[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 37 (Monday, February 25, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 12719]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-04381]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


President's Export Council: Meeting of the President's Export 
Council

AGENCY: International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of an Open Meeting.

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SUMMARY: The President's Export Council will hold a meeting to 
deliberate on recommendations related to promoting the expansion of 
U.S. exports. Topics may include the Administration's ``Doing Business 
in Africa'' campaign, the need for nominations to the U.S. Export-
Import Bank Board of Directors, a rapid response mechanism for sanitary 
and phytosanitary issues in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, an 
international services agreement, bilateral investment treaties, U.S.-
Canada trade facilitation, the UNIDROIT Cape Town Convention on 
International Interests in Mobile Equipment, and workforce readiness. 
The final agenda will be posted at least one week in advance of the 
meeting on the President's Export Council Web site at http://trade.gov/pec.

DATES: March 12, 2013 at 9:30 a.m. (ET).

ADDRESSES: The President's Export Council meeting will be broadcast via 
live webcast on the Internet at http://whitehouse.gov/live.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tricia Van Orden, Executive Secretary, 
President's Export Council, Room 4043, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20230, telephone: 202-482-5876, email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Background: The President's Export Council was first established by 
Executive Order on December 20, 1973 to advise the President on matters 
relating to U.S. export trade and report to the President on its 
activities and on its recommendations for expanding U.S. exports. The 
President's Export Council was renewed most recently by Executive Order 
13585 of September 30, 2011, for the two-year period ending September 
30, 2013. This Committee is established in accordance with the 
provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), as amended, 5 
U.S.C. App.
    Public Submissions: The public is invited to submit written 
statements to the President's Export Council by C.O.B. March 8, 2013 by 
either of the following methods:

Electronic Submissions

    Submit statements electronically to Tricia Van Orden, Executive 
Secretary, President's Export Council via email: 
[email protected].

Paper Submissions

    Send paper statements to Tricia Van Orden, Executive Secretary, 
President's Export Council, Room 4043, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20230. Statements will be posted on the President's 
Export Council Web site (http://trade.gov/pec) without change, 
including any business or personal information provided such as names, 
addresses, email addresses, or telephone numbers. All statements 
received, including attachments and other supporting materials, are 
part of the public record and subject to public disclosure. You should 
submit only information that you wish to make publicly available.
    Meeting minutes: Copies of the Council's meeting minutes will be 
available within ninety (90) days of the meeting.

     Dated: February 21, 2013.
Tricia Van Orden,
Executive Secretary, President's Export Council.
[FR Doc. 2013-04381 Filed 2-22-13; 8:45 am]
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