Trade Alerts
"Olympic" Business Opportunities
for US Companies in China
TDA is offering an opportunity
in the Namibian Fishing Industry
Retaliatory Duties
Aomori Delegation: Jackey Bailey,
Don Nichol, Hilda Nichol and
Richard J. Coyle Missing from
photo: Joe Wood
Trade Events
Biotech Program
Waste-to-Energy/Renewable
Energy Sources Conference
Nationalism, Globalism and
Irish Affairs Today
Doing Business In China
Trade Shows
ExpoComm
Stadia & Arena Infrasport
Aomori Officials at State Dinner in
Hachinohe
TRADE MISSIONS
Business Development Trade
Mission to Peru and Chile
Press Releases
U.S. Objectives and Goals
are Announced
Where is the Way Back
for Argentina?
LIVEpr
Nine Chinese Teachers to
Visit UNE
The 20th International Conference
on the History of Cartography
Legal Considerations for a
New Company
What You Need To Know about
Patent Protection
Successful Marketing Plans for
Technology Companies
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Trade Alerts
"Olympic"
Business Opportunities for US Companies in China.
A free newsletter
"The Olympics Hot Sheet" is available to US companies desiring
to contribute to the 2008 Olympic Games in China. To subscribe, send and
email with your companies' contact information and business scope to David.Snodgrass@mail.doc.gov.
For more information on the Olympics or ways the US Foreign
Commercial Service can assist you in China, please visit www.buyusa.gov/china/en.
The
U.S. Trade and Development Agency (TDA) is offering the opportunity
for U.S. shipbuilders, new and used vessel brokers, equipment suppliers,
and project financiers to meet with delegates from the Namibian Fishing
Industry interested in purchasing new and used midwater and bottom
fishing trawlers, and navigation, fish processing, and fish-finding
equipment. One-on-one
meetings will occur Thursday, October 31, 2002 at the Plimsoll Club in
the New Orleans World Trade Center from 0900 - 1200.
For further information, visit the Business Briefing website at www.tda-namibian-fishing-ov.com.
Retaliatory
Duties on Certain Information Technology Agreement (ITA) Products.
The European Union (EU) announced that it may impose retaliatory
tariffs on a number of U.S. products, including some IT products covered
under the ITA in response to tariffs imposed earlier this year by the
United States on certain steel-related imports from various trading
partners including the EU. The entire list and notice can be found at http://europa.eu.int/comm/trade/pdf/fsclegis0902.pdf.
For more information, contact David DeFalco in the Department of
Commerce’s Office of European Union and Regional Affairs at
202-482-2178 or david_defalco@ita.doc.gov.
Trade Events
MITC December
Biotech Program Dec 4th:
Warren Cook, President of JAX Research Systems of The Jackson
Laboratory, will speak on The Jackson Laboratory’s recent experience
in Asia & Europe. JAX
Research Systems took the unusual step of partnering with their direct
competitor, Charles River Laboratories, for the purpose of expanding
sales in international markets. Mr.
Cook’s talk will be followed by a presentation by Dr. Chris Barnett
from the University of Ulster, who will present on “biotech Incubation
in Northern Ireland.” Rep. Paul
Tessier will provide an update on recent progress made with the
International Northeast Biotechnology Corridor. The program will run from 2-5 pm on Wednesday,
December 4th. Free to the business community.
For
more information, please contact Catherine Macri of the Maine
International Trade Center at 541-7455, e-mail macri@mitc.com.
Europe
Regional Waste-to-Energy/Renewable Energy Sources Conference
Date:
December 9-11, 2002. This event will focus on projects that relate to
the transformation of refuse products from refineries, chemical plants,
agricultural facilities and other industrial operations, into usable
resources, and the use of renewable sources to provide energy to the
communities of this region. The conference will cover opportunities in
Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia
and Slovenia. For more information contact Michael Koeppen or David
Elliott (202) 429-5245 at Koeppen, Elliott & Associates. Email: mak@kealtd.com
Nationalism,
Globalism and Irish Affairs Today: The
World Affairs Council of Maine is holding a program on Tuesday,
October 29, at King Middle School from 5:30-7:00pm.
The speakers are local experts on Ireland. It is free and open to all.
See www.wacmaine.org.
Doing
Business In China: Conference to be held November 14-15
in Washington D.C. See http://www.cle.com/upcoming/e9wdcdbc02.shtml
for complete details and registration form.
Trade Shows
ExpoComm:
November 5 & 6, 2002, Toronto.
EXPO COMM 2002 is an international exhibition and conference for
IT, telecommunications, and networking.
This year’s show has been organized to incorporate the
strategic linkage between telecommunications infrastructure, enterprise
networking, corporate computing, and software applications. The USDOC is
facilitating U.S. firms’ participation in the show. Options include
space in the U.S. Pavilion and a turnkey booth. For information on pricing, packages, and registration,
contact Mari Felton 408-271-7300 x104 or mari.felton@mail.doc.gov
Stadia
& Arena Infrasport: Beijing
2003 will take place at the China World Trade Center from January 22-24,
2003. The event is concerned with the development of all sports
facilities and supporting municipal infrastructure necessary for the
successful staging of the 2008 Olympic Games.
For more information on this event visit www.saibeijing.com.
Contact: Mark Beaumont markbeaumont@mediageneration.co.uk.
Trade
Missions
Business
Development Trade Mission to Peru and Chile, Dec
2-6, 2002. Secretary of Commerce Donald Evans will lead a
business development trade mission to Lima, Peru and Santiago, Chile for
U.S. firms representing information and communication technologies,
energy, services, machinery and equipment. The participation fee for the
trade mission will be $6,000 - $8000 per company.
For additional information, or to obtain an application for
participation, visit the Peru and Chile Business Development Mission
website at http://www.doc.gov/peruchiletrademission.
Press Releases
U.S.
Objectives
and Goals Are
Announced by the
United States Trade
Representative Robert B. Zoellick formally notified Congressional
leaders of or
the ongoing negotiations in the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA),
saying it was "crucial that we move forward on hemispheric trade
negotiations." See: http://www.ustr.gov/releases/2002/10/02-93.htm
“Where
is the Way Back for Argentina?” When:
Tuesday, October 29, 2002 8:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Where: Fleet
Bank, 100 Federal St, 2nd floor, Boston, Massachusetts
Cost: $20 for members of the
New England-Latin America Business Council
and cosponsoring organizations, non-members $50.
RSVP by noon Friday, October 25.
Register on-line at:
www.nelabc.org, Tel: 617-434-0928, or email: info@nelabc.org.
LIVEpr
(www.livepr.net) is a UK-based
Public Relations consultancy with extensive experience in the particular
requirements of US companies and organizations entering the UK market,
and a track record of success across different vertical sectors.
Allowing LIVEpr to handle your Public Relations can avoid the pitfalls
of using unknown agencies in a new environment.
The University of New
England Expects Nine Chinese Teachers to Visit
UNE January 10 - May 10, 2003,
to acquire knowledge and to advance their professional development. Each
is very interested in interacting with students in the public schools as
well as community organizations. UNE has limited housing and needs
people in the community to serve as hosts.
For more information, please contact Lemuel Berry, Jr., Ph.D., VP
for Academic Affairs, University of New England, 207-283-0171 x 2678, lberry@une.edu.
The
20th International Conference on the History of Cartography
will be co-hosted by the Osher Map Library at the University of Southern
Maine and the Harvard Map Collection, meeting from June 18-20, 2003 at
the Holiday Inn by the Bay in Portland, Maine.
For more information see www.ichc2003.org
or e-mail info@ichc2003.org or
call (207) 780-5941.
Legal
Considerations for a New Company
Thursday, October 24th-12:00-2:00, Target
Technology Incubator, 20 Godfrey Drive, Orono. Hear from the
experts and take some of the mystery out of the legalities of
establishing a company. Learn
which corporate structure will be the most advantageous to your company.
Presenters: Mike
Trainor and David Austin, Attorneys with Eaton Peabody in Bangor, Maine
specializing in Corporate Law and Business Planning.
contact: Debbie Neuman, Director, Target
Technology Incubator, 20 Godfrey Drive, Orono.
email: dneuman@maine.edu.
See: www.targetincubator.com
What
You Need To Know about Patent Protection
Thursday, November 7 – 12:00-200, Target Technology Incubator, 20 Godfrey Drive, Orono. This
seminar will provide inventors and technology-based businesses with
education and advice on the patent process and the necessary steps
toward product commercialization. It is highly recommended for anyone
who has an innovative product or process, whether already in business or
planning to start a business. Presenter:
Woody Higgins, Director of the Maine Patent Program, with over 35
years of experience as an intellectual property attorney. contact:
Debbie Neuman, Director, Target
Technology Incubator, 20 Godfrey Drive, Orono.
email: dneuman@maine.edu.
See: www.targetincubator.com
Successful
Marketing Plans for Technology Companies.
Thursday, November 21st- 12:00-2:00, Target
Technology Incubator, 20 Godfrey Drive, Orono. This
session will discuss why a marketing plan is critical to product
development and why the developer must play a part in putting together
that plan. Presenter:
Meriby Sweet has twenty years of experience in technology
ventures, ranging from hardware and lasers to software and e-commerce. She
is presently a technology counselor with Maine’s Small Business
Development Centers. contact:
Debbie Neuman, Director, Target
Technology Incubator, 20 Godfrey Drive
Orono. email: dneuman@maine.edu.
See: www.targetincubator.com
MITC
Trade Bulletin
is published biweekly by the Maine International Trade Center. For
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Bulletin mailing list, please contact our office.
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