Committee Opens Hearing on Commercial Diplomacy, Urges State Department Reforms
A committee member told the House Committee on Foreign Affairs that economic statecraft must be central to U.S. foreign policy and said Congress will pursue reforms — including examining whether to return the U.S. Foreign Commercial Service to the State Department — to better protect American industry and supply chains.
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An unidentified member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs opened a hearing on commercial diplomacy on the committee’s agenda, saying that the administration’s national security strategy places economic statecraft "at the tip of the spear of our foreign policy." The speaker framed economic strength as central to national security, saying, "economic security is national security."
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