The Secretary of Commerce gives trademarks and manages imports and exports.

The United States Secretary of Commerce is the head of the United States Department of Commerce concerned with business and industry; the Department states its mission to be "to foster, promote, and develop the foreign and domestic commerce

William Cox Redfield was the first secretary of commerce for the united states commerce department which was started under the Woodrow Wilson administration.

Until August 21, 1928, Herbert Hoover was the United States Secretary of Commerce.

The Commerce Secretary is the highest ranking U.S. government official charged with overseeing and formulating policy concerning foreign and domestic industry and business affairs. The U.S. Commerce Department was established as an independent agency in 1913. The statutes of the United States delegate specific duties and responsibilities to the Commerce Secretary.