News from January 2023
By Press release submission | Jan 23, 2023
The United States and Switzerland today signed the U.S.-Switzerland Pharmaceutical Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA).
By Press release submission | Jan 23, 2023
The United States and Taiwan, under the auspices of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States (TECRO), held an in-person negotiating round for the U.S.-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century Trade in Taipei, Taiwan from January 14-17, 2023
By Press release submission | Jan 23, 2023
Today, United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai and Japan's Minister for Economy, Trade, and Industry Nishimura Yasutoshi signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) to launch a Task Force on the Promotion of Human Rights and International Labor Standards in Supply Chains.
By Press release submission | Jan 23, 2023
United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai and Japan's Minister for Economy, Trade, and Industry Nishimura Yasutoshi signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) to launch a Task Force on the Promotion of Human Rights and International Labor Standards in Supply Chains.
By Press release submission | Jan 23, 2023
The United States and Taiwan, under the auspices of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States (TECRO), will hold an in-person negotiating round for the U.S.-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century Trade in Taipei, Taiwan, from January 14-17, 2023.
By Press release submission | Jan 23, 2023
The United States today terminated Burkina Faso from the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) trade preference program for failing to meet the requirements of the AGOA statute.
By Press release submission | Jan 23, 2023
The United States opposes the draft decision put forward by the Russian Federation, which seeks to undermine the Secretary General’s authority in his nomination of the incumbent UNEP Executive Director, Ms. Inger Andersen.
By Press release submission | Jan 23, 2023
The United States looks forward to working with the new Israeli government to advance the interests and values that have been at the heart of our relationship for decades. And we look forward to continuing to improve ties with the Palestinian people and leadership.
By Press release submission | Jan 23, 2023
Ambassador Richard MillsDeputy U.S. Representative to the United Nations New York.
By Press release submission | Jan 23, 2023
Thank you, Special Envoy Grundberg and Under-Secretary-General Griffiths for your briefings and your continued efforts to lay the foundation for a comprehensive peace process that will improve the lives of the Yemeni people.
By Press release submission | Jan 23, 2023
Thank you Dez for that great introduction. And let me thank you, Harry – thank you for inviting me here and thank you and the Foundation for everything that you have done to carry Dr. King’s legacy forward and again for bringing all of us here today in the spirit of reconciliation and service.
By Press release submission | Jan 23, 2023
Thank you, Mr. President. Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo, thank you for your briefing. Deputy Foreign Minister Dzhaparova, thank you for joining us today.
By Press release submission | Jan 23, 2023
Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. Representative to the United Nations, met today with Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa of Japan.
By State Newswire | Jan 23, 2023
Release: Segment As Aired. ANCHOR ONE: Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Chicago today and says he came to the neighborhood that is Ukraine’s beating heart. ANCHOR TWO: His visit coinciding with the two-year anniversary of President Biden taking office. Our political reporter Marie Ann Ahern, joining us now,...
By Press release submission | Jan 23, 2023
In November, the Department of State announced the launch of an Afghan family reunification landing page, including information on how Afghans in the United States can reunify with their family members
By Press release submission | Jan 23, 2023
Civil rights, social justice, and inclusion for all are core values of American society and U.S. foreign policy. It was these values that Dr. Martin Luther King.
By Press release submission | Jan 23, 2023
All over the United States and around the world, human trafficking exists.
By Press release submission | Jan 23, 2023
Academy for Women Entrepreneurs alum Grace Achieng is helping to transform the fashion industry’s impact on the environment through her company, Gracelandic.
By Press release submission | Jan 23, 2023
On International Anti-Corruption Day, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken honored eight Anti-Corruption Champions at the 2022 Anti-Corruption Champions Award Ceremony hosted by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs.
By Press release submission | Jan 23, 2023
2022 was a banner year for the Economic Bureau’s Office of Commercial and Business Affairs (CBA). Immediately after I joined the State Department as Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs.
