Rubio to host diplomacy meeting ‘critical to advancing’ US economy

Administration Rubio to host diplomacy meeting ‘critical to advancing’ US economy Comments: by Ryan Mancini - 07/14/26 10:01 PM ET Comments: Link copied by Ryan Mancini - 07/14/26 10:01 PM ET Comments: Link copied

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday will hold the Economic Diplomacy Action Group’s (EDAG) first meeting, two years after it was established during the Biden administration.

The committee, made up of federal agency leaders, will “shape the contours and focus of U.S. economic statecraft to advance U.S. foreign policy priorities,” including “American leadership in AI,” a State official told The Hill.

“The EDAG will coordinate and leverage the full range of U.S. government programs and capacity-building mechanisms to enable economic conditions and opportunities that support U.S. companies, create jobs for American workers, and attract investment into the United States,” the official said.

Set to appear at the meeting are officials from the State, Commerce, Energy, Agriculture, Defense and Treasury departments, along with the U.S. Trade Representative, the Export-Import Bank of the United States, the Development Finance Corporation, the U.S. Trade and Development Agency, the Small Business Administration, the Millennium Challenge Corporation and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.

Rubio co-sponsored legislation in Congress that made the framework of what became EDAG in 2019. The Championing American Business through Diplomacy Act of 2019 was passed to “bolster U.S. commercial competitiveness by strengthening U.S. government support of U.S. private sector interests internationally,” according to the State Department’s website.

Former President Biden signed off on EDAG with a presidential memorandum in June 2024, making the secretary of State serve as EDAG’s chair.

Hosting EDAG’s first meeting is the latest of several roles Rubio has taken on since President Trump returned to the White House last year. Rubio also took over as acting national security advisor, becoming the first secretary of State to do so since Henry Kissinger held both roles in 1973.

Trump made Rubio the acting administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) before the agency was rendered inoperable in 2025. Trump also made Rubio the acting archivist at the National Archives and Records Administration after the previous archivist was fired. Rubio no longer served this last role as of February.

Laura Kelly contributed reporting.

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