FC: Gore opens Web site to help small US export companies

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

[BTW I will be debating Larry Lessig (of www.what-declan-doesnt-get.com
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archived. --DBM]



> From: Mark_A._Kitchens () who eop gov
> Date: Fri, 03 Dec 1999 11:27:07 -0500
> Subject: Vice President Gore Announces Online Assistance for America's
Small Exporters
> To: declan () well com
> X-Lotus-FromDomain: EOP
>
>                              THE WHITE HOUSE
>
>                       Office of the Vice President
> ___________________________________________________________________________
> ___
> For Immediate Release                                        Contact:
> Friday, December 3, 1999                                (202) 456-7035
>
>                       VICE PRESIDENT GORE ANNOUNCES
>              ONLINE ASSISTANCE FOR AMERICA'S SMALL EXPORTERS
>
>     Washington, DC -- Vice President Al Gore announced today the opening
> of a new Internet website designed to help small firms both find and
> capitalize on international business opportunities.
>
>     The new site, created by the Small Business Administration, is called
> TradeNet's Export Advisor and may be found at www.tradenet.gov.
>
>     "Export Advisor will provide small exporters with a one-stop shop of
> information and services needed to succeed in today's increasingly global
> economy," Vice President Gore said. "The Small Business Administration
> clearly understands that prosperity in the 21st century requires us to both
> engage the world and take advantage of the opportunities afforded to us in
> the Information Age."
>
>     "The number of small businesses that export has tripled in the last
> decade," SBA Administrator Aida Alvarez said.  "Small businesses now
> account for almost a third of all U.S. export sales.  Nearly 97 percent of
> U.S. firms that export are small businesses.  TradeNet's Export Advisor
> will be an invaluable resource in keeping small businesses in the exporting
> game."
>
>     TradeNet's Export Advisor is an extension of the U.S. Business Advisor
> (www.business.gov).  The Small Business Administration and Vice President's
> National Partnership for Reinventing Government unveiled a newly redesigned
> and improved version of the Business Advisor yesterday.
>
>     The new one-stop shop for exporting provides:
>     Market research
>     Export laws
>     Business opportunities
>     Trade shows and events
>     Research tools
>     Information on financing
>     Forms and documentation
>
>     The Government Information Technology Support (GITS) Board is funding
> TradeNet's Export Advisor. SBA's federal partners in creating the website
> include the Department of Commerce, Export-Import Bank, Foreign
> Agricultural Service, and Agency for International Development.
>
>                                    ###





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