Commerce Department

Noun

Meaning

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

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On 16 September 1985, when the Commerce Department announced that the United States had become a debtor nation, the American Empire died. Gore Vidal

A coalition of attorneys general is arguing that the Commerce Department lacks the power to keep blueprints for so-called "Ghost Guns" offline. Source: Internet

An early signal of that came Wednesday, when the Commerce Department said the economy shrank at a 4.8% annual rate in the first three months of the year — the first quarterly contraction since 2014 and the largest since the Great Recession. Source: Internet

In early 2018, after receiving complaints from steel importers, Rep. Jackie Walorski, R-Ind., sent letters to the Commerce Department detailing problems with evaluations. Source: Internet

Earlier this month, the Commerce Department had announced that TikTok downloads would be banned from September 20, and further restrictions would go into effect November 12, reports CNN. Source: Internet

In November, the Commerce Department for the third time extended a temporary license that lets American companies do business with from President Donald Trump that effectively banned the company from US communications networks. Source: Internet

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