Department+of+Commerce

= = =**The United States Department of Commerce**=

Secretary John Bryson

**Goals of the department:**
"to foster, promote, and develop the foreign and domestic commerce" The mission of the department is to "promote job creation and improved living standards for all Americans by creating an infrastructure that promotes economic growth, technological competitiveness, and sustainable development." Among its tasks are gathering economic and demographic data for business and government decision-making, issuing patents and trademarks, and helping to set industrial standards.

**History of the department:**
The department was created on March 4, 1913, and was called The United States Department of Commerce and Labor this department was concerned with business. the department was short lived. The department split into two departments on March 4 1913, the Department of commerce and the Department of labor in 2011 sen. Richard Burr sponsored a bill to re-combine the two but no action has been taken regarding the bill. This is a picture of US and china at the 22nd commerce and trade commission there to talk about just that commerce and trade.