AMMAN —
The US Embassy in Jordan stressed the importance of the visit of
US Department of Commerce’s Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) for Middle East and
Africa, Camille Richardson, to Amman to advance US-Jordan trade and investment
ties.
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In a statement on Sunday, the embassy said
Richardson’s trip to Jordan follows her participation in the
Trade Winds Business Forum in Dubai, the first Commerce-led trade mission since the onset
of the pandemic.
Over the
course of her visit to Jordan, Richardson met with several Jordanian government
officials, including representatives from the
Ministry of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship, Ministry of Investment, and the Telecommunications Regulatory
Commission.
In each of her meetings, she underscored the
importance of cooperation and the bilateral commercial relationship, and
highlighted opportunities to advance infrastructure development priorities
related to climate, digital connectivity, health systems, and gender equality,
by leveraging public and private sector resources, as part of the
Build Back Better World (B3W) initiative established by President Biden and G7 leaders in
June 2021.
She also met with representatives of the private
sector to discuss the commercial landscape and opportunities for US firms in
Jordan and the region.
As part of
the “Women Empowered Leave Legacies Through Trade and Investment Initiative” (WELLTI) that she helped establish, Richardson hosted a roundtable discussion
with Jordanian businesswomen to help build connections between American and
Jordanian women business leaders. This was Richardson’s second WELLTI event in
Jordan, the first of which took place virtually in 2021.
On the event and broader initiative, Richardson
said, “WELLTI was created to build ties between businesswomen in the US and the Middle East and Africa, to foster an exchange of ideas and
resources necessary to achieve international business success.”
Additionally, Richardson delivered remarks
during the second
InvesTech Workshop and Pitchfest organized by the U.S.
Commercial Service at the US Embassy in Amman.
Given the event’s
focus on empowering Jordanian start-ups, Richardson also informed participants
about the upcoming
2022 SelectUSA Investment Summit, which will include
programing for international tech start-ups, as well as a mentorship networking
program for female founders seeking to “go global” and expand business
operations to the US. Interested Jordanian companies are encouraged
to contact the Embassy for additional details, the statement said.
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