US Mission Geneva

The U.S. Agency for International Development has sent field investment officers to work in its regional offices in seven countries to help build links between lenders and local entrepreneurs involved in economic development.

Research being conducted on the International Space Station (ISS) is on the way to developing technology for monitoring global shipping traffic.

The U.S. nominee for the World Bank presidency, Dr. Jim Yong Kim, met with Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan March 31 in Shaoxing, China.

Anatole Krattiger from the Global Challenges Division at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) explains what he does and the goals of the Global Challenges Division.

Ambassador Punke emphasized that “working together with our trading partners to address and resolve issues of mutual concern is what the WTO is all about,“ and also said that “we are pleased to be able to join together in the hope that Argentina will see the seriousness with which this large group of Members views Argentina’s import restrictions and requests that the restrictions be eliminated.”

Sri Lanka is currently the 80th largest goods trading partner of the United States with $2.4 billion in two-way goods trade in 2011.

The United States will continue to work with its European partners to promote financial stability and sustainable, balanced growth as the region’s economy moves toward recovery.

U.S. Commerce Secretary John Bryson is promoting mutually beneficial partnerships between the United States and India to business leaders in New Delhi as part of a trade mission to strengthen bilateral economic ties.

U.S. participation in the WTO seminar is premised on the importance of trade liberalization and recognition that persistently misaligned exchange rates and competitive devaluations undercut an open trading system.