Government

Relevant Government Officials (As of August 2011)

President	Barack Obama
Vice President	Joseph Biden
Secretary of State	Hillary Clinton
Secretary of the Treasury	Timothy Geithner
Secretary of Energy	Steven Chu
Acting Secretary of Commerce	Rebecca Blank
USTR Representative*1	Ronald Kirk
EPA Administrator*2	Lisa Jackson
FRB Chairman*3	Ben Bernanke

• *1 USTR: United States Trade Representative
• *2 EPA: Environmental Protection Agency
• *3 FRB: Federal Reserve Board

Election Dates

Mid-term elections: November 4, 2014
Presidential election: November 6, 2012

Economy

Economic Indicators

(IMF WEO August 2011)

	GDP (Nominal / US$ bn.)	GDP per Capita (Nominal / US$)	GDP Growth (Real / %)
2000	9,951	35,252	4.1
2010	14,658	47,284	2.8

Industries

highly industrial; agriculture (wheat, corn, soybeans, lumber), finance, insurance and other services

Major Trading Partners (IMF, 2007)

• Export: (1) Canada, (2) Mexico, (3) China, (4) Japan, (5) United Kingdom

• Import: (1) China, (2) Canada, (3) Mexico, (4) Japan, (5) Germany

Trade with Japan (US Department of Commerce, 2008)

• Export to Japan: $66.58 billion
  Commodities: agricultural and fishery products, chemical goods, optical, medical and other machineries, aircrafts and parts, electronic devices

• Import from Japan: $139.25 billion
  Commodities: automobiles and parts, electronic devices, chemical goods, optical, medical and other machineries, metallic products

Foreign Direct Investment in the U.S., Top Source of Countries (US Department of Commerce, 2008)

Export: (1) United Kingdom, (2) Japan, (3) Netherlands, (4) Canada, (5) Germany

Foreign Direct Investments in the U.S. by Japanese Companies (Ministry of Finance Japan, 2008)

¥4,462 billion

JBIC Engagement in the United States

Loan and Equity Participation Commitments

	Number	Total (¥bn.)
FY 2005	1	17.1
FY 2006	2	24.6
FY 2007	1	5

Loan and Equity Participation Outstanding (As of March 31, 2008)

Numbers: 156
Total: ¥200.7 billion