Trade Talk
Washington, D.C. – United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk last Friday (Oct 21) released a statement following President Barack Obama’s signature into law of legislation implementing the U.S.-Korea, U.S.-Colombia, and U.S.-Panama trade agreements, as well as Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) reforms, the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), and the Andean Trade Preference Act. In 2010 [...]
Organizing for Comprehensive Internationalization is the theme of the Wednesday, November 9, 2011, Second Annual International Higher Education Summit at the University of Utah. “Internationalization” has become a common theme on campuses across the nation, reflecting growing recognition that the futures of individual countries and the world as a whole are deeply intertwined, and that [...]
October 7, 2011, the Italy Utah Cooperation Center signed a Letter of Intent for partnership and cooperation with the World Trade Center Utah. This agreement aims to actively promote business and cultural exchange and cooperation between Italy and Utah. The partnerships and cooperation initiatives will have a special emphasis on youth and young professionals with [...]
At a time of persistent unemployment, especially among the less skilled, many wonder whether our schools are adequately preparing students for the 21st-century global economy. Despite high unemployment rates, firms are experiencing shortages of educated workers, outsourcing professional-level work to workers abroad, and competing for the limited number of employment visas set aside for highly skilled immigrants. As President Barack Obama said in his 2011 State of the Union address, “We know what it takes to compete for the jobs and industries of our time. We need to out-innovate, out-educate, and out-build the rest of the world.”
In September, 2011, UCCD Executive Director, Laura Dupuy, traveled to France as part of a delegation to help celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Cercle Jefferson, an association founded by French alumni of the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP), to show their support of the American people following September 11, 2001. Pascal Dupeyrat, Cercle Jefferson [...]
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