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Trade Winds
Trade Winds is the largest U.S. government-led annual trade mission and business development forum.

Trade Winds - Speakers

Trade Winds’ Speakers

Trade Winds, the largest U.S. Government-led trade mission and business development forum, will be held in Dubai, UAE during the World Expo. Organized by the U.S. Commercial Service, Trade Winds features meetings with U.S. Commercial Diplomats from over 20 countries in the Middle East, North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa, exciting conference programming and plenty of networking!

Qualified U.S. businesses may customize their experience with optional business-to-business matchmaking meetings with pre-screened buyers, agents, distributors or joint-venture partners in the UAE as well as Algeria, Morocco, Egypt, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Qatar. 

Register now for Trade Winds Middle East & Africa, March 2022.

U.S. Commercial Diplomats

Michele Smith
Michele Smith
Senior Commercial Officer
U.S. Embassy Algeria
Tom Strauss
Tom Strauss
Senior Commercial Officer
U.S. Embassy Angola
Keith Kirkham
Keith Kirkham
Senior Commercial Officer
U.S. Embassy Egypt
Yasue Pai
Yasue Pai
Senior Commercial Officer
U.S. Embassy Ethiopia
Dean Matlack
Dean Matlack
Senior Commercial Officer
U.S. Embassy Ghana
Janee Pierre-Louis
Janee Pierre-Louis
Senior Commercial Officer
U.S. Embassy Jordan
Diane Jones
Diane Jones
Senior Commercial Officer
U.S. Embassy Kenya
Shari Stout
Shari Stout
Senior Commercial Officer
U.S. Embassy Kuwait

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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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