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January 18, 2025

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State’s Fernandez on APEP: ‘Substantial progress’ on chips, more to come on expansion

By Jason Asenso  / July 19, 2024 at 6:30 AM
Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity countries have made “substantial progress” in areas like investment for semiconductor programs and workforce development, though partners have yet to work out the details of a process to expand the initiative, Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Jose Fernandez tells Inside U.S. Trade . The State Department on Wednesday hosted an APEP foreign affairs track ministerial in Washington, DC, where partners touted the initiative’s progress thus far and made several...

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