Trade and Development Agency
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TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
Suite 200, 1621 North Kent Street, Arlington, VA 22209-2131
Phone, 703-875-4357. Fax, 703-875-4009.
Internet, www.tda.gov. E-mail, info@tda.gov.
Director J. Joseph Grandmaison
Deputy Director Barbara R. Bradford
General Counsel Leocadia I. Zak
Assistant Director for Management Operations Larry Bevan
Director of Public Affairs and Marketing John F. Leyden, Jr.
Congressional Liason Julie C. Norton
Regional Directors:
Africa and Middle East Henry D. Steingass
Central, Eastern, and Southern Ned Cabot
Europe
New Independent States, Mongolia, Daniel D. Stein
and India
Asia and Pacific Geoffrey Jackson
Latin America and Caribbean Albert W. Angulo
Economist/Evaluation Officer David Denny
Financial Manager Noreen St. Louis
Contracting Officer Della Glenn
Administrative Officer Carolyn Hum
Grants Administrator Patricia Smith
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The Trade and Development Agency's mission is to promote economic development in, and simultaneously export U.S. goods and services to, developingand middle-income nations in the following regions of the world: Africa/Middle East, Asia/Pacific, Central and Eastern Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the New Independent States.
The Trade and Development Program was established on July 1, 1980, as a component organization of the International Development Cooperation Agency. Section 2204 of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of
1988 (22 U.S.C. 2421) made it a separate component agency. The organization was renamed the Trade and Development Agency (TDA) and made an independent agency within the executive branch of the Federal Government on October 28, 1992, by the Jobs Through Exports Act of 1992
The Trade and Development Agency assists in the creation of jobs for Americans by helping U.S. companies pursue exports and other overseas business opportunities. It funds feasibility studies, orientation visits, training grants, business briefings, and various forms of technical assistance in support of specific projects, enabling American businesses to become involved in the planning of infrastructure and industrial projects in emerging markets. Working closely with a foreign nation sponsor, TDA makes its funds available on the condition that the foreign entity contract with a U.S. firm to perform the study. This affords American firms market entry, exposure, and information, thus helping them to establish...
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