Commerce leads trade delegation to Poland, Turkey

U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker will lead a delegation of U.S. businesses on an economic fact-finding mission to the countries later this month.    U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker will lead a delegation of U.S. businesses on an economic fact-finding mission to Poland and Turkey later this month.
   Pritzker and the business representatives, all of whom are members of the President’s Export Council (PEC), will “use the trip to identify opportunities to increase trade and investment between the U.S. and Poland and the U.S. and Turkey, two high-potential, fast-growing markets,” the Commerce Department said.
   Serving as the principal national advisory committee on international trade, the PEC was set up in 1973 and advises the president on government policies and programs that affect U.S. trade performance; promotes export expansion; and provides a forum for discussing and resolving trade-related problems among the business, industrial, agricultural, labor, and government sectors.
   The delegation’s report for President Obama from the trip will include observations, analysis, and guidance on a range of issues, including impediments to commercial opportunities, preliminary benefits and opportunities in Poland related to on-going Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations, outstanding topics raised in the recent U.S.-Turkey Framework for Strategic Economic and Commercial Cooperation meeting, and ways to enhance bilateral commerce.