The well attended International Trade and Business Conference hosted by Zions on Wednesday May 20, 2009 as part of World Trade Week, featured a litany of highly successful speakers. Their message was one of hope for America’s economic future on the condition that business entrepreneurship and innovation can be sustained or increased. Scheduled speakers included: [...]
Announcing the visit by the Zhongguancun Science Park (ZPark) Bio-Medical Park Management Group of China and officials from the Beijing Bureau of Commerce to Salt Lake City from May 27-29. Z-Park is the oldest and largest science park in China including over 15,000 international and domestic companies in ten industry park complexes. The Beijing Bureau [...]
Source: Progressive Policy Institute The Numbers: Total U.S. seaborne cargo exports, 2008: 486 million tons Shipped via Panama Canal: 72 million tons What They Mean: Panama’s modest export data show $280 million in sales to the United States last year, mixing $97 million worth of shrimp and fish with oil, pineapples and gold. The total [...]
Learning the techniques, tools, and strategies needed to take the guesswork out of international trade May 28, 2009 This half-day seminar provides the information and resources needed to help established businesses develop export markets for their products/services, supplies occasional exporters with the tools to begin/expand their international business, and offers current exporters a forum for [...]
Source: The Lake Oswego Review BEIJING (Reuters) – China rejected claims it has manipulated yuan exchange rate policies to tilt trade flows against the United States, saying on Thursday that proposed legislation before the U.S. Congress could stoke protectionism. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu made the statement in response to Congressional moves to curb [...]







