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

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...