The Commercial Mission of the Embassy of Israel aims to promote and facilitate trade and investment between Israel and the United States, and to enhance bilateral commercial relations. For this purpose, it works closely with the U.S. federal governmental and public bodies such as the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) and the Department of Commerce.
The Commercial Mission of the Embassy of Israel has specific responsibility for promoting bilateral trade with the District of Columbia, Virginia, Maryland and North Carolina. The Commercial Missions in New York City, Los Angeles, Houston, and Chicago are responsible for the remaining forty seven states.
In addition, it supports the efforts of Israeli companies to be awarded contracts financed by the World Bank and the Interamerican Development Bank (IDB).
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United States-Israel Bilateral Trade
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