Renton, Washington - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will visit the Seattle area, a gateway for the continental United States to the Pacific region, to deliver a speech to both a domestic and international audience about the strategic and economic importance of trade.

The remarks will be at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, May 19, at the Boeing Co.'s 737 airplane factory in Renton, Washington.

The Secretary will address the importance of open markets, high standards, and a rules-based economic partnership with the Asia-Pacific region, built around the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).

‎Trade agreements like the TPP support the American economy and job creation by expanding U.S. access to the fastest growing and most dynamic region on the planet.

‎In 2014, exports supported 11.7 million U.S. jobs, demonstrating that the world wants what America is selling.‎