Trade and Investment Minister Andrew Robb will lead a business delegation to the United States today to launch the inaugural Australia United States Business Week (AUSBW), a program that will visit six major US cities between 16 and 25 February.
AUSBW 2016 will promote US investment in some of Australia's key sectors by familiarising US investors with Australia's capabilities through roundtables, market briefings, site visits and industry summits.
Around 240 Australian companies will take part in AUSBW, which will be held in America's key commercial centres of Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Houston, Boston and New York.
"The US is the largest foreign investor in Australia and the source of much of the world's commercial innovation and new ways of doing business," Mr Robb said.
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