Last Thursday, at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Commerce Secretary and former CEO John Bryson laid out his priorities for the Department of Commerce, including supporting advanced manufacturing, increasing exports, and attracting more investment to America from all over the world. In conjunction with those priorities, the Department of Commerce is announcing that Secretary Bryson will lead his first trade mission, March 25-30, 2012, focusing on infrastructure opportunities in India. The focus of the mission is to promote U.S. exports and discuss trade policy issues in response to India’s goal of investing $1 trillion in infrastructure development during the next five years.
The mission will highlight infrastructure export opportunities for U.S. businesses sectors of project management and engineering services, including architecture and design; transportation, including roads/highways, rail, airports and intelligent transportation systems; and energy, including distribution, and transmission and smart grid.
Applications for companies interested in participating in the mission can be completed on-line at the India Infrastructure Business Development Mission website at http://www.export.gov/IndiaMission2012 or can be obtained by contacting the U.S. Department of Commerce Office of Business Liaison (202-482-1360 or IndiaMission2012@doc.gov). The application deadline is Wednesday, January 25, 2012.