Minority Business Development Agency
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and assistance to the United States
on its rights and opportunities under
multilateral and other agreements.
Trade Promotion and U.S. and Foreign
Commercial Service The Trade
Promotion and U.S. and Foreign
Commercial Service unit directs ITA’s
export promotion programs, develops
and implements a unified goal-setting
and evaluation process to increase
trade assistance to small- and medium-
sized businesses, directs a program
of international trade events, market
research, and export-related trade
information products and services; and
directs programs to aid U.S. firms to
compete successfully for major projects
and procurements worldwide. ITA
provides a comprehensive platform of
export assistance services to support
U.S. firms who enter or expand their
presence in overseas markets, including
counseling, trade events, and outreach
services through 109 export assistance
centers located in the United States
and 158 posts located in 83 countries
throughout the world. For a complete
listing of ITA’s export assistance centers,
both in the United States and abroad,
consult the Web site at www.export.gov/
eac or call the Trade Information Center
at 1–800–872–8723.
Sources of Information
Electronic Access The Administration
maintains a Web site, (Internet, www.
trade.gov) which offers the single best
place for individuals or firms seeking
reports, documents, import case/
regulations, texts of international
agreements like NAFTA and GATT,
market research, and points of contact
for assistance in exporting, obtaining
remedies from unfair trading practices,
or receiving help with market access
problems. Customers are able to review
comprehensive information on how to
export, search for trade information by
either industry or by country, learn how
to petition against unfairly priced imports,
and obtain information on a number of
useful international trade-related products
like overseas trade leads and agent
distributor reports. The Web site also
features email addresses and locations for
trade contacts in Washington, overseas,
in major exporting centers in the United
States, and in other parts of the Federal
Government.
For further information, contact the International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce,
Washington, DC 20230. Phone, 202–482–3917. Internet, http://www.trade.gov.
Minority Business Development Agency
Department of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230
Phone, 202–482–5061. Internet, http://www.mbda.gov.
National Director, Minority Business
Development Agency
DAVID HINSON
Deputy Director ALEJANDRA CASTILLO
Associate Director for Management EDITH J. MCCLOUD
[For the Minority Business Development Agency statement of organization, see the Federal Register of Mar.17,
1972, 37 FR 5650, as amended]
The Minority Business Development
Agency was established by Executive
order in 1969. The Agency develops
and coordinates a national program for
minority business enterprise.
The Agency was created to assist
minority businesses in achieving
effective and equitable participation in
the American free enterprise system and
in overcoming social and economic
disadvantages that have limited
their participation in the past. The
Agency provides national policies and
leadership in forming and strengthening
a partnership of business, industry, and
government with the Nation’s minority
businesses.
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