Indo Pacific Commercial Service

The Indo-Pacific Region

According to the White House, trade with the Indo-Pacific region supports more than three million American jobs and is the source of nearly $900 billion in U.S.-bound foreign direct investment in 2020. With 60 percent of the world’s population, the Indo-Pacific region is projected to be the largest contributor to global growth over the next 30 years.

Since February 9, 2022, the International Trade Administration has assisted over 10,000 companies and facilitated approximately $109 billion in U.S. exports and inward investment supporting close to 337,000 American jobs across the Indo-Pacific region.

The Indo-Pacific region is essential to ensure future prosperity, economic security, and the ability to address global challenges. The U.S. regional strategy embraces an affirmative agenda focused on: Better aligning with like-minded allies and partners, competing to protect U.S. interests and values, and investing in our strengths at home. 

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Even as the United States pursues multilateral efforts, the ITA is also collaborating with likeminded allies and partners through ministerial-level bilateral commercial engagement in the region, including cooperating on standards, setting rules for digital trade and emerging technologies, and promoting regulatory interoperability to avoid fractured standards that create needless barriers across borders.   

Whether through our commercial advocacy and export promotion or enforcement and compliance actions to ensure fair and open markets, our team champions U.S. workers and businesses in markets worldwide. Learn more about how the ITA is also working to protect U.S. interests and values.

U.S.-Japan Economic Policy Consultative Committee (EPCC, or Economic “2+2”): The 2+2 is led by U.S. Secretary of State Tony Blinken and U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, and by Japan’s Ministers for the Economy, Trade and Industry Nishimura and Minister of Foreign Affairs Hayashi. The Commerce initiative focuses on strengthening semiconductor supply chains, coordinating on export controls, and promoting innovation especially as it relates to the digital economy.  

U.S.-Malaysia Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) on Semiconductor Supply Chain Resilience: Secretary Raimondo and then-Minister for International Trade and Industry Azmin Ali signed an MOC to promote collaboration on semiconductor supply chains with Malaysia.

U.S.-Singapore Partnership for Growth and Innovation (PGI): Secretary Raimondo and Singapore Minister for Trade and Industry Gan Kim Yong signed an Memorandum of Understanding, implementing the U.S.-Singapore PGI to strengthen U.S.-Singapore trade and investment collaboration on priority topics such as e-commerce, cybersecurity, clean energy and climate change solutions, medical technologies, and advanced manufacturing technologies.

U.S.-South Korea Supply Chain and Commercial Dialogue (SCCD): Secretary Raimondo and South Korean Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Chang Yang Lee signed an MOU to launch the SCCD to expand and elevate commercial cooperation by strengthening the international competitiveness of U.S. and Korean industries under four working groups: 1. Advanced Manufacturing and Supply Chain Resilience, including Semiconductors (Manufacturing Resiliency) 2. Dual-Use Export Controls 3. Digital Economy and 4. Healthcare and Healthcare Technology.

Australia-U.S. Strategic Commercial Dialogue (AUSSCD): Secretary Raimondo and then-Minister for Trade, Tourism, and Investment Dan Tehan launched the AUSSCD to work together on the key challenges to support prosperity and peace, respond to economic coercion, build more secure supply chains, and facilitate a clean transition that supports the Paris Agreement.

Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) Upskilling Initiative: This is a public-private endeavor to support sustainable and inclusive economic growth in IPEF emerging and middle-income economies. Fourteen U.S. companies respectively pledged to provide 500,000 or more digital upskilling opportunities for women and girls in the region for a total of more than 7 million training sessions in Brunei, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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Learn more about the markets and business opportunities across the Indo-Pacific region through our market research reports. Please also access ITA’s market intelligence reports to explore other markets within our global footprint.

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Australia
Bangladesh
Brunei
Cambodia
China
Fiji
Hong Kong
India
Indonesia
Japan
Laos
Malaysia
Burma (Myanmar)
Mongolia
Nepal
New Zealand
Papua New Guinea
Philippines
Singapore
South Korea
Sri Lanka
Taiwan
Thailand
Vietnam

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There are several opportunities to participate in the region’s events overseas or domestically online, in-person or both to explore the local market. Find out more about upcoming webinars, national conferences, and regional activities to assist you and to liaise with trade experts, other business, and government officials.

The 2023 Trade Winds Business Forum in Bangkok included an EMPOWER (Export Markets that Provide Opportunities for Women’s Economic Rise) Asia program on March 12. U.S. Delegates gathered with Asia-based women business leaders to exchange experiences and perspectives on challenges and opportunities women face across the Indo-Pacific region.
On March 14, 2023, the Trade Winds Business Forum held a SelectUSA Tech seminar to provide practical U.S.-expansion information to Asia-based startups. The Seminar also highlighted the Select Global Women in Tech Mentorship Network in support of international women tech entrepreneurs and executives to overcome challenges in scaling, promoting, fundraising, and establishing U.S. based businesses.
Clean EDGE Asia Southeast Asia Trade Mission to Indonesia and Vietnam: On June 6-13, 2022, Pamela Phan, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Asia, led a whole-of-government mission that included a USTDA delegation led by its Director Ebong, and Export-Import Bank representatives. The delegation met with public and private sector leaders to discuss trade opportunities, pursue investment deals; and explore project needs and financing to address Southeast Asia climate change challenges. The U.S. delegation included 11 renewable energy and fuels, energy storage, hydrogen, smart grid, nuclear, and liquefied natural gas sub-sector companies.

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The Indo-Pacific Strategy of the United States

The United States is determined to strengthen its long-term position in and commitment to the Indo-Pacific. The Biden-Harris Administration will focus on every regional corner from Northeast Asia and Southeast Asia to South Asia and Oceania and the Pacific Islands.

The U.S. Indo-Pacific Strategy

EMPOWER Asia

On March 12, on the margins of the Trade Winds ASEAN Business Forum in Bangkok, ITA launched the Export  Markets to  Provide Opportunities  for Women to Economically Rise (EMPOWER Asia) initiative that supports ITA’s priority of women’s economic empowerment with programming focused on better understanding the challenges faced by women-owned businesses across the United States, Asia and the Pacific.

TRADE WINDS ASEAN BUSINESS FORUM 2023

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Participate in the 2023 SelectUSA Summit

2023 SelectUSA Summit

Identify New Indo-Pacific Markets

The Market Diversification Tool can help identify potential new export markets using your current trade patterns. Based on the products you export and the markets you currently export to, the tool uses an algorithm to rank potential markets you may want to consider as future export markets.

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Pacific Island Countries and South Asia Expansion

The U.S. Department of Commerce expanded its presence to include new commercial offices in Fiji, Papua New Guinea, and Bangladesh. With that, a commercial advisor position at United States Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) was added to the Foreign Commercial Service roster to institutionalize the position.

The United States Indo-Pacific Command

Strategies for Success in Asia Webinar Series

Strategies for Success in Asia is a monthly virtual series to give U.S. companies the tools and information to be successful in Asia.