page_title: Azerbaijan–United States relations
section_title: Economic cooperation
hierarchical_section_title: Azerbaijan–United States relations / Contemporary relations / Economic cooperation
caption_attribution_description: Azərbaycanca: Azərbaycan-ABŞ İKT Forumu English: Azerbaijan-U.S. ICT Forum
context_page_description: The United States and Azerbaijan have had diplomatic relations since 1994.
  According to the 2012 U.S. Global Leadership Report, 53% of Azerbaijanis approve of U.S. leadership, with 27% disapproving and 21% uncertain.
context_section_description: U.S.–Azerbaijani ties in economic sphere developed primarily in the context of Caspian energy resources and their transportation to Western markets. The U.S. companies are actively involved in the development of Caspian hydrocarbons in offshore Azerbaijani oilfields, and the U.S. government actively supported the Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan pipeline as the primary route of transportation for Caspian oil.
  In January 2008, commenting on a trip to Azerbaijan by Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, John C.K. Daily of UPI called Azerbaijan "the one remaining friend that America has in the Caspian basin". During this visit Sen. Lugar also suggested that he along with fellow Senate Foreign Relations Committee member Joseph Biden, D-Del., endorsed the need for "a special representative focused on energy issues in the Caspian to safeguard long-term U.S. interests" in a letter they sent earlier to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
  The United States has signed a bilateral trade agreement with Azerbaijan, granting it the status of a "most favored nation", in 1995; and a bilateral investment treaty with Azerbaijan, naming it a beneficiary country under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program, in 2008. The U.S. also supports Azerbaijan's application for accession to the World Trade Organization.
caption: Azerbaijan-U.S. ICT Forum, December 3, 2013
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