South of the Border, Down Minneapolis Way
February 23, 2011Rich Steffens is the Senior Commercial Officer, U.S. Foreign and Commercial Service in Canada.
This is Rich Steffens, the new senior commercial officer in Canada. Here at kick-off session of National Export Initiative (NEI) road show in Minneapolis. There’s very good turn-out of quality companies. This is the first of several stops on the NEI tour. The Road Show aims to explain resources that are available to U.S. companies that are interested in exporting.
It was a very intense afternoon with about two dozen companies wanting to talk after my presentation. Have some good opportunities in Alberta for renewable energy companies here and custom manufacturers. Expect a lot of these firms will come up in June for Calgary trade mission and Oil & Gas Expo. For more information on this and other events in Canada, please visit: http://www.buyusa.gov/canada/en/. Also, if you want to learn more about the great opportunities for exporting to Canada, please take a look at our 2011 Country Commercial Guide. You can find it, along with those for countries around the globe, at http://www.export.gov/mrktresearch/index.asp.
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