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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 officer]]s 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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[[Category:Government agencies established in 1980]]
[[Category:United States Department of Commerce agencies|Commercial Service]]
[[Category:Foreign relations agencies of the United States|Commercial Service]]
[[Category:1980 establishments in the United States]]
[[Category:Diplomatic services|United States]]


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