Today, Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo spoke with Australia’s Minister for Trade and Tourism Don Farrell. During the call, Secretary Raimondo thanked the Minister and the Government of Australia for efforts to strengthen our bilateral trade and investment relationship through the U.S.-Australia Strategic Commercial Dialogue. Secretary Raimondo also conveyed her deep commitment to making the Indo-Pacific Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) an enduring vehicle for deepening economic cooperation and delivering concrete benefits to IPEF partners’ economies. The Secretary and Minister discussed the inaugural IPEF Clean Economy Investor Forum, which the IPEF partners intend to hold during the first half of this year to identify projects that will help advance IPEF member countries’ climate objectives and accelerate their green transitions.
Originally posted at https://www.commerce.gov/news/press-releases/2024/02/readout-secretary-raimondos-meeting-australian-minister-trade-and
