; (C) improving regulatory management; (D) improving procurement processes, including facilitating transparency in tendering, bidding, and contact negotiation; (E) advancing intellectual property protections; (F) eliminating anticompetitive subsidies and improving the transparency of remaining subsidies; (G) improving budget management and oversight; and (H) strengthening management of important economic sectors; (5) to prioritize active support of economic and commercial goals of the United States, and as appropriate, United States persons abroad, in conjunction with the United States and Foreign Commercial Service established by section 2301 of the Export Enhancement Act of 1988 ( 15 U.S.C. 4721 ); (6) to provide United States persons with information on all United States Government support with respect to international economic matters; (7) to receive feedback from United States persons with respect to support described in paragraphs (5) and (6), and report that feedback to the chief of mission and to the headquarters of the Department; (8) to consult closely and regularly with the private sector in accordance with section 709 of the Championing American Business through Diplomacy Act of 2019 ( 22 U.S.C. 9905 ); (9) to identify and execute opportunities for the United States to counter policies, initiatives, or activities by authoritarian governments or enterprises affiliated with such governments that are anticompetitive or undermine the sovereignty or prosperity of the United States or a partner country; (10) to identify and execute opportunities for the United States in new and emerging areas of trade and investment, such as digital trade, critical minerals extraction, refining, and processing, energy, and innovation