Economic Affairs
The Economic Section deals with the full range of bilateral and multilateral economic issues as well as environmental, energy, resources, science and technology affairs. It works closely with the offices of the Agriculture Attaché and the Foreign Commercial Service, as well as our Consulates General in Sydney, Perth and Melbourne to implement President Obama’s National Export Initiative, to facilitate stronger economic ties between the United States and Australia, and to advance the broad array of U.S. policy objectives within its portfolio. The Foreign Commercial Service office is the first point of contact for assistance with specific commercial questions: http://www.buyusa.gov/australia/en/. Following are links to other useful U.S. government websites:
Department of Commerce's export website: www.export.gov
Foreign Agricultural Service: http://www.fas.usda.gov/
Small Business Administration: http://www.sba.gov/
Export-Import Bank: http://www.exim.gov/
Department of State’s Economic, Energy and Business Bureau (EEB): http://www.state.gov/e/eb/index.htm
The Economic Section’s primary telephone number is (02) 6214-5974. Correspondence should be faxed to (02) 6214-5825 or emailed to usrsaustralia@state.gov with “Attention: Economic Section” in the subject line.
Counselor for Economic Affairs:
Jonathan Fritz