Commerce Department

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Commerce Department - the United States federal department that promotes and administers domestic and foreign trade (including management of the census and the patent office); created in 1913

Department of Commerce, DoC, Commerce

executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States

Bureau of the Census, Census Bureau - the bureau of the Commerce Department responsible for taking the census; provides demographic information and analyses about the population of the United States

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA - an agency in the Department of Commerce that maps the oceans and conserves their living resources; predicts changes to the earth's environment; provides weather reports and forecasts floods and hurricanes and other natural disasters related to weather

Technology Administration - an agency in the Department of Commerce that works with United States industries to promote competitiveness and maximize the impact of technology on economic growth

Patent and Trademark Office Database, Patent Office - the government bureau in the Department of Commerce that keeps a record of patents and trademarks and grants new ones

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The Commerce Department's findings, which are preliminary and could be reversed, follow a similar decision in June concerning Chinese alloy aluminum imports valued at nearly $1 billion, AFP reported.

US Slaps Fresh Duties on Chinese, Mexican Steel Goods

A Commerce Department spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Huawei won't get respite, president indicates

Commerce Department has added 46 additional overseas affiliates of Chinese telecommunications technology manufacturer Huawei Technologies Co.

More Huawei Affiliates Added To Entity List

American multinational companies repatriated a whopping US$231 billion in corporate profits from Bermuda-based affiliates to the United States last year, according to the US Commerce Department's Bureau of Economic Analysis.

BERMUDA-BUSINESS-Bermuda tops world in profits sent back to US

Commerce Department's preliminary affirmative determination in its antidumping investigation of Aluminum Wire and Cable from China, Daniel Jones, Chairman, President, and CEO of Encore Wire, stated: "Today the U.S.

Encore Wire says illegal trade 'undermined' investments in aluminum wire

Commerce Department said on Wednesday it is adding Huawei Technologies Co Ltd and 70 affiliates to its so-called "Entity List" - a move that bans the telecom giant from buying parts and components from U.S.

China's Huawei, 70 affiliates placed on U.S. trade blacklist

The order calls upon the Commerce Department to manage debris mitigation efforts, space traffic and create a new protocol of standard practices for safe space operations.

U.S. Government Looks to Mitigate Space Congestion

However, he said the industries and commerce department clarified that the Sindh Small Industries Corporation (SSIC) was not mandated to provide the facilities of gas, electricity and water to the allottees as they established their units after taking those utilities from the relevant authorities at their industrial plots.

SSIC not mandated to provide utilities to industries, PA told

The Commerce Department said ZTE made false statements about disciplining 35 employees involved in the illegal shipping of U.S.-origin goods to Iran.

US Judge Says China's ZTE Violated Probation; Extends Monitor's Term

WASHINGTON, Aug 3 (KUNA) -- The US trade deficit increased in June for the first time in four months as imports increased and the value of shipments overseas declined, the Commerce Department reported Friday.

US trade deficit increases 7.3 percent in June

National Security Council and Commerce Department were devising plans for "enhanced" export controls to keep such industrially significant technologies from being shipped to China.