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Deploying the newly announced Office of Manufacturing and Trade “to offer small manufacturers dedicated Trade Representative Jamieson Greer delivered President Trump’s 2025 Trade Policy Agenda, 2024 Annual Report, and World Trade Organization at Thirty report  to Congress, laying out the administration’s vision for trade. The agenda also “articulates a plan for rebalancing a trade to address” the economic and national security

Small Business Administration (SBA) and the International Trade Administration will host an SME Access -EU Joint Trade and Technology Council WG9 Recommendations, the SBA’s Access to Finance Webinar will

Trade Representative (USTR) convened  the countries of the Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity

. ____ Tariffs and Trade. including the establishment of an External Revenue Service, the de minimis exemption, the impact of trade

Trade Representative (USTR) announced  final modifications to its Section 301 tariff actions following an investigation of China’s trade practices. Read more about NSBA's work with trade policy here . - SBA releases Business Resilience Guide .

Westcott testified before the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Tourism, Trade Westcott, testifying on behalf of NSBA and its international trade arm, the Small Business Exporters Coordinated Support for Rural Small Businesses Act would do Strengthen the Office of Rural Affairs Harmonize trade rules to ease complexity in trade regulations Embrace and pass trade deals that are transparent and

Following the Loeffler announcement, on Dec. 10, Trump announced his pick of Federal Trade Commission -Taiwan trade initiative enters into force. On Dec. 10, the first agreement under the U.S. -Taiwan Initiative on 21st Century Trade went into force . small- and medium-sized enterprise (SME) trade and investment between the U.S. and Taiwan. ____ DOL On Dec. 4, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ordered a building services contractor to stop enforcing

Funds were awarded in grants to 49 U.S. state and territory international trade agencies as part of the SBA’s State Trade Expansion Program (STEP). directly to small businesses seeking to grow their businesses and the U.S. economy with international trade

This week, NSBA joined more than 150 prominent trade associations in a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson burdens on small business owners – a position consistently supported by a growing coalition of prominent trade Read the full trade association coalition letter urging Congress to take action against the CTA by Congressman

International Trade Commission’s Investigation No. 332 regarding “COVID-19 Diagnostics and Therapeutics NSBA’s comments focused on the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) and the World Trade Organization’s investigation into whether this waiver should be expanded to COVID-19 diagnostics

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued new guidance reinstating precedent that eases administrative the withdrawal of Biden-era guidance curbing discretionary denials. ____ Lutnick previews potential trade Trade Representative Jamieson Greer met with senior UK officials to discuss a potential bilateral trade

On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued its Final Non-Compete Agreement Rule (Final employers and their workers, specifically those that utilize non-compete agreements to protect their trade