Global Utah Weekly

Several Utah contracting, engineering and mining business leaders have gone south for the winter. But this was not a vacation. The Utah business and trade delegation joined Miguel Rovira, the regional director for the Americas at the Governor’s Office of Economic Development’s (GOED) International Trade and Diplomacy Office (ITDO) and over 60,000 global participants in [...]

One of the most important lessons of the “Arab Spring” is that there is a strong correlation between productive job creation and economic growth, and that foreign trade and investment play a key role in fueling both. Nowhere is this more apparent than among the region’s youth, who constitute 60 – 70 percent of the [...]

Trade mission to Vietnam from Salt Lake Chamber on Vimeo. International business is booming in Utah. Last year, our merchandise exports set an all-time record at nearly $19 billion. Utah has benefited from an aggressive strategy to help businesses enter profitable global markets, and by reaching out to potential trade partners with delegation visits. Lew [...]

By Ariel Briggs, Intern, Governor’s Office of Economic Development, International Trade & Diplomacy Office “The upcoming trade mission to South Korea is historic for several reasons, chiefly because it will leverage the recently ratified U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement and put Utah companies at the forefront of Asia. Moreover, South Korea is unique in that it [...]

Savvy Utah exporters and those seeking valuable information about numerous U.S. government finance programs designed to significantly assist qualified companies were the audience for the recent seminar hosted by Salt Lake Community College Miller Global Business Center and the Department of Commerce Export Assistance Center. Guest presenters included, Dennis Chrisbaum, Director, International Trade Finance, Office [...]