and we have already heard from all of the semiconductor companies that as they build new manufacturing facilities in America, they would like to see the rest of their supply chain in North America.  And so we want to explore with you how do we align our policies as between America and Mexico to maximize that entire supply chain and the jobs that go with it in North America, in Mexico specifically. The other piece of legislation is the Inflation Reduction Act, which is the single largest investment that the United States of America has ever made in fighting climate change:  $400 billion of incentives to move us towards green technology and electric vehicles, and very importantly, incentives for vehicles assembled in North America.  So I can speak for President Biden and for Secretary Blinken and our teams:  We are just bursting with enthusiasm and ready to get to work. The one word of caution I have is we do need to move quickly.  Companies are moving quickly.  Congress has passed this legislation.  The Commerce Department is already at work figuring out how to invest the $50 billion in semiconductors.  We have a moment in time now, and so together we’ll get to work and seize this opportunity. ECONOMY SECRETARY CLOUTHIER: (Via interpreter) Thank you so much, Secretary Raimondo.  We’re so happy to have our Finance Minister of Mexico Rogelio Ramírez de la O.  Doctor, you have the floor. FINANCE SECRETARY RAMÍREZ DE LA O: (Via interpreter) Thank you.  Good morning – good afternoon, rather.  What a pleasure to be here with you.  I want to greet the U.S. delegation today, especially DOS Secretary Mr. Blinken and Secretary of Commerce Mrs. Raimondo and Jayme White, who is the deputy secretary for economic growth, energy, and the environment; distinguished ambassador, our friend, Ken Salazar, welcome – yes, ambassador of the United States to Mexico.  I want to also thank you for being here.  What a pleasure to have all of you here in Mexico.  And I would also like to greet with great affection the Mexican delegation, Secretary Tatiana Clouthier and – secretary of economy – Foreign Minister Mr. Marcelo Ebrard, and Esteban Moctezuma, ambassador of Mexico to the United States. I also want to thank – after a year of reactivation of this dialogue, I want to thank for the commitment shown through this mechanism of collaboration, which reveals not only the strategic vision of our cooperation at the economic level but also the capacity that our two administrations have to go over and beyond the traditional concerns at the bilateral level.  And I want to congratulate and commend both delegations for this great progress being made and the work we’re all doing. And today in this annual meeting we’re going to be discussing results we’ve been able to reach in this first year of work in each one of the four pillars, and I am certain that this will allow us to reflect on our priorities for the future and the importance for those accomplishments to generate a positive impact on bilateral trade, but especially the well-being of our citizens.  And as already said by Secretary Raimondo, well, especially for workers, yes.  And we shall also look into new actions that will be complementing those that we’ve already implemented in key areas for both administrations, as for instance supply chains, climate change, and integration of our labor markets. I conclude reasserting the commitment of the Mexican administration so that through the Ministry of Finances, we can work as a team with the purpose of having greater regional cooperation and integration between both countries to increase the well-being of our peoples.  Thank you so much. ECONOMY SECRETARY CLOUTHIER: (Via interpreter) Thank you so much, Secretary.  Now let’s give the floor to – yes, Jayme White, you have the floor. DEPUTY TRADE REPRESENTATIVE WHITE:  I also want to echo my colleagues by saying thank you for hosting.  We’ve had a great day so far collaborating, especially with the stakeholders that have so much valuable information. It’s an honor to be here to represent the United States.  Ambassador Katherine Tai and I remain excited about serving as co-leads for the United States in this important dialogue.  As deputy United States trade representative, one of my chief responsibilities is the North American relationship, including the continued implementation and enforcement of the USMCA, which is the foundation of our economic and trade relationship.  It’s been two years since we entered into this new agreement.  Along with our neighbor and ally to the north, Canada, we are all recommitting to our regional economic partnership.  The USMCA represents a high-standard, high-ambition trade agreement that promotes the rights of workers, advances our environmental priorities, and creates new opportunities for our producers. The bottom line is this:  The HLED provides a framework to engage collaboratively with Mexico on key projects to complement and fortify the foundation of the USMCA.  The HLED helps advance our regional economic integration and our collective prosperity.  Our partnership under the HLED supports the development and implementation of a worker-centered economic policy, a top priority of the Biden-Harris administration. For example, we are coordinating joint efforts in a number of areas, including, number one, promoting innovation and our efforts to invest in entrepreneurs and SMEs, who we all know are the backbone of our economies; number two, expanding access to economic opportunities for underrepresented groups; and number three, pursuing strategies for joint workforce development that prioritize the tech skills and training needed to meet the demands and seize the opportunities of the 21st century. These objectives can only make us stronger as a region and reflect the values of the Biden-Harris administration to ensure that all citizens can participate in and benefit from our economic policies.  USTR remains committed and ready to help guide this relationship forward along with Secretaries Blinken and Raimondo.  Thank you for your time.  Thanks. Secretary Antony J. Blinken Before the Second Annual High-Level Economic Dialogue 09/12/2022 You are subscribed to Press Releases for U.S. Department of State. This information has recently been updated, and is now available. Secretary Antony J. Blinken Before the Second Annual High-Level Economic Dialogue 09/12/2022 08:32 PM EDT Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Mexico City, Mexico Economia ECONOMY SECRETARY CLOUTHIER: (Via interpreter) So good afternoon.  What a pleasure to be here once more after this very good meeting with the president of Mexico and with Secretary Blinken and Secretary Raimondo.  Ambassador Salazar and all our friends from Mexico, welcome, everyone – want to welcome you once more to this Ministry of the Economy of Mexico.  First of all, we want to thank you for understanding because we did change the venue.  This is the first anniversary of this first edition of the High-Level Economic Dialogue, which signifies promoting cooperation in our relationship.  As we said this morning, Dr. De la Mora had an extraordinary meeting with stakeholders, with the academy, with the business community, and governments.  She said that in such a broad relationship as the one we have between Mexico and the United States, well, there are all sorts of situations that arise, but we also have the very big commitment to address controversies and differences and to look for new ways to cooperate with each other.  That’s why we’re moving forward. And within one of these mechanisms is the High-Level Economic Dialogue, which is very good for us institutions to be able to find mechanisms of collaboration and how to continue moving forward.  In this case, we’ve set conditions to have a great region of competitiveness, and this is part of what Secretary Raimondo was telling us a few minutes ago with President López Obrador. We’re convinced that today we’re going to be holding a very productive discussion that will allow us to share vision of each one of the participants on the HLED for the second year, and we can thus agree a better path for us to continue moving forward and collaborating between our two countries. Once more, thank you so much.  I want to thank all of you for your presence.  Let me now give the floor to our foreign minister of Mexico, Marcel Ebrard.  You have the floor, Marcelo. FOREIGN SECRETARY EBRARD: (Via interpreter) Thank you, Tatiana.  Very well, I cordially welcome all of you.  Secretary of the Department of State Mr. Antony Blinken, Secretary Raimondo, thank you so much.  I am delighted to have you in Mexico.  Welcome, everyone. I simply wanted to say this is a meeting, a strategic vision.  It’s a common vision between Mexico and the U.S. to build a strong region, a prosperous region as well, and that will maintain its political weight in the world – North America, and we’re just so happy to have all of you here where we’re going to be discussing today has to do with progress we’ve made.  This is a very positive meeting and also invitations that we have to expand integration between Mexico and the United States on common issues as for instance clean energies, electronic vehicles,  semiconductors, technology, and also this electromobility, which is an enormous topic, and this is the agenda. So I do think this is a wonderful occasion and I really celebrate the fact we’re discussing this.  This has to do with a common vision for the future.  Welcome, everyone, your respective delegations – your delegation from the U.S. and the Mexican friends that are here with us. ECONOMY SECRETARY CLOUTHIER:  Yes, Secretary Blinken, you have the floor, sir. SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Thank you very much, Secretary Clouthier.  Thank you for your hospitality here as well.  Marcelo, Secretary Ramírez de la O, thank you so much for hosting us here today in Mexico City.  It’s just great to be back with all of you. Last year, our two presidents agreed to relaunch the High-Level Economic Dialogue.  They recognized together that a strong Mexico-U.S. relationship was vital for ensuring that our countries could actually take advantage of the opportunities of this century for our people.  And since then we’ve been working together on an incredibly wide range of issues, new areas, and deepened our cooperation in places where we had already been working together. To name just a few very quickly, Mexico and the United States, our auto industry leaders are sharing information and best practices to speed up the transition to electric vehicles, which along with other clean energy technologies are critical to creating new jobs and addressing the global climate crisis.  Our development agencies, AMEXCID and USAID, are working together to provide skills and training to young people in Central America so that they can find more opportunity at home and not feel compelled to leave their countries.  Our governments are finding new ways to strengthen cyber security, which is increasingly central to the lives and livelihoods of our citizens, from the resilience of our supply chains to the success of small and medium enterprises increasingly reliant on a digital economy. And I think we’re seeing results.  Total trade between our countries recent surpassed even pre-pandemic levels.  Mexico is our second-largest trading partner with trade between our countries exceeding $7 billion, supporting over a million jobs.  And all of this is not just about abstract numbers: good-paying jobs, quality benefits, better schools, stronger small businesses, brighter futures for our people when we do it right.  We have our differences, as any countries with relationships and deep and wide as ours are, but we work through them in a pragmatic way – and I’m pleased about that as well – based on mutual respect. I will let Secretary Raimondo address this.  But as we’ve discussed today, we have some remarkable new opportunities before us in part because of some progress we’ve been able to make in the United States with the CHIPS Act and then with the IRA, the Inflation Reduction Act.  These create, I think, new perspectives to go even further in some of the work that we’ve already started to do, but I’ll leave it to Secretary Raimondo to discuss that. But the issues that we’ll talk about today – expanding inclusive opportunities and jobs in North America, accelerating North America’s clean energy transition, modernizing our border infrastructure, promoting an open and secure internet, among others – aren’t simply issues that matter to our governments; profoundly, they matter to our people. Together we can make North America the most competitive, dynamic region in the world.  Both of our presidents share that vision, and it’s our responsibility to actually try and make good on it.  Delighted to be here and working with all of our colleagues.  Thank you. ECONOMY SECRETARY CLOUTHIER: (Via interpreter) Thank you so much.  Now with the Secretary of Commerce of the United States.  You have the floor, Gina, please. SECRETARY RAIMONDO:  Thank you.  Thank you.  Good afternoon and thank you – thank you to our hosts, our Mexican partners.  We’re having a fantastic day.  It’s wonderful to be with you in person in a very productive session. As Tony said, a year ago our governments agreed to restart this High-Level Economic Dialogue to re-engage in positive economic and commercial dialogue to advance our shared priorities, to increase trade, to increase cross-border investment; but fundamentally, what it is all about is creating opportunity for the workers of our countries, as we just spoke with your president.  And we are moving forward on our shared priorities of supply chains, information and communication technology, cyber security, and workforce development. We’ve already made progress, of which I am very proud.  We’ve already identified the areas of the supply chain that are the most ripe for collaboration.  We’ve shared best practices to strengthen cyber security.  And we’ve implemented an Academy of Women Entrepreneurs program supporting 800 women across 13 Mexican states.  So this isn’t just talking.  This is doing. But obviously, there is so much more to do.  And as Secretary Blinken just said, in the past month the United States Congress passed two pieces of game-changing legislation.  One, which we’ll talk about later, is the semiconductor act, the CHIPS Act, which will make a $50 billion investment in the semiconductor supply chain in the United States, and we have already heard from all of the semiconductor companies that as they build new manufacturing facilities in America, they would like to see the rest of their supply chain in North America.  And so we want to explore with you how do we align our policies as between America and Mexico to maximize that entire supply chain and the jobs that go with it in North America, in Mexico specifically. The other piece of legislation is the Inflation Reduction Act, which is the single largest investment that the United States of America has ever made in fighting climate change:  $400 billion of incentives to move us towards green technology and electric vehicles, and very importantly, incentives for vehicles assembled in North America.  So I can speak for President Biden and for Secretary Blinken and our teams:  We are just bursting with enthusiasm and ready to get to work. The one word of caution I have is we do need to move quickly.  Companies are moving quickly.  Congress has passed this legislation.  The Commerce Department is already at work figuring out how to invest the $50 billion in semiconductors.  We have a moment in time now, and so together we’ll get to work and seize this opportunity. ECONOMY SECRETARY CLOUTHIER: (Via interpreter) Thank you so much, Secretary Raimondo.  We’re so happy to have our Finance Minister of Mexico Rogelio Ramírez de la O.  Doctor, you have the floor. FINANCE SECRETARY RAMÍREZ DE LA O: (Via interpreter) Thank you.  Good morning – good afternoon, rather.  What a pleasure to be here with you.  I want to greet the U.S. delegation today, especially DOS Secretary Mr. Blinken and Secretary of Commerce Mrs. Raimondo and Jayme White, who is the deputy secretary for economic growth, energy, and the environment; distinguished ambassador, our friend, Ken Salazar, welcome – yes, ambassador of the United States to Mexico.  I want to also thank you for being here.  What a pleasure to have all of you here in Mexico.  And I would also like to greet with great affection the Mexican delegation, Secretary Tatiana Clouthier and – secretary of economy – Foreign Minister Mr. Marcelo Ebrard, and Esteban Moctezuma, ambassador of Mexico to the United States ... 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