diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-api/src/api/propagation.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-api/src/api/propagation.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..eb3bfa3d541
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-api/src/api/propagation.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+/*!
+ * Copyright 2020, OpenTelemetry Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import { Context } from '@opentelemetry/scope-base';
+import { Carrier } from '../context/propagation/carrier';
+import { HttpTextFormat } from '../context/propagation/HttpTextFormat';
+import { NOOP_HTTP_TEXT_FORMAT } from '../context/propagation/NoopHttpTextFormat';
+
+/**
+ * Singleton object which represents the entry point to the OpenTelemetry Propagation API
+ */
+export class PropagationAPI {
+  private static _instance?: PropagationAPI;
+  private _propagator: HttpTextFormat = NOOP_HTTP_TEXT_FORMAT;
+
+  /** Empty private constructor prevents end users from constructing a new instance of the API */
+  private constructor() {}
+
+  /** Get the singleton instance of the Propagator API */
+  public static getInstance(): PropagationAPI {
+    if (!this._instance) {
+      this._instance = new PropagationAPI();
+    }
+
+    return this._instance;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Set the current propagator. Returns the initialized propagator
+   */
+  public initGlobalPropagator(propagator: HttpTextFormat): HttpTextFormat {
+    this._propagator = propagator;
+    return propagator;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Inject context into a carrier to be propagated inter-process
+   *
+   * @param carrier carrier to inject context into
+   * @param context context carrying tracing data to inject
+   */
+  // @todo use the context api to get active context
+  inject(carrier: Carrier, context = Context.TODO): void {
+    return this._propagator.inject(context, carrier);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Extract context from a carrier
+   *
+   * @param carrier carrier to extract context from
+   * @param context context which the newly created context will inherit from
+   */
+  extract(
+    carrier: Carrier,
+    // @todo use the context api to get active context
+    context = Context.TODO
+  ): Context {
+    return this._propagator.extract(context, carrier);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-api/src/index.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-api/src/index.ts
index e2ff686fb2a..6fc1fbbbcbe 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-api/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-api/src/index.ts
@@ -56,7 +56,12 @@ import { MetricsAPI } from './api/metrics';
 /** Entrypoint for metrics API */
 export const metrics = MetricsAPI.getInstance();
 
+import { PropagationAPI } from './api/propagation';
+/** Entrypoint for propagation API */
+export const propagation = PropagationAPI.getInstance();
+
 export default {
   trace,
   metrics,
+  propagation,
 };