The commerce secretary manages a sprawling organization including trade, fisheries, weather forecasting and cutting-edge AI ...

Comparative cost advantages and emerging market growth are among the forces fueling international trade. Below is a map from Goldman Sachs of the world's fastest-growing trade routes since 2005.

promote nondiscrimination and facilitate further liberalization in nearly all areas of commerce, including tariffs, subsidies, customs valuation and procedures, trade and investment in service sectors ...