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Vol. 8 #1, September 2008
Lead Articles
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New Secretary of Commerce Appointed
Governor Jim Doyle appointed Richard J. “Dick”
Leinenkugel as the Secretary of the Department of Commerce on September
5. Mr. Leinenkugel, formerly the Vice President of Sales and
Marketing at the Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company,
... (read
more)
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Midwest U.S. – Japan Conference
Success
The Midwest U.S. – Japan and Japan – Midwest U.S.
Associations had a successful joint meeting in Milwaukee, September
7-9, 2008. Approximately 400 representatives from ten
Midwestern states and Japan met for discussions centered on
... (read
more)
Wisconsin Exporter Stories
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Bachhuber Manufacturing
Receives
Export
Achievement Certificate
In a ceremony held on August 28, Congressman Tom Petri, Wisconsin 6th
Congressional District, presented the Export Achievement Certificate to
Bachhuber Manufacturing Corp. of Mayville. The award was
established by the U.S. ... (read
more)
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Northern
Wisconsin
International
Trade
Association
The Northern Wisconsin International Trade Association (NWITA) is the
newest organization aiming at expanding international commerce in
Wisconsin. Established as the result of a Partners In Education (PIE)
initiative, NWITA has become a ... (read
more)
Market Info
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Brazilian
Real Now
a
Strong Currency
Another sign of Brazil’s booming
economy
and the changes taking place in South America’s largest
country is the news that the Brazilian Real is set to become a
“strong” currency. With the Brazilian
Central Bank's permission for payments to ... (read
more)
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Singapore
Tops
List for
Ease of
Doing
Business
The World Bank ranked Singapore as the
easiest
country in which to do business, followed by New Zealand, and the
United States for the third year in a row. Hong Kong,
Denmark, United Kingdom, Ireland and Canada followed in the same order
... (read
more)
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India Options
While the State of Wisconsin Trade Mission
to
India, originally scheduled for November, has had to be postponed,
Wisconsin businesses seeking to expand their export sales to this
growing country have additional options to learn about the
... (read
more)
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Clean Energy
Exporter
Guides for
India and
China
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s
International Trade Administration has released two clean energy
technology export guides to help American businesses navigate Chinese
and Indian energy markets. The reports -- Clean Energy: An
Exporters ... (read
more)
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Booming
Markets
Down Under
"Australia is open for business and seeking
American suppliers!" says Ms. Angela Foley, the Council of Great Lakes
Governors Sydney-based Trade Director. The mining and
minerals sectors in particular (approximately 8 percent of
the ... (read
more)
Governments, Elections,
Regulations
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Venezuelan
Updates
On Thursday, September 11, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez
expelled U.S. Ambassador Patrick Duddy, allowing him just 72 hours to
leave the country. President Chávez claimed that a
U.S.-supported plot to overthrow his government ... (read
more)
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Keeping
Up-To-Date
with
Foreign
Trade
Regulations
The U.S. Census Bureau has published a useful on-line guide to the
Foreign Trade Regulations (FTR) that may help to answer many
"technical" questions related to the export process. The
guide is especially helpful in understanding rules and ... (read
more)
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WTO Publishes
World Trade
Report
2008
The World Trade Organization (WTO) has
published
its World Trade Report 2008: Trade in a Globalizing World.
This report addresses known gains from international trade and
highlights the challenges arising from higher levels of ...
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more)
Upcoming Events
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Localization
World
Comes
to Madison
Madison will host this year's Localization
World
Conference which covers a wide range of issues related to translation
and localization. Localization World Madison will include
presentations as well as networking opportunities for both ... (read
more)
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Full Day
Export
Payment
Issues
Seminar
M&I Global Trade Services will
present
a full day export seminar on export payment terms, commercial
& standby letters of credit, collections, and foreign exchange
In Wausau on Thursday, November 6. The seminar is designed
for international ...
(read
more)
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China Feed
Buyers
Again this year the Wisconsin Department of
Agriculture, in cooperation with the Food Export Association of the
Midwest, is sponsoring a group of five livestock feed ingredient buyers
from China. They will be visiting Madison and the
World ... (read
more)
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Osaka
Delegation
Visiting
Midwest
The Representatives of the Japanese city of
Osaka
will be visiting the Midwest and holding a free business seminar for
U.S. businesses and professionals who are interested in future business
with Osaka. The seminar will take place on ... (read
more)
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Feileite-Brazil
National
Dairy
Exposition
The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture is
offering
shared exhibit space at Feileite, the Brazilian National Dairy
Exposition. Similar to Madison’s World Dairy Expo,
Feileite will be held in São Paulo October 28 to November 1,
2008. It is attended by ... (read
more)
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