US-Arab Chamber and AMCHAM Qatar Host US Secretary of Commerce

posted on: Apr 4, 2014

The National U.S. – Arab Chamber of Commerce (NUSACC) and the American Chamber of Commerce in Qatar (AmCham Qatar) recently hosted the Honorable Penny Pritzker, U.S. Secretary of Commerce, during her mid-March visit to Doha. The breakfast briefing, for Qatari business leaders and U.S. firms with offices in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) nations, was the third and final stop on the Secretary’s regional tour to the United Arab Emirates, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the State of Qatar.

“NUSACC is grateful to Secretary Pritzker for highlighting the increasingly important role that Qatar and the other GCC nations are playing in the economic well-being of the United States,” said David Hamod, President & CEO of the U.S. – Arab Chamber. “This is one of Ms. Pritzker’s first trips overseas in her capacity as U.S. Secretary of Commerce, sending a clear signal about the significance of U.S. – Arab commerce, which continues to shatter records from one year to the next.”

According to the National U.S. – Arab Chamber of Commerce, U.S. exports to the Arab world are roughly doubling every four years. The GCC represents America’s fifth largest destination worldwide for exports of U.S. goods, and approximately three-quarters of U.S. merchandise exported to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) goes to the GCC. American exports to these nations increased eight percent last year, creating or sustaining more than 260,000 American jobs.

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