2015 Highlights
Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs
December 31, 2015
This has been an exciting year for economic diplomacy. Our economic engagement worldwide is creating opportunities for investors, entrepreneurs, workers and consumers, while also supporting our security objectives. As we looked back over the year, we identified the following 10 Ways that Economic Diplomacy Shaped 2015.
Assistant Secretary Rivkin announces the launch of the U.S.-Taiwan Digital Economy Forum during a speech at the Computex Taipei consumer electronics trade show in Taiwan
State Dept Image / Jun 02, 2015
State Dept Image / Jun 02, 2015
Assistant Secretary Rivkin helps launch a public-private partnership in Hanoi to provide road safety education and helmets to 25,000 children across Vietnam.
State Dept Image / May 27, 2015
State Dept Image / May 27, 2015
Assistant Secretary Rivkin leads a National US Arab Chamber of Commerce (NUSACC) business delegation in a meeting with Tunisian Minister of Industry, Energy and Mining Zakaria Hamad in Tunis, Tunisia.
State Dept Image / Mar 01, 2015
State Dept Image / Mar 01, 2015
Assistant Secretary Rivkin speaks to students at the Ecole Nationale d'Administration (ENA), along with Professor Renaud Dorandeu (Dauphine University) and Director of ENA Nathalie Loiseau in Paris.
State Dept Image / Mar 01, 2015
State Dept Image / Mar 01, 2015
Juan Kuryla, Director of Port Miami, provides a tour of the Port to Assistant Secretary Rivkin during his visit to Miami, Florida to discuss President Obama's trade agenda.
State Dept Image / Feb 01, 2015
State Dept Image / Feb 01, 2015
Assistant Secretary Rivkin receives the City of Paris' highest honor-the Grand Vermeil Medal-from Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo in Washington, DC.
State Dept Image / Feb 01, 2015
State Dept Image / Feb 01, 2015
Assistant Secretary Rivkin and Indian Secretary of the Department of Electronics and Information Technology R.S. Sharma deliver opening remarks for US and India talks on information and communication technology issues at the US Department of State.
State Dept Image / Jan 01, 2015
State Dept Image / Jan 01, 2015
Assistant Secretary Rivkin discusses the opportunities TTIP presents for Europe and the U.S. with German businesses and Ambassador John Emerson in Berlin.
State Dept Image / Jan 01, 2015
State Dept Image / Jan 01, 2015
Assistant Secretary Rivkin signs the appointment papers for Craig Allen to become the U.S. Ambassador to Brunei Darussalam in an official ceremony at U.S. Department of State.
State Dept Image / Jan 01, 2015
State Dept Image / Jan 01, 2015
Assistant Secretary Rivkin applauds the representatives of the winning companies at the 2014 Secretary of State's Awards for Corporate Excellence (ACE).
State Dept Image / Dec 01, 2014
State Dept Image / Dec 01, 2014
Economic Diplomacy:
- Concluded a historic trade agreement with Asia Pacific partners.
- Advocated for $20.9 billion in U.S. sales to foreign governments in FY 2015.
- Defended the multistakeholder model for Internet governance from state-led challenges.
- Concluded the Trade Facilitation Agreement, the Information Technology Agreement, and a pact to cut agricultural subsidies at the WTO.
- Modernized air transport between the U.S. and Mexico.
- Reached a U.S.-Cuba Air Service Agreement and promoted Internet connections to deepen exchanges between our two nations.
- Negotiated the Sustainable Development Goals and Financing for Development objectives.
- Organized a successful Global Entrepreneurship Summit to promote innovation worldwide.
- Designed a U.S. strategy to cut ISIL’s revenue from oil and antiquities trafficking.
- Updated U.S. regulations vis-à-vis Burma and Cuba to reflect emerging opportunities.
