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吉娜-雷蒙多是美国商务部部长，2021年夏天被任命。
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她经常模糊工作和娱乐之间的界限，她在朋友聚会上设立的 "作战室 "和在教堂里试图逼问南希-佩洛西就是证明。
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美国商务部通常是一个令人昏昏欲睡的角色，但雷蒙多正在注入新的活力，并使其更加高调和政治上的危险性。
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雷蒙多的前任威尔伯-罗斯在工作中难以保持清醒。
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雷蒙多称她试图在朋友的聚会上工作，并在教堂里把佩洛西逼到墙角，是 “经典的吉娜时刻”，并将其推为 “公平游戏”。
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她的丈夫劝阻她不要接近佩洛西，告诉她这既不是正确的地点也不是正确的时间。
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在总统乔-拜登的领导下，雷蒙多作为商务部长的角色变得更加高调，政治上也更加危险。
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她的前任威尔伯-罗斯在工作中很难保持清醒，与雷蒙多的精力和对这个角色的承诺形成鲜明对比。
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雷蒙多负责监督中国政策，并管理禁止外国企业进口美国技术的《实体清单》。她帮助《芯片法案》获得通过，该法案旨在使美国成为先进半导体生产的领导者，并剥夺中国孵化有竞争力的芯片产业的能力。
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雷蒙多现在负责从520亿美元的小金库中拨款，鼓励芯片制造商在美国建立新工厂。她感到自己肩上的担子很重，因为这是70年来的第一个重大工业战略。
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半导体工业协会负责人John Neuffer警告说，如果指导方针过于严格，申请人可能会被吓跑。雷蒙多意识到了潜在的问题，正在花时间确保资金宣布的成功。
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美国政府周二发布规则，禁止接受资助的公司在中国和其他少数国家开设或建设制造先进半导体的工厂，为期10年。
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获得超过1.5亿美元直接资助的公司将不得不与政府分享其超过特定门槛的部分利润。
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公司还将面临分红和回购的限制。
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这些规则的目的是为了激励公司在美国建立半导体生产。
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这些规则针对的是半导体行业，该行业越来越依赖中国的生产。
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这些规则是在美国与中国竞争技术优势的时候制定的。
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这些规则是美国政府为减少对中国的依赖和增加国内半导体生产所做的更大努力的一部分。
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这些规则还将有助于确保美国公司不向中国转让敏感技术。
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这些规则的目的是鼓励美国公司在半导体行业保持竞争力。
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Solyndra是一家在2009年获得政府担保贷款的创业公司，两年后申请破产，导致了奥巴马政府的丑闻。2018年，时任总统唐纳德-特朗普赞扬了富士康在威斯康星州借助30亿美元的州政府激励措施建立一个制造业综合体的计划，尽管该交易在2021年被重新谈判过。国会已授权美国商务部长吉娜-雷蒙多(Gina Raimondo)建立护栏，以避免类似事件。
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担任众议院外交事务委员会主席的德克萨斯州共和党人迈克尔-麦考尔(Michael McCaul)警告雷蒙多，如果有必要，他将传唤她，尽管她认为这只是政治。麦考尔和其他共和党议员试图将雷蒙多描绘成对中国态度软弱的人，包括在她2021年的确认听证会上，德克萨斯州参议员特德-克鲁兹要求她承诺将华为技术公司留在出口黑名单上。
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雷蒙多在听证会上说，她会在采取任何行动之前与参议员协商，导致克鲁兹搁置了对她的提名。雷蒙多称这一事件是 "假的 "和 “政治戏剧”。
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商务部长吉娜-雷蒙多在华盛顿工作了两年，已经面临政治审查。她是共和党控制的众议院委员会的目标，也是有关2024年潜在总统竞选的传闻的对象。
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雷蒙多被描述为一个有干劲、有要求的老板，众所周知，当她从飞机上回来时，会发一大堆的电子邮件。然而，她也会抽出时间来庆祝个人的里程碑，并为一个员工的婚礼主持。
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参议员特德-克鲁兹发誓要大力监督雷蒙多的机构，并担心越是接近2024年的选举，它就越是政治戏码。
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美国商务部部长雷蒙多在与她合作过的商界人士中拥有良好的声誉。她关注私营部门的关切，避免了政治意识形态。在一次主题演讲中，她说美国并不寻求与中国彻底决裂，而且是在商界和各国要求明确政府的中国战略的刺激下。
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美国商会表示，这次演讲为万亿美元的经济关系的重要性设定了标准。雷蒙多的下一个议程是如何处理对国家安全构成风险的外国应用程序。她关注的问题既有高大上的，如言论自由，也有实际的，如失去年轻一代选票的风险。
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雷蒙多不支持禁止单一公司，并认为美国应该保护言论自由。她意识到像TikTok这样的应用程序可能会导致人们对不良内容上瘾，但她认为这应该与保护美国价值观相平衡。
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美国商务部长吉娜-雷蒙多（Gina Raimondo）正在与其他政府机构就可能缩小美中进一步融合的途径的政策进行协调。她已经与国家情报局局长联系，讨论如何标记中国个人对美国初创企业的投资。
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拜登在11月与中国国家主席习近平的会晤点燃了两国关系恢复的希望，然而这些希望很快就被观察气球的争议和拜登警告中国不要向俄罗斯提供致命的援助所削弱。
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雷蒙多担心中国的经济和人口挑战会影响其最高领导人的判断力，他说，人们在遇到困难时并不总是做出最好的决定。
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Gina Raimondo is the US Secretary of Commerce, appointed in summer 2021.
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She often blurs the lines between work and play, evidenced by her “war room” at a friend’s party and her attempt to corner Nancy Pelosi at church.
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The US Department of Commerce is usually a sleepy role, but Raimondo is injecting new energy and making it more high profile and politically perilous.
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Raimondo’s predecessor, Wilbur Ross, had trouble staying awake on the job.
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Raimondo calls her attempts to work at her friend’s party and corner Pelosi at church “classic Gina moments”, and shrugs them off as “fair game”.
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Her husband dissuaded her from approaching Pelosi, telling her it was neither the right place nor the right time.
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Raimondo’s role as Secretary of Commerce has become more high profile and politically perilous under President Joe Biden.
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She often blurs the lines between work and play, evidenced by her “war room” at a friend’s party and her attempt to corner Nancy Pelosi at church.
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Her predecessor, Wilbur Ross, had difficulty staying awake on the job, in contrast to Raimondo’s energy and commitment to the role.
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Raimondo oversees China policy, and manages the Entity List, which bans foreign enterprises from importing American technology. She helped the Chips Act pass, which seeks to make the US a leader in the production of advanced semiconductors and deny China the ability to incubate a competitive chip industry.
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Raimondo is now responsible for writing out of a $52 billion kitty to encourage chipmakers to build new plants in the US. She feels the weight of the world on her shoulders as this is the first major industrial strategy in 70 years.
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John Neuffer, head of the Semiconductor Industry Association, warns that if the guidelines are too restrictive, applicants may be scared away. Raimondo is aware of the potential issues and is taking her time to ensure that the funding announcement is successful.
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The US government released rules on Tuesday which prohibit companies that receive grants from opening or building out plants that make advanced semiconductors in China and a handful of other countries for 10 years.
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Companies that receive more than $150 million in direct funding will have to share a portion of their profits above a specified threshold with the government.
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Companies will also face restrictions on dividends and buybacks.
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The intention of the rules is to incentivize companies to build out semiconductor production in the US.
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The rules are targeted towards the semiconductor industry, which is increasingly dependent on China for production.
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The rules come at a time when the US is competing with China for technological supremacy.
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The rules are part of a larger effort by the US government to reduce dependence on China and increase domestic production of semiconductors.
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The rules will also help to ensure that US companies do not transfer sensitive technology to China.
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The rules are meant to encourage US companies to remain competitive in the semiconductor industry.
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Solyndra, a startup that received government-guaranteed loans in 2009, filed for bankruptcy two years later, leading to a scandal for the Obama administration. In 2018, then-President Donald Trump praised Foxconn’s plan to build a manufacturing complex in Wisconsin with the aid of $3 billion in state incentives, though the deal was renegotiated in 2021. Congress has empowered US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo to create guardrails to avoid similar incidents.
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Michael McCaul, a Texas Republican who chairs the House Foreign Affairs Committee, has warned Raimondo that he will subpoena her if necessary, though she believes it is just politics. McCaul and other GOP lawmakers have sought to paint Raimondo as soft on China, including at her 2021 confirmation hearing when Texas Senator Ted Cruz asked her to commit to keeping Huawei Technologies Co. on an export blacklist.
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Raimondo played it safe at the hearing and said she would consult with senators before taking any action, leading Cruz to put a hold on her nomination. Raimondo called the episode “bogus” and “political theater”.
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Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo has been in Washington for two years, and is already facing political scrutiny. She is the target of a Republican-controlled House committee and is the subject of rumors regarding a potential 2024 presidential bid.
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Raimondo is described as a driven and demanding boss who is known to send a barrage of emails when she returns from a plane trip. However, she also takes the time to celebrate personal milestones and officiate at a staffer’s wedding.
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Senator Ted Cruz is vowing to be vigorous in his oversight of Raimondo’s agency and is concerned that the closer it gets to the 2024 election, the more political theater it will become.
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Raimondo, the US Secretary of Commerce, has a positive reputation from businesspeople who have worked with her. She is attentive to private-sector concerns and avoids political ideology. In a keynote address, she said the US is not seeking a complete rupture with China, and was spurred by the business community and countries asking for clarity on the administration’s China strategy.
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The US Chamber of Commerce said that the speech set the bar for the importance of the trillion-dollar economic relationship. Raimondo’s next agenda is how to deal with foreign apps that pose a risk to national security. Her concerns are both high-minded, such as free speech, and practical, such as the risk of losing votes from younger generations.
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Raimondo does not support banning a single company, and believes that America should protect free speech. She is aware of the addiction to bad content that apps like TikTok can cause, but believes that this should be balanced with protecting American values.
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US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo is coordinating with other government bodies on policies that could narrow the avenues for further integration between the US and China. She has reached out to the director of national intelligence to discuss ways to flag investments by Chinese individuals in US startups.
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Biden’s meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in November kindled hopes that the relationship was on the mend, however these hopes were quickly diminished by the observation balloon controversy and Biden’s warning to China against providing lethal aid to Russia.
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Raimondo is concerned about how China’s economic and demographic challenges could cloud the judgement of its top leaders, saying that people don’t always make the best decisions when they’re in a tough spot.