Trade and Development Agency

TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

Suite 300, 1621 North Kent Street, Arlington, VA 22209-2131

Phone, 703-875-4357. E-mail, info@tda.gov. Internet, http://

www.tda.gov/.

Director J. Joseph GrandMaison

Deputy Director Nancy D. Frame

General Counsel Kenneth Fries

Assistant Director for Management Operations Larry Bevin

Director of Public Affairs and Marketing Donald Dunn

Congressional Liaison Officer Edward Cabot

Regional Directors:

Africa and Middle East John Richter

Central, Eastern, and Southern Rod Azama

Europe

New Independent States, Mongolia, Daniel D. Stein

and India

Asia and Pacific Geoffrey Jackson

Latin America and Caribbean Albert W. Angulo

Special Projects Barbara R. Bradford

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, developing and 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 Agency (TDA) 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 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 (22 U.S.C. 2421).

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 contracts with a U.S. firm to perform the actual work on the project. This affords American firms market entry, exposure, and information, thus helping them to...