Bureau of Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs

Date: 01/27/2009 Description: Photo montage, left to right: Ships unloading at post Afghan laborers pack pomegranates into boxes at a factory in Kandahar, Afghanistan Windmills [AP Images] © AP Photo

The Bureau of Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs (EEB) is led by Assistant Secretary Jose W. Fernandez. EEB's mission is to promote economic security and prosperity at home and abroad. The Bureau's work lies at the critical nexus of economic prosperity and national security. As the single point where international economic policy tools and threads converge, we help promote a coherent economic policy across the U.S. Government.  This administration's economic leadership has resulted in an impressive record of positive change. EEB accomplishes its mission through a "Total Economic Engagement" approach that strategically analyzes and employs all of the economic engagement tools of the U.S. Government. On this site you will find links and resources for all of these tools and the ways the U.S. Department of State and EEB are engaged to implement U.S. foreign economic policy. The Bureau of Economic, Energy and Business Affairs is divided into the following sections covering the following seven areas:

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