U.S. Small Business Administration: New markets, new jobs: The national export initiative small business tour


U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack Invites You to Save the Date for the New Markets, New Jobs: The National Export Initiative Small Business Tour

Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Milwaukee Grain Exchange, Mackie Building
225 E. Michigan St., Milwaukee, WI

Hosted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in coordination with the U.S. Trade Representative, U.S. Department of Commerce,
U.S. Small Business Administration and the Export-Import Bank


The National Export Initiative Small Business Tour is designed to help connect small- and medium sized businesses with the resources they need to sell more of what they make in markets overseas.  The National Export Initiative Small Business Tour is designed to help achieve the United States’ goal of doubling U.S. exports by the end of 2014 to support the creation of several million American jobs.

Attendees will benefit from:

Remarks from Secretary Vilsack, Export-Import Bank Chairman Fred Hochberg, Ambassador Isi Siddiqui, Chief Agricultural Negotiator for the U.S. Trade Representative and other senior federal and local government officials;

Trade resource panels on key export topics, including the spectrum of federal resources that can help businesses begin exporting or expand their exports;

Materials and resources to guide companies in the process of selling their products and services to consumers all over the world; and,

Lessons learned from area businesses that have succeeded in utilizing federal resources to expand into new markets and grow their businesses.

Check in will begin at 11:30 a.m.
Agenda and Registration Information to Follow

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