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Registration Now Open for 2018 SelectUSA Investment Summit

By Wilbur Ross, Secretary of Commerce

I am please to announce that registration is open for the 2018 SelectUSA Investment Summit, with this year's theme of: "Invest Here. Grow Here. Succeed Here." The SelectUSA Investment Summit will take place on June 20-22, 2018, at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center near Washington. The goal is to connect business leaders with U.S. states and their economic development organizations (EDOs) to facilitate foreign direct investment (FDI) in the United States.

This Week's #FDIintheUSA

FDI from Bahrain directly supports 15,200 U.S. jobs

FDI from Belgium directly supports 150,400 U.S. jobs

FDI from Bermuda directly supports 54,000 U.S. jobs

FDI from Brazil directly supports 74,200 U.S. jobs

FDI from Canada directly supports 636,100 U.S. jobs

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US #manufacturing continues to surge: 1M+ #jobs added to this vital industry since 2010 (nearly 200,000 over the past 12 months alone)

DYK: The United States has the world's 2nd largest wind energy industry (almost 83GW as of 2016). Learn more about America's diverse energy industry:

Japan-based Toyota Motor Corporation building renewable power generation facility in Long Beach, CA

Thanks for sharing! Great #FDI news out of Morganton, NC: German vinyl extrusion co. VEKA investing $18M for new facility & 102 #jobs 👇

Japan-based automaker @subaru_usa expanding its #manufacturing facility in Lafayette, IN, adding 200 #jobs

Canada-based agricultural products co. The Brandt Group acquires #mfg plant in Bloomington-Normal, IL, plans to add 300

Congrats! Great example of how #FDI can help boost US #innovation 👇

German auto supplier BOCAR Group establishing #mfg facility in Huntsville, AL, will add 300 high-tech #jobs

this holiday tweet is top-notch 🎅🙌 #IPrights

DYK: More than a quarter of the $3.8 trillion global IT market is in the United States 📡

Auto parts #mfg co. Mopar (part of UK-based Fiat Chrysler Automobiles) opened a new distribution ctr in Romulus, MI, will add 100 #jobs

Heard from our amazing fall '17 interns on what they’ve been working on & learned this semester. Good luck on your future endeavors! been a pleasure.

Attn entrepreneurs: @ENERGY announced new R&D spending to develop advanced nuclear energy in the US. Find out how your org. can apply for funding

#FDIintheUSA: $3.7 trillion in total stock 💵 (43% in US #manufacturing)

2018 SelectUSA Investment Summit - Washington, D.C. - June 20-22, 2018

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