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President Obama speaks at G8 meeting

G-8 Helps Arab Countries In Transition

At the recent Camp David G-8 meeting, leaders agreed to take additional steps to support Arab transitions underway.

Skyline of Jakarta, Capital of Indonesia.

Building Partnerships In The Asia-Pacific Region

New reality poses opportunities for trade, investment, and job creation, as well as challenges.

Secretary Clinton speaks on the opening day of the first-ever Global Impact Economy Forum in the Loy Henderson at the State Department.

Clinton At Global Impact Economy Forum

The United States works to create conditions for the less affluent to prosper.

Realizing Opportunities In The Americas

Engagement with our Latin America, Caribbean, and Canadian neighbors remains a top priority for the United States.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks during a press conference after the U.S. - China Strategic and Economic Dialogue in Beijing Friday, May 4, 2012.

U.S.and China Strategic And Economic Dialogue

We are working to build a relationship that allows both of our countries to flourish.

United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk (AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt)

Kirk On U.S.-Asia Pacific Trade

Our broad goal is a vibrant, seamless regional economy with global supply chains clustered around the Pacific Rim.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, is greeted by Bangladeshi Foreign Minister Dipu Moni upon her arrival in Dhaka, Bangladesh, May 5, 2012.

U.S. Betting On Bangladesh

The United States wants Bangladesh to be a prosperous, successful, democratic country.

The Guru Gobind Singh oil refinery near Bhatinda in the northern Indian state of Punjab, April 27, 2012.

U.S. Encourages India On Iran Oil

The United States is urging India to reduce its dependence on oil imports from Iran.

Geithner On U.S.-China Economic Relations

U.S. economic policy toward China focuses on expanding opportunities for U.S. companies and on improving cooperation.

Kazakhstan And The New Silk Road

Initiative that would encourage a network of economic, transit, energy, and people-to-people connections.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks during the opening of the U.S.- China Strategic and Economic Dialogue at The Diaoyutai state guesthouse in Beijing Thursday, May 3, 2012.

Clinton On The Asia-Pacific Region

"Our hopes for a 21st century less bloody than the 20th century all hinge to a large degree on what happens in the Asia-Pacific region."

Safeguarding IP Rights

The intent behind legal protection of intellectual property is to generate incentive to innovate.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks during the annual Open Government Partnership conference in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday April 17, 2012. Clinton is on a two-day visit to Brazil. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Open Government Partnership

Fifty-five countries are now participating in the initiative, encompassing a quarter of the world’s people.

Malawi's new President Joyce Banda gives a press conference in Lilongwe. Banda said she was pinning her hopes on donors to re-open aid taps after she started talking to them on possible resumption of aid frozen over governance and macroeconomic concerns,

The U.S. Stands With Malawi

The United States sends its warmest and sincerest congratulations to President Joyce Banda.

Regional Cooperation In South, Central Asia

Natural resources, nascent trade agreements and growing network of transport and energy connections hold great economic promise.

US Commerce Secretary John Bryson speaks at a function organized by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) in New Delhi, India.

Trade And Investment With India

The United States is seeking to broaden its economic relationship with India.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, second from left, admires items made by women entrepreneurs in Colombia.

Women Entrepreneurs In The Americas

Public-private partnerships will focus on small and medium-sized enterprises and address the main barriers women face.

Horst Walter Overdick Mejia (C), alias "El Tigre" (the tiger), looks on as he is escorted to the Supreme Court of Justice of Guatemala by the police in Guatemala City April 3, 2012.

U.S. Targets Guatemalan Drug Trafficker

The U.S. Treasury Department has designated Guatemalan national Horst Walter Overdick Mejia as a narcotics trafficker.

Je Nifanyeje?

Investing In Girls

Improving the lives of women begins with investing in girls.

The United States And India

“On nearly every matter of strategic importance, the fundamental interests of the United States and India converge.”


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