Monday, January 23
Ambassador Kirk will meet with the Canadian Minister of International Trade, Ed Fast, concerning softwood lumber
Washington, D.C.
Open Press – Photographers Only
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Ambassador Sapiro will host a meeting of the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) Free Trade Commission
Miami, Florida
Closed Press
Tuesday, January 24
Ambassadors Kirk and Sapiro will meet with the United Arab Emirates Minister of Foreign Trade, Sheikha Lubna Bint Khalid Al Qasimi
Washington, D.C.
Closed Press
Ambassador Kirk will attend President Obama’s State of the Union Address
Washington, D.C.
Open Press
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The Office of the United States Trade Representative will convene a two-day public hearing on several worker rights-related country practices petitions under the U.S. Generalized System of Preference (GSP)
Washington, D.C.
Open Press
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Wednesday, January 25
Ambassador Sapiro will meet with the Danish Ambassador to the United States, Peter Taksoe-Jensen
Washington, D.C.
Closed Press
Thursday, January 26
Ambassadors Kirk and Punke will be in Davos, Switzerland for the 2012 World Economic Forum (WEF)
Davos, Switzerland
Open Press Events
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Ambassador Siddiqui will deliver remarks at a conference hosted by the Food and Drug Law Institute
Washington, D.C.
Open Press
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Friday, January 27
Ambassador Marantis will attend a Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Business Coalition and TPP Ambassadors luncheon at the residence of the Australian Ambassador
Washington, D.C.
Closed Press
**Additional events may be announced throughout the week.