News from the North Dakota Trade Office

Presented by Washington, DC-based international trade attorney Douglas N. Jacobson, this Trade Talk will provide detailed and practical information on what your company needs to know to comply with U.S. economic sanctions and export controls laws and regulations governing the export of commercial and defense-related products and technology from the U.S. The Trade Talk will be held in both Fargo and Dickinson.

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Free Trade Agreement Update

On May 12, 2011, the House Agriculture Committee held a public hearing to examine the three pending free trade agreements between the U.S. and Colombia, Panama, and South Korea. It has been nearly four years since the agreements were signed and House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas (R-OK) says delays to implement them are costing the U.S. in market share and access to foreign competitors.

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NDTO Welcomes Natalya Nesterenko to Kazakstan Office

The North Dakota Trade Office is pleased to announce the addition of Natalya Nesterenko to its Kazakhstan office. Natalya will take over for Yermek Umurazkov as the country representative. NDTO executive director Dean Gorder says, "Natalya will be a great fit. She has an ag background and spent the past 6 months working with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service in Astana, Kazakhstan. We're very pleased to have her as part of the Trade Office team."

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2011 NDTO Annual Meeting Recap

Exporting continues to make a huge impact on the economy of North Dakota. That was the message from NDTO executive director Dean Gorder, Wednesday, June 1st at the NDTO annual meeting held in Fargo.

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