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The SelectUSA Investment Summit is the highest-profile event dedicated to promoting foreign direct investment (FDI) in the United States. The Investment Summit plays a vital role in attracting and facilitating business investment and job creation by raising awareness about the wide range of investment opportunities in the United States and enabling necessary direct connections between investors and U.S. economic development organizations (EDOs).

For more information on the 2022 SelectUSA Investment Summit and to apply to attend, be sure to head over to our 2023 SelectUSA Investment Summit website.

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See how FDI impacts states and territories in the United States through our State and Territory Fact Sheets.

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Learn more about which international markets invest the most in the United States.

INTERNATIONAL MARKET FACT SHEETS

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If you are interested in establishing new business operations in the United States, this is a great place to start. The chapters in this guide are designed to give you an overview of what you need to know in order to successfully bring your company to the United States.

Covering everything from taxes to immigration and from workforce to business structures, the Investor Guide is a high-level view of the answers to some of the most common questions we receive at SelectUSA.

Highly qualified professionals who regularly advise foreign investors drafted each chapter. These authors provide a lot of valuable information. We hope you will be able to connect your investment questions to information presented in this guide.

Even so, we wouldn’t expect a single document to answer all of your questions about investing in the United States. At any point in the investment process, SelectUSA is here to answer your specific questions and point you in the right direction. Contact us directly at SelectUSA@trade.gov.

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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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