Biden’s Commerce Secretary, Gina Raimondo, acknowledged earlier this month that if the Biden administration banned TikTok, it would hurt Democrats politically because they’d lose the support of voters 35 and younger.

Source: https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/matt-margolis/2023/03/24/unhinged-democrat-claims-banning-tiktok-is-racist-n1681111

Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo listens during an event about high speed internet infrastructure, in the East Room of the White House, Monday, June 26, 2023, in Washington.

Source: https://gazette.com/news/wex/commerce-secretary-gina-raimondos-email-breached-by-chinese-cyber-spies-report/article_3bd73b56-5cbf-5200-ac05-7b5505b5ae4a.html

Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo unequivocally expressed the nation’s opposition to China’s ban on Micron Technology’s memory chips.

Source: https://www.chiangraitimes.com/news/u-s-strongly-opposes-chinas-ban-on-micron-technology/

Former Trump Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, however, told Fox Business News earlier this week there was no reason other than “xenophobia” to reject the sale.

Source: https://www.politico.com/news/2023/12/22/steel-sale-biden-trump-blowback-00133013

“I have to say, in my entire career in public service, I have never seen as much interest in any initiative than this one," Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo told reporters during a Sunday conference call to preview the announcement.

Source: https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/president-joe-biden-naming-tech-hubs-32-states-104216202

Raimondo is the third cabinet-level official from the Biden Administration to visit China and the first Commerce Secretary to travel to the country in seven years.

Source: https://1310kfka.com/abc-news/business/08/china-trip-to-promote-healthy-competition-between-countries-commerce-secretary-says/

S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo met China's Premier Li Qiang in Beijing on Tuesday, her second full day of talks with top Chinese leaders on balancing business ties and national security concerns.

Source: https://gazette.com/news/us-world/us-commerce-chief-set-to-meet-chinese-vice-premier-in-beijing/article_108ddc20-2b81-5c5a-b150-97454a29d83d.html

The hackers who broke into his client’s emails were the same set of sophisticated cyber spies Microsoft this week blamed for stealing emails from senior U.S. officials, including State Department employees and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo.

Source: https://thefrontierpost.com/microsoft-under-fire-after-hacks-of-us-state-and-commerce-departments/

U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo became the third cabinet secretary to visit China this year after landing in the country for a trip that aimed to get the two sides talking again (prior trips were made by ).

Source: https://seekingalpha.com/article/4632753-wall-street-breakfast-what-moved-markets?source=feed_all_articles

US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo will meet with Chinese officials, striving to lower tensions between the world’s two largest economies.

Source: https://www.marketpulse.com/news-events/non-farm-payrolls/week-ahead-focus-shifts-back-to-data-after-jackson-hole-nfp-the-highlight/cerlam