We need you! Annual Conference, May 2023 |
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Calling All Local DECs: Save the Date and Get Involved!
This is a call to action to all local DECs from the NADEC Events Committee. We are looking for local DECs to take leadership on the panels for the 2023 NADEC Annual Conference being held in May.
Over the past several years, the NADEC Annual Conference has played a pivotal role in discussions ranging from Trade Policy, to Legislative Outreach and even local DEC Engagement. The Events Committee is committed to making the 2023 conference the best yet.
However, we need “you” local DEC members to assist us in that endeavor.
Please let us know your topic ideas or feel free to select a topic that is already being proposed. This is your time to shine!
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Could not join us for Spring Conference in DC?
More than 25 respected experts led interactive workshops, panel discussions, and individual presentations, providing in-depth analysis of an array of issues and challenges facing NADEC members today.
NADEC highly recommends viewing the videos from the conference HERE.
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The NADEC National Committee has prepared a:
NADEC Fact Sheet
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Thomas Sawyer Norwalk
October 3, 1930 – August 13, 2022
Long term NADEC Steering Committee Member
We are sorry to share with you the sad news of the passing of a long-standing member of the NADEC. Tom was in charge of NADEC Capital Hill visits for decades and inspired us all to tell our export stories to members of Congress and ask them to increase the Commerce Department budget for export promotion.
The following are just a few quotes from NADEC colleagues reflecting on the passing of Tom Norwalk:
During my early years with NADEC, Tom Norwalk led our efforts to educate members of Congress on the importance of international trade to the US economy. He led our trips to the Hill and was very thorough in recruiting people to participate. He also pushed us to file reports on our visits with members of Congress. He even pointed out that visits with members of Congress back home can be more effective, especially if we arrange a speaking opportunity for the member. In meetings on the Hill and in their home districts, we explained the role of Ex-Im Bank in financing international trade and were successful in its continued funding. We were also key players in explaining the importance to the US of NAFTA, and came within a few votes of educating sufficient members of Congress about the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Thanks to Tom, US companies are better able to export their products and the US economy is stronger as a result. Robert Brown, Former NADEC Chair / Kentucky DEC
“Tom was always an enthusiastic supporter of efforts by the DEC and other organizations in improving America’s trade position. He also assisted me greatly in my role as the Chair of the NDEC Trade Policy Committee in putting together trade data sheets that would be incorporated in trade policy documents adopted by the NDEC. In particular, Tom was a tireless supporter of the U.S. Foreign and Commercial Service and always made a point of including in any NDEC trade policy documents charts showing how little the U.S. spends on trade promotion compared to other countries. Perhaps Tom’s biggest and proudest contribution was his setting up of the Regional Legislative Affairs representatives from each DEC Region”. Daniel Ogden, Former NADEC Chair / Texas DEC
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The Potential “Squeeze-out” of Western Firms
in Certain International Markets
David F. Day, Co-Chair, NADEC Trade Policy Committee
Chairman, Global Risk Mitigation Foundation
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Those of you attending the recent NADEC Annual Conference this past May will recall a number of references in various programs to the rising presence and investment of PRC Chinese firms in Latin American, Africa, the Pacific Islands, and even in our own nearby Caribbean, as well as in Southeast Asia.
It is not the presence of these firms that is troublesome; it is the potential market damage for American exporters should PRC firms gain sufficient influence, particularly in the area of data capture and control, over the internet backbone and telecommunications of a given country.
Such control will become seriously problematic for American firms attempting to operate in that Country.
Once the PRC via its Chinese State-owned Enterprises (SOEs) take real control over the internet and telecom backbone of a country, the business risk factors for an American or Western firm skyrocket exponentially.
This is the “Huawei” problem in spades. In addition to the normal risks of doing business in a foreign market, like Chile for instance, now the astute CEO and Board of Directors must look carefully at the following (only partial) list of add-on risks that must be considered as to whether to even go into that market at all or, if the company is already doing business there, get out and move elsewhere. This is the concept or warning of the potential “squeeze-out."
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Here is a partial list of new, add-on risks that the business must now take into consideration:
(1) The virtual certainty that the Chinese SOE will be undertaking extensive data mining from both the internet and the country’s telecoms.
That data will be stored large data farms which have already been constructed in the PRC over the last few years.
Once that data is acquired, it can then be manipulated and used for all kinds of market purposes, putting other non-PRC firms at a real competitive disadvantage.
The rubric, “he who controls the data, controls the market” is applicable here in spades. See Facebook and Google for instance. Data control also brings with it the ability to run the economic life and governance of a country—no small achievements.
(2) Expect to see enhanced risks of IP theft and corporate/business espionage.
(3) Also expect to see rising economic influence by China over the host country. One way that this is initially done or started has to do with the actual currency control of a country.
Today, the PRC handles the printing (quite elaborate with holograms, etc) of the actual paper currencies of 22 countries
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Please share your local DEC events with the NADEC Network!
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What you will learn?
- International Online Basics, identifying your buyer persona, detailing the buyer’s journey
- Helping international distributors while controlling your brand, analytics, reporting and ROI
- Case studies- how companies are using online marketing tools today.
- Best practices, take-aways and live Q&A
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Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Exports Compliance Webinar
October 5, 12 p.m. October 6, 4:15 p.m. EST
This export compliance webinar is a two-day program bringing together experts from the Census Bureau, Bureau of Industry and Security, and the South Florida District Export Council to provide training on export filing requirements.
All of those who are involved in the export process should plan to attend this invaluable event:
• U.S. Principal Parties in Interest (USPPI), including Manufacturers and Suppliers
• Export Compliance Managers
• Freight Forwarders
• Exporting Carriers
• Consolidators
• U.S. Customs Brokers
• Compliance Software Providers
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Key Export Control Issues & Updates
November 2-3, 2022, Huntsville, Alabama
Topics will include:
• Emerging & Foundational Technologies
• National Security & Innovation
• National Security & Commercial Space
• Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)
• Committee of Foreign Investment in the U.S. (CFIUS)
• Global Supply Chain Issues
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From the U.S. Department of Commerce |
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17 October 17 - 21, 2022
The official U.S. Department of Commerce Executive-Led Advanced Manufacturing Business Development Mission to Indonesia, Singapore and Japan will provide U.S. suppliers the chance to access key decision-makers in Asia and take advantage of growing business opportunities in Indonesia, Singapore, and Japan.
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Women in Tech Trade Mission to Europe
Women in Tech Trade Mission to The Netherlands, Portugal and France
October 30 – November 5, 2022
This trade mission will include stops in Amsterdam, Lisbon and Paris. U.S. firms and trade associations can connect with pre-screened business prospects in each of these European Tech hubs.
There will also be networking opportunities with local government officials, industry leaders, plus U.S. companies already doing business in the region.
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We invite you to share useful information with your fellow DEC members!
The NADEC has launched a "Useful Resources" section on the national website. Please check it out and share with us any useful links, blogs or articles you have come across that will be of help to your fellow DEC members.
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VIDEO
5 Minute with MNET: Answers to Your Biggest Exporting Questions
Jeff Reinke, May 13, 2022
As businesses grow, so do the resources that are needed to make sure products arrive on-time and in compliance with all local regulations. For manufacturers looking to initiate or expand their exporting businesses, this becomes even more important.
A recent survey conducted by EXIM Bank and Manufacturing.net showed that nearly 60 percent of U.S. manufacturers saw dealing with regulatory and administrative tasks as their biggest obstacle to growing their export business.
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Export resources to help you succeed globally
Country Commercial Guides * Export Webinars * Exporter's Resources Data Base
This publication has very useful trade information, all in one convenient place: articles, data, and links to help you develop international business.
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Export‐U delivers the training you need to make profitable export sales. Our webinars show you how to find the best export markets for your goods and how to sell into them. And now, our all new Exporter’s Resource Database offers a wealth of trade information to help you succeed at exporting. |
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This is a free training website operated by the Georgia District Export Council and the U.S. Export Assistance Center in Atlanta.
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