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Market Briefing: Vietnam
Thursday, March 23, 2017, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
Category: Partner Events

  

 

 

Market Briefing: Vietnam

DATE: Thursday, March 23, 2017

TIME: 2:00 - 3:30pm 

LOCATION: Trade Development Alliance of Greater Seattle Ofifice:1301 Fifth Ave, Suite 1500, Downtown Seattle

COST: No Charge, yet pre- registration is required through the Trade Development Alliance of Greater Seattle's website

Mr. Stuart Schaag, Senior Commercial Officer and Minister Counselor for Commercial Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Hanoi, Vietnam

Stuart Schaag serves as the Senior Commercial Officer to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.  Mr. Schaag and his staff, part of the U.S. Commercial Service’s global network, are responsible for promoting U.S. exports and protecting U.S. business interests in one of Southeast Asia’s most dynamic economies. A 20-year veteran at the Department of Commerce, his prior assignments in the Commercial Service include the Czech Republic, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, St. Petersburg and Vladivostok, Russia, and the U.S. Export Assistance Center in Chicago.  Before joining the U.S. Commercial Service, Stuart served as the Department of Commerce’s Russia and Caucasus Desk Officer in Washington, DC.  Since joining government service, he has spent more than a decade living in or traveling extensively across much of the former Soviet Union in support of U.S. government trade programs and commercial and energy policies in the Caspian Basin and Sakhalin Shelf.  He started his public service career investigating anti-dumping cases as an analyst at the Department’s Import Administration.  Previous employment includes a telecommunications start-up in Atlanta and a legislative assistant on Capitol Hill.