Office of International Affairs

Colorado Springs - Office of International Affairs

	Trade Leads/Opportunities GTN TRADE LEADS GTN is a United States Agency for International Development program that works to facilitate sustainable economic growth in developing countries and emerging markets through business linkages and technology transfer. GTN Trade Leads database spurs trade between companies located in the United States and developing nations. Registration is free of charge. To sign up go to www.usgtn.net For more information, contact: Peter Fleischmann, Global Trade & Technology Network 126 Westgate Drive Edison, NJ 08820 Phone: 908-668-1865 E-mail: pfleischmann@usgtn.net Website: http://www.usgtn.net USTDA FEDERAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES ANNOUNCEMENTS The U.S. Trade and Development Agency's competitive opportunities are advertised on the Federal Business Opportunities website (www.eps.gov). USTDA grant funds are awarded to a foreign project sponsor for feasibility studies and technical assistance on the condition that the sponsor select a U.S. company to perform the work. The official announcement of requests for proposals is published on the fedbizopps website and the point of contact for submitting your proposal is the foreign project sponsor. USTDA funds are also used to contract directly with U.S. companies for various types of expertise. Contracts for larger dollar amounts are published on the fedbizopps website. The point of contact for submitting your proposal will appear in the fedbizopps announcement. Website: http://www.tda.gov/resources/fedbizannouncements.html Trade Development The U.S. Federal Government provides U.S. exporters with much useful information and other forms of assistance. This help can be accessed on line at www.export.gov. The U.S. Export Assistance Center (USEAC) brings all the resources of the U.S. Department of Commerce to Colorado Springs via its office in Denver. For more information, phone Suzette Nickle at (303) 844-6623ext.16 or by e-mail at suzette.nickle@mail.doc.gov. The State of Colorado 's Office of Economic Development and International Trade also has programs to assit exporters. Contact Thomas Binet at (303) 892-3850 or Thomas.binet@state.co.us for more information. The Office of International Affairs, in cooperation with USEAC conducts an international business seminar on the second Wednesday of each month from 7:30 - 9 a.m. These seminars focus on specific issues of interest to international business, such as documentation of shipments. For more information phone the Office of International Affairs at 575-4314. Internet resources for COS business Companies Exporting from COS Directory of Business Resources In most cases it is beneficial to develop domestic business operations before expanding offshore. The City of Colorado Springs Office of Economic Development maintains a Directory of Business Resources in Colorado Springs which lists various governmental offices and agencies which can assist in the establishment of small businesses. This directory contains names, addresses, and phone numbers, etc. for the various business Chambers, Environmental Agencies, Finance, Insurance, International Trade Information, Licensing and many other categories. Trade Complaints The U.S. Government maintains a trade complain hotline at www.export.gov/tcc. If your complaint involves a violation of intellectual property rights contact www.stopfakes.gov.