page_title: Serbia–United States relations
section_title: Trade and investment
hierarchical_section_title: Serbia–United States relations / Trade and investment
caption_attribution_description: There was plenty of high-end metal being unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show, but the likes of the one-off Lamborghini Aventador J, the Ferrari F12 Berlinetta, and the Maserati GranTurismo Sport, and others weren’t the real show stoppers... there were plenty of the big-end players downsizing: Mercedes-Benz A-Class, Audi A3, Volvo V40, and much more. Here’s what flicked our switch. You can check out more on the 2012 Geneva Motor Show here at; &lt;a href="http://www.mynrma.com.au/motoring/news/geneva-motor-show-electric-dreams.htm" rel="nofollow"&gt;www.mynrma.com.au/motoring/news/geneva-motor-show-electri...&lt;/a&gt; as well as; &lt;a href="http://www.mynrma.com.au/motoring/news/geneva-motor-show-best-in-show-part-one.htm" rel="nofollow"&gt;www.mynrma.com.au/motoring/news/geneva-motor-show-best-in...&lt;/a&gt;
context_page_description: Serbia–United States relations are bilateral relations between the Republic of Serbia and the United States of America. They were first established in 1882 with the Kingdom of Serbia. From 1918 to 2006, the United States maintained relations with the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, of which Serbia is considered the legal successor.
  At the end of the 19th century, the United States sought to take advantage of the Ottoman Empire's retreat from the Balkans by establishing diplomatic relations with the region's newly emerged nation states, among which was Serbia. The two countries were allies during World War I. After the war, Serbia united with Montenegro and territories previously held by Austria-Hungary to a create a unified South Slavic state that would come to be known as Yugoslavia. The country had diplomatic relations with the United States up to the start of World War II. During World War II in Yugoslavia, the United States supported the Serbian royalist Chetniks over their rivals, the communist Partisans.
context_section_description: Serbia's strongest exports to the United States include Fiat automobiles manufactured in Kragujevac. Fiat purchased Zastava Automobili in 2008 and subsequently managed the factory in Kragujevac so that it would produce new Fiat automobiles as opposed to Zastava models (the last Zastavas were produced in 2008); in May 2013 alone, 3,000 Fiat 500L units were shipped from Serbia to Baltimore for sale in the United States. The Fiat 500L is the first automobile to have been exported from Serbia to the United States since the Zastava Koral before 1992, and is proving to be a popular model with a large amount of advertising in the United States. Serbia is also the largest exporter of raspberries in the world (as of 2009), and much of the raspberries consumed in the United States are grown in Šumadija. In 2015, the two states discussed to find ways to increase investments in Serbia.
caption: The Fiat 500L is manufactured in Serbia and sold in the United States as well as around the world.
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