Environmental Trade Advisory Committee

Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo has appointed 42 industry, business and civil society leaders to the Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee to advise on ways that US government programs and activities can strengthen the competitiveness of the US environmental technologies industry.

The appointees will serve a two-year term, advocating for the interests of US businesses and workers while promoting the expansion of US environmental technology exports.

“The US environmental technologies sector represents $432 billion in revenue and employs 1.8 million American workers – making it a vital industry for driving innovation and positioning the United States as a global leader in environmental technologies,” Ms. Raimondo said.

The ETTAC was established in 1994 to advise the Secretary of Commerce on the development and administration of programs to foster US exports of environmental technologies, goods and services. ETTAC recommendations cover trade policies and programs related to US environmental technologies exports, including ways to support innovative and emerging environmental technologies, strengthen supply chain resilience, enhance private sector awareness and utilization of US government export promotion programs and ensure fair trade with foreign partners.

ETTAC members represent sectors across the environmental technologies industry, including the water and wastewater treatment, air pollution monitoring and control, and solid waste management and recycling sectors. [announcement]