U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke will travel to Moscow, July 6-8, in conjunction with the Presidential Summit Meeting between Presidents Obama and Medvedev. Locke will represent the administration at a private sector Business Summit where U.S. and Russian business leaders will present recommendations to expand bilateral commercial cooperation.
This will be Locke’s first overseas trip as Secretary of Commerce. While in Moscow, he will meet with the Minister of Economic Development Elvira Nabiullina to discuss U.S.-Russian economic and commercial relations and Russia’s integration into the global economy.
Locke will also participate in a virtual ribbon-cutting ceremony to inaugurate Boeing’s joint venture with Russian titanium company VSMPO-AVISMA on July 7, and he will deliver remarks at the opening of a new Pepsi Bottling Plant in Domodedovo on July 8.
MONDAY, JULY 6, 2009 On Monday, Secretary Locke will:
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce
