Energy and Environment Trade Mission to Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration AGENCY: International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. ACTION: Notice. Mission Description The United States Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration, U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service (CS), is organizing an Energy and Environment Trade Mission to Malaysia, Thailand, and the Philippines. This Mission will directly support the “U.S.-ASEAN Expanded Economic Engagement” or E3 Initiative announced by President Obama at the 2012 U.S.-ASEAN Summit. The “E3” Initiative focuses on enhancing ASEAN members' capacity for advancing issues that will open up trade and opportunities for U.S. companies and among ASEAN member states in the region. The E-3 Initiative is a new framework for economic cooperation designed to expand trade and investment ties between the United States and ASEAN, creating new business opportunities and jobs in all eleven countries. The E3 Initiative builds upon the U.S.-Asia Pacific Comprehensive Energy Partnership designed to expand energy and environmental cooperation to advance efforts to ensure affordable, secure, and cleaner energy. To support these efforts, the mission will expose U.S. companies to promising market potentials in Energy and Environmental Technologies markets in Malaysia, Thailand, and the Philippines. Led by a senior Commerce Department official, during the week of September 15, the mission will include representatives from a cross…