Common use of Export Assistance Clause in Contracts

Export Assistance. In cooperation with SBA’s Office of International Trade, the Department of Commerce and other relevant federal agencies – ❖ assist small businesses in exporting by identifying and developing potential export markets, ❖ facilitating export transactions, ❖ developing trade linkages between U.S. and foreign small business firms, ❖ assisting small businesses to participate in international trade shows, ❖ assisting small businesses in obtaining export financing; and ❖ facilitating the development or reorientation of marketing and production strategies. ❖ Where appropriate, the SBDC and the SBA may work in cooperation with state governments to establish a state international trade center for these purposes. ❖ Developing a program in conjunction with the U.S. Export Assistance Centers and local and regional SBA offices that will enable SBDCs to serve as an information network and to assist small business applicants for trade finance programs, and otherwise identifying and helping to make available export financing programs to small businesses. ❖ Working with SBA’s USEAC personnel to conduct Export Trade Assistance Partnership (E-TAP) programs to help increase small business participation in international trade. ❖ Working closely with the small business community, small business consultants, state agencies, universities and other appropriate groups to make translation services more readily available to small business firms doing business, or attempting to develop business, in foreign markets. ❖ The SBDC may provide small business owners with access to a wide variety of export-related information by establishing on-line computer linkages between SBDCs, U.S. Export Assistance Centers, the Department of Commerce (▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇) and their respective informational international trade databases.