Grace Hu is a Presidential Management Fellow with the Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee Secretariat.
Update (7/22/10): We truly appreciate all of the comments offered here, however, to ensure your comments and suggestions are considered, please submit them through the process detailed in the Federal Register notice.
Do you have ideas for improving government programs to make it easier to export? Have you encountered challenges in exporting? If so, we want to hear from you. The Administration is embarking on a five-year National Export Initiative (NEI) to double U.S. exports. As the Federal government puts together a plan for implementing the NEI, we are looking for your insights and input. That is why the Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee (TPCC) is soliciting comments from June 30 to July 26 through a Federal Register notice .
Specifically, we are interested in input from exporters, other private businesses, trade associations, academia, non-governmental organizations, and other interested parties regarding:
- identification of Federal government programs or regulations that impede the ability of U.S. companies to export;
- effective foreign trade promotion programs and activities that could inform U.S. Federal government program development;
- identification of the most (or least) effective Federal government programs that support U.S. exports, including specific experiences with such Federal government programs;
- steps that the Federal government could take to improve its programs to support U.S. exports; and
- more generally, how the Federal government could better help U.S. businesses export.
Your input will help the TPCC agencies develop the NEI plan called for by the President in Executive Order 13534. If you are an exporter, business interested in exporting, or care about helping double exports over the next five years, please take a few minutes before the July 26, 2010 deadline to submit comments in response to the NEI Federal Register notice. We’re waiting to hear from you, and thank you in advance for your help.
About the Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee
The TPCC is an interagency committee that coordinates the development of U.S. Government trade promotion policies and programs. The TPCC is composed of representatives from 20 Federal agencies and chaired by the Secretary of Commerce. Other agencies and offices represented include the Export-Import Bank, the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, the U.S. Trade and Development Agency, the Small Business Administration, the Departments of Agriculture, State, Defense, Energy, Homeland Security, Interior, Labor, Transportation and the Treasury, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, the U.S. Agency for International Development, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Office of Management and Budget, the National Security Council, the National Economic Council, and the Council of Economic Advisors.
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