The US International Trade Administration

The ..... purpose of the International Trade Administration (ITA) is helping to create economic opportunity for American workers and businesses.

By promoting trade and investment we are promoting prosperity and a better world; to increase trade and investment, the ITA helps U.S. companies ..... foreign markets.

We help educate companies about how to tailor their activities to the specific market with respect to their product ....., financing, marketing, assembly and logistics.

While the United States exports more than any other country, making that first export can still be a ..... challenge for a small- or medium-sized business.

The U.S. Commercial Service is the trade promotion arm of the U.S. Department of Commerce's ITA; its Web-based services are provided through the U.S. government's export ....., www.export.gov.

The ITA ..... policies and strategies that stimulate innovation and investment, enhance economic growth, and support U.S. manufacturing and services industries.

Unfair foreign pricing and government subsidies distort the free flow of goods and ..... affect American business in the global marketplace.

According to a University of Michigan study, the average U.S. family of four still ..... to gain an estimated $7,800 per year if there were total elimination of global barriers to trade in goods and services.

The World Bank has reported that the elimination of global trade barriers could ..... 300-500 million of the world's poor out of poverty over the next 15 years.

Market Access and Compliance (MAC) country desk officers are experts on the commercial, economic, and political ..... in their assigned countries.