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Yasue Pai's Bio

Yasue Pai

Yasue Pai has served as the Senior Commercial Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa since September 2020 leads the Commercial Service operations in Ethiopia to broaden the U.S.-Ethiopia commercial relationship.

Prior to Addis Ababa, she served as the Deputy Senior Commercial Officer at the U.S. Mission to the EU. In that position, she was responsible for the day to day operations and supported the Regional Senior Commercial Officer in coordinating the integration of pan European trade policy and promotion across 25 CS Europe posts. Yasue has also served in Embassy Beijing, Embassy Hanoi, and Consulate Shenyang.

Before joining the Commercial Service in July 2006, she worked in the financial services industry, as Director of Research at Stirling Finance in Hong Kong focusing on pension reform and asset management developments in the Asia Pacific region and in research with NatWest Securities in Hong Kong and Moody’s Investors Service in New York. Yasue received her B.Sc. in Finance and Japanese from New York University and her M.A. in International Relations from Johns Hopkins University. She speaks Mandarin Chinese, and functional Japanese and Vietnamese.

 

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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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