Every day, the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs (EB) creates jobs at home, boosts economic opportunities overseas, and makes America more secure. EB promotes a strong American economy by leveling the playing field for American companies doing business in global markets, attracting foreign investors to create jobs in America, and deploying economic tools to deny financing to terrorists, human rights abusers, and corrupt officials. Economics has become the indispensable foreign policy tool of our time. Everything we do is to ensure that the United States remains the world’s strongest and most dynamic economy.

 

Our Mission

The Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs (EB) is guided by our mission: Empowering Growth, Securing our Future.  We deliver on this mission every day by expanding economic opportunities for U.S. businesses overseas and promoting job creation at home.  We advocate for America’s business and economic interests around the world and use tools like sanctions and foreign investment review to protect our national security.

As a core part of our diplomatic mission to promote American growth and prosperity, we assist U.S. companies, workers, and entrepreneurs pursuing business opportunities abroad.

 

Our Divisions

 We are organized into seven divisions to deliver across the most critical issues that impact the U.S. economy:

• Commercial and Business Affairs (CBA)
• International Communications and Information Policy (CIP)
• Economic Policy Analysis and Public Diplomacy (EPPD)
• International Finance and Development (IFD)
• Counter Threat Finance and Sanctions (TFS)
• Trade Policy and Negotiations (TPN)
• Transportation Affairs (TRA)