{{Short description|Agency of the International Trade Administration}} {{Multiple issues| {{Notability|date=April 2024}} {{Primary sources|date=April 2024}} }} {{Use American English|date=April 2024}} {{Use MDY dates|date=April 2024}} {{Infobox Government agency | agency_name = United States Commercial Service | logo = US-CommercialService-Logo.svg | logo_width = 140px | logo_caption = | seal = | seal_width = 140px | seal_caption = | formed = | headquarters = | employees = | budget = | chief1_name = | chief1_position = | parent_agency = International Trade Administration | website = {{official URL}} | footnotes = }}
The '''United States Commercial Service''' is an agency of the International Trade Administration under the United States Department of Commerce that assists United States businesses with exports and sales in foreign markets.<ref>{{Cite web |title=U.S. Commercial Service |url=https://www.trade.gov/us-commercial-service?anchor=content-node-t7-field-lp-region-2-1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240428202042/https://www.trade.gov/us-commercial-service?anchor=content-node-t7-field-lp-region-2-1 |archive-date=April 28, 2024 |access-date=April 28, 2024 |website=International Trade Administration |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Ford |first=Charles |date=April 2005 |title=Commercial Diplomacy: The Next Wave |url=https://cuts-citee.org/pdf/CDS03-Session4-02.pdf |journal=Foreign Service Journal |pages=19–20 |access-date=June 24, 2024 |archive-date=May 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240519214532/https://cuts-citee.org/pdf/CDS03-Session4-02.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> Commercial Officers in the Commercial Service are Foreign Service officers in the United States Foreign Service.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Simmons |first=Dennis |title=Foreign Service Careers at the U.S. Department of Commerce |url=https://www.trade.gov/feature-article/foreign-service-careers-us-department-commerce |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231208143549/https://www.trade.gov/feature-article/foreign-service-careers-us-department-commerce |archive-date=December 8, 2023 |access-date=April 28, 2024 |website=International Trade Administration}}</ref>
==See also== * International Trade Commission * Office of the United States Trade Representative
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