Offices and Departments
Economic Section
The Embassy's 8-person Economic Section monitors and manages economic relations between the United States and Turkey. The section provides U.S. government agencies in Washington D.C. and other U.S. embassies around the world with accurate, timely, first-hand information and expert analysis on Turkish economic and financial developments. It supports U.S. economic and commercial interests by informing U.S. economic policy toward Turkey, encouraging further liberalization of Turkish markets and promoting bilateral trade and investment. The Economic Section works closely with other Embassy offices including the U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, and the U.S. Foreign Agricultural Service.
Some of the many issues handled by the Economic Section include:
- Economic and Financial Reform
- EU Customs and Trade Harmonization
- Macro- and Micro- Economic Analysis
- Anti-money laundering Countering terrorist finance
- Counternarcotics
- Privatization
- Bilateral Trade and Investment
- Regional issues including trade and energy
- Protection of Intellectual Property Rights
- Civil Aviation and other Transport Issues
- Labor, Workplace and Employment
- Foreign assistance
- Environmental policies