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Technical Assistance
U.S. Government (USG) Resources are a comprehensive list of research, innovations programs, and services for exporters from across the U.S. government. Learn how Technical Assistance can help improve your competitiveness overseas.

USG Resources Technical Assistance

Technical Assistance for Exporters

U.S. Department of Commerce

  • Global Trade Events - ITA regularly organizes webinars and local seminars on topics of interest to U.S. businesses and local exporting communities. Topics range from export education to opportunities and market conditions abroad. Connect with foreign buyers and expand international sales by attending one of our global trade events.
  • Preventing Forced Labor - All U.S. businesses play a role in preventing forced labor from entering the supply chain. Help your business monitor your supply chain’s compliance with laws and regulations.
  • STOPfakes Training - STOPfakes online training and events cover a range of topics, from commercializing innovations to strategies for protecting and enforcing your intellectual property rights when exporting to foreign markets.
  • Rural Training - Participate in Rural Training for information in three areas - website globalization, customizable research with the Rural Export Center, and international market research. These webinars equip you with practical skills to begin improving your international brand and information about where to look to go further.
  • Website Globalization Review (WGR) Gap Analysis - This service provides technical and strategic assessment of a business’s eCommerce sales channel efforts. This is an SEO diagnostic service designed to help you acquire more international consumers online.

U.S. International Development Finance Corporation

U.S. Trade & Development Agency

The U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) provides technical assistance to help create legal and regulatory environments that are conducive to increased U.S. exports in key markets. These activities help projects attract financing and advance to implementation.

U.S. Department of Energy

  • U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) - DOE provides a series of online workshops for small, minority, and disadvantaged businesses through Eventbrite.

U.S. Department of Transportation

  • Momentum Initiative - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT’s) Momentum Initiative helps countries around the world learn from best practices and expertise in planning and modernizing transportation infrastructure through digital resources and toolkits, capacity building, and other technical assistance. These resources are shared with transportation officials from national and sub-national government agencies and regional organizations from across the globe.

U.S. Department of Agriculture

  • USDA Foreign Programs (Please note this mostly pertains to commodities and snack products) - List of foreign related programs for USDA that companies can utilize as applicable. 
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The Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee (TPCC) is hosting this list of U.S. government export and competitiveness assistance programs and services. 
 

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Global Business Navigator Chatbot Beta

Welcome to the Global Business Navigator, an artificial intelligence (AI) Chatbot from the International Trade Administration (ITA). This tool, currently in beta version testing, is designed to provide general information on the exporting process and the resources available to assist new and experienced U.S. exporters. The Chatbot, developed using Microsoft’s Azure AI services, is trained on ITA’s export-related content and aims to quickly get users the information they need. The Chatbot is intended to make the benefits of exporting more accessible by understanding non-expert language, idiomatic expressions, and foreign languages.

Limitations

As a beta product, the Chatbot is currently being tested and its responses may occasionally produce inaccurate or incomplete information. The Chatbot is trained to decline out of scope or inappropriate requests. The Chatbot’s knowledge is limited to the public information on the Export Solutions web pages of Trade.gov, which covers a wide range of topics on exporting. While it cannot provide responses specific to a company’s product or a specific foreign market, its reference pages will guide you to other relevant government resources and market research. Always double-check the Chatbot’s responses using the provided references or by visiting the Export Solutions web pages on Trade.gov. Do not use its responses as legal or professional advice. Inaccurate advice from the Chatbot would not be a defense to violating any export rules or regulations.

Privacy

The Chatbot does not collect information about users and does not use the contents of users’ chat history to learn new information. All feedback is anonymous. Please do not enter personally identifiable information (PII), sensitive, or proprietary information into the Chatbot. Your conversations will not be connected to other interactions or accounts with ITA. Conversations with the Chatbot may be reviewed to help ITA improve the tool and address harmful, illegal, or otherwise inappropriate questions.

Translation

The Chatbot supports a wide range of languages. Because the Chatbot is trained in English and responses are translated, you should verify the translation. For example, the Chatbot may have difficulty with acronyms, abbreviations, and nuances in a language other than English.

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