Offices/Departments

Political/Economic Section

The Political/Economic Section provides support on political and economic issues to the United States Ambassador to Laos. The Section monitors all aspects of U.S. political and economic relations with the Lao PDR and reports to Washington on key developments in Laos and on Laos’s relations with its neighbors. The Political/Economic Section represents the official views of the United States Government to Lao officials on a broad range of bilateral and multilateral issues. Examples of the types of issues the Political/Economic Section addresses include the full implementation of our Bilateral Trade Agreement, advancing representative institutions and civil society, enhancing opportunities for foreign business investment, promoting human rights and religious freedom, protecting intellectual property rights, combating trafficking in persons, and furthering cooperation on humanitarian issues.

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