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SECRETAIRE AFFAIRES COMMERCIALES [6 records]

Record 1 2016-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Government Positions
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Diplomacy
OBS

A Canadian representative holding this position abroad is always called "First Secretary (Commercial)" while a foreign representative in Canada is either called "First Secretary (Commercial)" or "First Secretary (Commercial Affairs)". A diplomat in charge of commercial affairs is usually holding a position of First, Second or Third Secretary or of Attaché.

OBS

First Secretary (commercial) title of a position at the Canadian Embassy in Washington, United States.

Key term(s)
  • First Secretary

French

Domaine(s)
  • Postes gouvernementaux
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Diplomatie
OBS

C'est habituellement un Premier, un Deuxième ou un Troisième Secrétaire, ou un Attaché, qui, dans une mission du Canada à l'étranger ou dans une mission d’un pays étranger au Canada, est chargé des affaires commerciales.

OBS

Titre d’un poste à l’ambassade du Canada à Washington (États-Unis).

Key term(s)
  • Premier secrétaire

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-11-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Diplomacy
CONT

[He] was named ambassador to Paris in 1988, returning 30 years after beginning his diplomatic career in the French capital as commercial affairs secretary.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Diplomatie
CONT

Premier secrétaire aux affaires commerciales à l'Ambassade des États-Unis à Paris.

Spanish

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Record 3 1998-10-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Diplomacy
  • Foreign Trade
CONT

[In embassies] the Commercial Counsellors ... play an important role in the relations between the sending and the receiving states. They not only help in developing trade and commerce between the two governments or state trading agencies. The national of their home state who visit the country for purposes of trade often receive help from these officials in establishing proper contacts for their business.

Key term(s)
  • commercial counselor

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Diplomatie
  • Commerce extérieur
CONT

[...] l'attaché commercial est un spécialiste qui porte, soit le titre d’attaché ou conseiller commercial, soit ceux d’attaché, de secrétaire, de conseiller ou de ministre commercial [suivant la terminologie adoptée par l'État d’envoi. Il est chargé des affaires commerciales de l'ambassade].

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nombramiento de cargos (Generalidades)
  • Diplomacia
  • Comercio exterior
DEF

Funcionario agregado a una embajada de un país extranjero, que tiene la misión de promover el comercio nacional en el país considerado. Está al servicio de los exportadores con el fin de ayudarlos a promover las exportaciones en ese país.

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Record 4 1996-12-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Government Positions
  • Occupation Names (General)
OBS

Canadian Embassy in Washington.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Postes gouvernementaux
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
OBS

Ambassade du Canada à Washington.

Spanish

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Record 5 1985-09-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Foreign Trade
  • Diplomacy
CONT

The commercial secretaries not only help in developing trade and commerce between the [sending and receiving states] but they also assist in the purchasing activities of their governments or state trading agencies. The nationals of their home state who visit the country for purposes of trade often receive help from these officials in establishing proper contacts for their business.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Commerce extérieur
  • Diplomatie
CONT

[...] l'attaché commercial est un spécialiste qui porte, soit le titre d’attaché ou conseiller commercial, soit ceux d’attaché, de secrétaire, de conseiller ou de ministre commercial [suivant la terminologie adoptée par l'État d’envoi. Il est chargé des affaires commerciales de l'ambassade].

Spanish

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Record 6 1985-09-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Diplomacy
  • Foreign Trade
CONT

In a large Embassy the Commercial staff will be appropriately numerous. ... In the British Embassy in Washington, for instance, there is a Commercial Department headed by a Commercial Minister, with two Commercial Counsellors, three First and two Second Secretaries - a body of officials large enough to staff a medium-sized Embassy completely. In a smaller Embassy the senior officer will be a Counsellor presiding over a Commercial Section.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Diplomatie
  • Commerce extérieur
CONT

l'attaché commercial est un spécialiste qui porte, soit le titre d’attaché ou conseiller commercial, soit ceux d’attaché, de secrétaire, de conseiller ou de ministre commercial [suivant la terminologie adoptée par l'État d’envoi. Il est chargé des affaires commerciales de l'ambassade].

Spanish

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