Gina Raimondo, 40th Commerce Secretary joined Bloomberg Businessweek Daily to discuss the AI race, and its labor market impact. She said the US needs to lead the global AI race and that we should prepare all Americans in order to be successful as a nation.

When a tornado puts you on its path or a severe blizzard is forecasted, a governor’s job is straightforward. You activate the emergency operations center. You pre-position resources. You coordinate with local responders. You level with the public. You don’t debate whether the storm is real, and you don’t leave people to fend for themselves. When governors see an emergency on the horizon, they must prepare.

Universal basic income wouldn't be an antidote to AI-driven job loss, former Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo says in an interview shared first with Axios. Why it matters: Raimondo's remarks come as Democrats try to stake out winning positions on AI heading into the midterms and look ahead to the 2028 presidential race.

Squawk on the Street video; Raimondo on AI labor market impacts. Published by CNBC in Mar 9, 2026, covering themes of raimondo / policy. Gina Raimondo is featured directly, offering first-hand analysis on AI's workforce impact.

Raimondo fireside chat on AI and workforce training; quotes on displaced workers. Published by Northeastern University in Mar 9, 2026, covering themes of raimondo / higher ed. Gina Raimondo is featured directly, offering first-hand analysis on AI's workforce impact.

Blue-collar workers have been at the center of political messaging for years. Politicians meet with waitresses at a diner to pitch raising the minimum wage, tour a factory to spotlight job growth or tell stories of their family’s hardscrabble bona fides while visiting cities like Detroit or Pittsburgh.

The Second Industrial Revolution was belching its way through New England, teaching mill and factory owners a lesson most M.B.A. students now learn in their first semester: that efficiency gains tend to come from somewhere, and that somewhere is usually somebody else.

What we need is a new grand bargain between the public and private sectors — one in which employers are held responsible for defining skills essential to the A.I. economy and for creating pathways into jobs and the government invests in the training, incentives and safety nets that help workers move quickly into them.