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📢 Investment Alert: Medical device maker @Balt_Group is investing over $250 MILLION to expand its US presence with a new production site in Irvine, CA, creating 700 new jobs. Balt broke the news on stage at the 2026 #SelectUSASummit. Congratulations!

Today at the #SelectUSASummit2026 🇺🇲⭐, Deputy Under Secretary Diane Farrell joined a gathering of Select Global Women in Tech, a program which promotes American competitiveness and technology leadership by attracting talented women leaders in emerging technology sectors to spur economic growth and innovation. ITA’s @SelectUSA is proud to support this network of international women tech entrepreneurs with introductions to the U.S. market!

ITA recently led a Japanese shipbuilding delegation to Alabama, Florida, and Mississippi as part of the 🇺🇸🤝🇯🇵 Memorandum of Cooperation on Shipbuilding. The mission brought together government and industry stakeholders to visit U.S. shipyards and discuss bolstering investment for domestic shipbuilding capacity. 🚢⚓ trade.gov/press-release/…

SelectUSA Acting Executive Director Kelly Coldiron welcomes you to National Harbor for the 2026 #SelectUSASummit. We’re excited to bring you four days of connections, partnerships, and conversations to move foreign investment projects forward in the United States!

This week, Deputy Assistant Secretary Joshua Kroon participated in @Securing_Energy’s #SAFESummit2026 🪨⛏️ where he discussed the Trump Administration’s efforts to reinvigorate America’s industrial base, supporting resilient supply chains and good-paying jobs for American workers. 🇺🇸

📢 Great news that supports 19,400 🇺🇸 jobs! Congratulations to @BoeingAirplanes and Biman Bangladesh Airlines on this momentous deal and to ITA’s Advocacy Center and @ExportGov teams who worked for years to help bring this sale across the finish line.

⭐ The 2026 #SelectUSASummit is almost here! 🇺🇲 This is the highest profile event in the United States to facilitate business investment by connecting thousands of investors, companies, economic development organizations (EDOs), and industry experts to make deals happen. This year’s Investment Summit will feature a number of speakers 🎤 including opening keynote remarks by @CommerceGov Secretary @HowardLutnick and global CEOs as main stage speakers. Read all about it: trade.gov/press-release/… @SelectUSA

This week, Under Secretary William Kimmitt delivered keynote remarks at @USUN’s Trade Over Aid Launch Event, joining @USAmbUN Mike Waltz in inaugurating a new approach to international development. Under Secretary Kimmitt: “The Trade Over Aid Initiative rests on a simple but powerful idea: Lasting prosperity is not built on permanent dependency. It’s built through domestic development, innovation, production, investment, and the capacity of sovereign nations to create prosperity for their own people.” Read his full remarks: trade.gov/feature-articl…

Productive meetings with @CommerceGov and some of the top shipbuilders in Japan. It’s days like today that have helped Mississippi land a record-breaking $85 billion in new capital investment and create thousands of high-paying jobs for our people.

Today in New York🍎🏙️🗽, Under Secretary William Kimmitt met with members of ITA’s Commercial Service New York City, White Plains, and Connecticut offices 🤝 to discuss their work facilitating exports and investment that benefits American workers. Thank you, Commercial Service, for all your work helping the New York region export to the world! @ExportGov

This Sunday is #WorldIPDay 💡! Intellectual property powers the global economy and drives innovation. Advocating for the IP rights of U.S. businesses is central to ITA’s mission of leveling the playing field for American exporters and ensuring they can compete and win in the global marketplace 🇺🇸. Learn more about ITA’s Office of Standards and Intellectual Property: trade.gov/about-us/offic…

📣 Thanks to @POTUS’ decisive leadership, U.S. companies have new export opportunities in Venezuela! ITA is launching the Venezuela Business Information Center to accelerate commercial ties and support U.S. private sector engagement 🇺🇲 🤝 📦 🇻🇪. This new resource will help identify business opportunities, connect U.S. firms to those opportunities, and assist interested firms in navigating U.S. sanctions, export controls, and market dynamics to advance U.S. exports to Venezuela. Interested U.S. companies can visit the Venezuela Business Information Center on ITA’s website for information on exporting to Venezuela ➡️ trade.gov/venezuela

ITA congratulates @BoeingAirplanes on securing @flyethiopian’s purchase of 6 more 787 Dreamliner airplanes✈️. Supported by ITA’s Advocacy Center, this deal supports over 8,000 U.S. jobs and brings billions more dollars to the 🇺🇸 economy. Advocacy Center Executive Director Hiro Rodriguez joined Boeing and Ethiopian Airlines for the signing ceremony this week.

Join #ExportExperts in May & learn more about resources, financing, documentation, compliance, trade agreements. Sign up for one or all sessions. Great for exporters with any level of experience. @TradeGov trade.gov/sites/default/…

🎤 💬 This week, Under Secretary William Kimmitt participated in American Global Strategies’ National Security Conference, where he emphasized Trump Administration priorities for advancing U.S. trade, including exporting American-made products, advocating for U.S. companies and foreign direct investment, and reshoring and strengthening critical supply chains.

We’re thrilled to announce the first wave of US governors attending the 2026 #SelectUSASummit! Elected officials from across the country will join us on stage to share their perspectives on attracting foreign investment to the United States. 👇

Secretary Lutnick joined @SecRollins of @USDA for a roundtable focused on launching USDA’s new Office of Seafood Liaison and advancing President Trump’s America First Seafood Strategy. We are cutting red tape and pushing back on unfair foreign trade practices. We must strengthen America’s seafood, fishing, and aquaculture industries so American workers can compete and thrive.

#DYK that a foreign trade barrier is a policy or practice put in place by a foreign government that unfairly restricts U.S. #exports 🚫 📦? ITA has a team of experts who are committed to assisting U.S. businesses in investigating and resolving these unfair practices. Just last year, ITA’s compliance case teams successfully resolved 49 non-tariff barriers, protecting $26 billion in U.S. exports. Find out how ITA can help 🤝: trade.gov/resolve-foreig…

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(1/10) What They Are Saying 👀 Leaders in U.S. steel, aluminum and copper industries praise the decisive action of @POTUS, Secretary @howardlutnick and @CommerceGov to strengthen tariffs and protect domestic producers from artificially low foreign prices. trade.gov/press-release/… Read all about it🧵