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Policy Support/Enabling Environment
U.S. Government (USG) Resources are a comprehensive list of research, innovations programs, and services for exporters from across the U.S. government. Learn how Policy Support can help improve your competitiveness overseas.

USG Resources Policy Support

Policy Support/Enabling Environment for Exporters

U.S. Department of Commerce

  • Commercial Diplomacy Assistance - The International Trade Administration provides U.S. companies with commercial diplomacy assistance to tackle policy challenges that may arise when doing business in foreign markets and to reduce, remove, and prevent foreign trade barriers.
  • ITA’s Office of Trade Agreements Negotiation and Compliance (TANC) - TANC works to ensure that foreign trading partners live up to their trade agreement obligations. U.S. companies that face foreign trade barriers that unfairly or unnecessarily restrict U.S. exports should report the trade barrier to TANC. 

U.S. Small Business Administration

  • Office of International Trade (OIT) - OIT is the voice of small businesses in the U.S. government interagency trade policy development process and advocates for small business-friendly policies in foreign markets.

U.S. Trade & Development Agency

  • Global Procurement Initiative (GPI) - The U.S. Trade and Development Agency’s (USTDA’s) Global Procurement Initiative: Understanding Best Value educates public procurement officials in emerging markets on how to establish procurement practices that integrate life-cycle cost analysis and best value determination in a fair and transparent manner. This helps partner countries acquire high-quality and long-lasting infrastructure and opens up markets to international competition.
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U.S. Agency for International Development

  • Private-Sector Engagement Policy - The U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID’s) Private-Sector Engagement Policy is an agency-wide call to action to work with the private sector and provide opportunities for U.S. businesses.

U.S. Department of Transportation

  • Momentum Initiative - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT’s) Momentum Initiative advocates for good regulatory practices and supports the development and enactment of best practices across a broad range of transportation disciplines and topics, including emerging technologies, transparent procurement and financing processes, project selection, and long-term management and operations of transportation infrastructure.

EPA 

  • EPA International Cooperation - Collaborating with global and bilateral partners, EPA is working to promote sustainable development, protect vulnerable populations, facilitate commerce, and engage diplomatically around the world. This page highlights the geographic priorities and international initiatives that EPA is working on.  

NOAA

  • National Ocean Service - NOAA’s National Ocean Service website on international collaboration provides NOAA’s programs that aim to protect natural resources, coastal communities, and economy.
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The Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee (TPCC) is hosting this list of U.S. government export and competitiveness assistance programs and services. 
 

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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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