Senior Director for International Economics at the National Security Council, Nora Todd, is traveling to Costa Rica from August 21-23 to participate in an Americas Partnership planning meeting. The focus of the meeting is the 2025 Americas Partnership Leaders’ Summit, which will be hosted by Costa Rica. The U.S. delegation includes Senior Coordinator for the Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity at the Department of State, Ambassador Lisa Kubiske; Deputy Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs, Kevin Sullivan; and Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for the Western Hemisphere, Daniel Watson.
In Costa Rica, the delegation is meeting with members of the Costa Rican cabinet and other government and private sector partners to discuss plans for the 2025 Summit. This summit follows through on commitments made by Americas Partnership leaders at the inaugural Americas Partnership Leaders’ Summit in November 2023.
Costa Rica leads the Americas Partnership digital workforce workstream, which focuses on generating employment opportunities in future technology sectors such as semiconductors, cybersecurity, 5G, and artificial intelligence.
The founding countries of the Americas Partnership are Barbados, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Peru, the United States, and Uruguay.
Further information about the Americas Partnership can be found on their webpage: https://www.state.gov/americas-partnership-for-economic-prosperity/, and in Spanish: https://www.state.gov/alianza-para-la-prosperidad-economica-en-las-americas-apep/. Updates can also be followed via #AmericasPartnership and Under Secretary Fernandez on X: @State_E; LinkedIn: @State-E; and Facebook: @StateDeptE. For media inquiries contact E_Communications@state.gov.