<P> The United States Secretary of Commerce (SecCom) is the head of the United States Department of Commerce . The Secretary is appointed by the President of the United States with the advice and consent of the United States Senate and serves in the President's Cabinet . The Secretary is concerned with promoting American businesses and industries; the Department states its mission to be "to foster, promote, and develop the foreign and domestic commerce". </P> <P> Until 1913 there was one Secretary of Commerce and Labor, uniting this department with the Department of Labor, which is now headed by a separate Secretary of Labor . </P> <P> The current Commerce Secretary is Wilbur Ross, who was nominated by President Donald Trump and approved by the Senate on February 28, 2017 . </P> <Dl> <Dt> Parties </Dt> </Dl>

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