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ITA's Mission: To create prosperity by strengthening the competitiveness of U.S. industry, promoting trade and investment, and ensuring fair trade and compliance with trade laws and agreements.
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MDCP projects should be designed to help the ITA fulfill its mission. Examples of projects compatible with ITA's mission are shown below.
In order to be competitive, projects should demonstrate that they can produce substantial exports during the project award period. On average, from 1997 through 2011, MDCP projects generated $211 in exports for every $1 of MDCP award made.
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Strengthening Competitiveness
- Support for standards that make it easier for U.S. products to conform to foreign market requirements.
- Development of a shared Internet-based distribution system in a target market.
- Training foreign staff for after-sale service of U.S. products in target markets.
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Promoting Exports
- Demonstration of U.S. products abroad.
- Joint promotion of U.S. products with foreign partners.
- Establishment of a trade association office in a target market.
- Publication of product brochures and company directories. |
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Ensuring Fair Trade
- Helping U.S. business leaders to leverage free trade agreements.
- Intellectual property rights education for foreign users of U.S. technology. |
More information on the International Trade Administrtion.
For more information on previous projects, view our success stories.
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