U.S. Department of Commerce

Today, Secretary Howard Lutnick met with Kevin Hassett, Director of the White House National Economic Council.

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Secretary Lutnick met today with Sir Christian Turner, the British Ambassador to the United States, and Varun Chandra, the UK Prime Minister’s Special Envoy to the United States on Trade and Investment, to advance the economic partnership between our two nations. Building on President Trump’s historic U.S.-UK trade deal, which secured unprecedented new market access for American exports, we are expanding opportunities and leveling the playing field for American farmers, ranchers, and manufacturers. 🇺🇸🇬🇧

Secretary Lutnick met today with David Ricks, CEO of @EliLillyandCo, to discuss President Trump’s historic MFN deals, bringing the cost of prescription drugs down by as much as 80%. In addition to lower prices, Eli Lilly is also bringing pharmaceutical manufacturing back to the USA and has already announced more than $27 billion in new American manufacturing investment.

AT&T’s $250B investment to expand fiber and 5G networks nationwide will strengthen America’s connectivity and drive innovation across the economy. @NTIAGov is working to ensure the spectrum and broadband policies are in place to support investments like this and keep the U.S. setting the global standard for advanced networks. about.att.com/story/2026/att…

Secretary Lutnick met today with the Czech First Deputy Prime Minister of Industry and Trade, Karel Havlíček (@KarelHavlicek_), to strengthen the economic and strategic partnership between our two nations.

GE Aerospace is investing another $1B in U.S. manufacturing, supporting facilities and suppliers across 17 states — including Ohio, Massachusetts, Kentucky, North Carolina, and Indiana. This investment will help ramp up engine production, strengthen the defense industrial base, and support 5,000 new jobs in 2026. The Trump Administration is committed to building right here in America — and ensuring American workers benefit from these investments. Read more here: geaerospace.com/company/invest…

Secretary Lutnick met today with Japan’s Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, Ryosei Akazawa, to discuss strengthening the economic partnership between the United States and Japan. The meeting reaffirmed a shared commitment to building on last month’s historic agreement, which includes major investments in offshore drilling, natural gas production, and synthetic diamonds used in advanced industrial manufacturing. 🇺🇸🇯🇵

The Commerce Department is committed to promoting secure exports of the American tech stack. We successfully advanced exports through our historic Middle East agreements, and there are ongoing internal government discussions about formalizing that approach. Today there was reporting that we were returning to the AI diffusion rule. We will not. It was burdensome, overreaching, and disastrous.

.@POTUS signs a proclamation announcing the Ratepayer Protection Pledge to ensure American AI dominance, while also ensuring that Americans aren't stuck with higher electric bills as a result

A global network of satellites helped save 300 people from life-threatening situations in the United States and its surrounding waters in 2025, according to @NOAA. Through cutting-edge technology and scientific leadership, the Department of Commerce helps make life-saving rescues possible — and we are modernizing our systems to be more efficient, faster, and more accurate to help ensure the safety of every American. cbsnews.com/news/us-satell…

The FIFA World Cup 2026™ is projected to generate $6.4 billion in visitor spending, with major benefits for accommodation, food services, retail, and real estate — fueling growth for small businesses and communities nationwide. Commerce is measuring this impact to ensure every host region can see and leverage the economic gains.

In 100 days, the U.S. will host the FIFA World Cup 2026™. With millions of fans expected across 11 host cities, the Department of Commerce is supporting what will be one of the largest travel booms in U.S. history. Increased international visitation and tourism spending will strengthen local economies, elevate U.S. destinations, and highlight America as the world’s premier sports tourism destination.

Novartis is investing in a new 46,000-sq-ft advanced cancer therapy manufacturing site in Denton, Texas, as part of a $23B investment. The facility will create high-skilled jobs in bioengineering, advanced manufacturing, quality control, and facility management. Putting America First means building these cutting-edge capabilities here at home and reducing reliance on other nations to produce our medicine. wfaa.com/article/money/…

Thanks to President Trump’s historic U.S.–Japan deal, a new manufacturing facility in Georgia will come online to onshore 100% of U.S. demand for synthetic diamond grit — a critical resource for semiconductors, autos, energy, and advanced production. America First means keeping our most essential materials made right here at home.

.@POTUS: "One of the primary reasons for our country's stunning economic turnaround — the biggest in history — where the Dow Jones broke 50,000 four years ahead of schedule, and the S&P hit 7,000 where it wasn't supposed to do it for many years, were tariffs. I used these tariffs, took in hundreds of billions of dollars, to make great deals for our country, both economically and on a national security basis. Everything was working well. Countries that were ripping us off for decades are now paying us hundreds of billions of dollars." #SOTU

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.@POTUS: "More Americans are working today than at any time in the history of our country. Think about that — at any time in the history of our country, more are working today — and 100% of all jobs created under my administration have been in the private sector." #SOTU

.@POTUS: "As thousands of new businesses are forming and factories, plants, and laboratories are being built, we have added 70,000 new construction jobs in just a very short period of time. It's getting bigger and bigger and stronger. Nobody can believe what they're watching." #SOTU

America is hottest country in the world. #SOTU 🇺🇸