Establishment of an Interagency Task Force on Commercial Advocacy
Headline: Establishes Interagency Task Force to Boost U.S. Business Export Advocacy
What it does: Agencies must join a Commerce-led task force to coordinate federal commercial advocacy and share information on foreign contract opportunities.
- Gives U.S. businesses more coordinated federal support when bidding for foreign contracts.
- Makes government obtain and distribute foreign procurement opportunities information to exporters.
- Creates short-term staff exchanges to cross-train officials on export advocacy (up to 120 days).
Summary
This order creates an Interagency Task Force on Commercial Advocacy to give U.S. businesses stronger, coordinated federal support when competing for foreign government contracts. The task force is chaired by the Secretary of Commerce and includes senior officials from many departments and export-related agencies.
The task force will review and prioritize advocacy cases, coordinate senior officials' engagement with foreign counterparts, share information about foreign procurement opportunities, and run short-term staff exchanges to train personnel. The aim is to boost U.S. exports and help American firms win more contracts abroad.
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