Washington, DC - On December 5-6, 2019, officials of the governments of Canada, Mexico, and the United States convened in Washington, D.C. at the U.S. Postal Service headquarters to address current and emerging drug threats facing North America during the Fourth Annual North American Drug Dialogue (NADD).  The NADD is the premier forum for continental cooperation on drug issues.  It leverages the combined efforts of law enforcement and health officials from all three countries to address the many facets of the transnational opioid crisis, illicit psychostimulants threat facing each country, and the broader drug crisis facing North America.

Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross issued the following statement upon the announcement of a deal between the White House and House of Representatives on the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement:

Escondido, California - A 19-day-old southern white rhino calf at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park was recently given the name Future in honor of a strong female leader and past president of a privately held family foundation, which has generously supported reproductive research since 1979 and the Nikita Kahn Rhino Rescue Center, in recent years. Future is San Diego Zoo Global’s 100th southern white rhino born at the Safari Park, and she is only the second calf in North America to be born following hormone-induced ovulation and artificial insemination. Her name celebrates these monumental milestones—and the hope she brings to the future of rhino conservation worldwide.

Washington, DC - After more than three years of being held prisoner in Iran, Xiyue Wang is returning to the United States.  A Princeton University graduate student, Mr. Wang had been held under the pretense of espionage since August 2016.  We thank our Swiss partners for their assistance in negotiating Mr. Wang’s release with Iran.  

Hollywood, Florida - Remarks by President Trump at the Israeli American Council National Summit 2019:

New York - Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Ericsson or the Company), a multinational telecommunications company headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, has agreed to pay total penalties of more than $1 billion to resolve the government’s investigation into violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) arising out of the Company’s scheme to make and improperly record tens of millions of dollars in improper payments around the world.  This includes a criminal penalty of over $520 million and approximately $540 million to be paid to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in a related matter.  An Ericsson subsidiary pleaded guilty Friday for its role in the scheme.