TradeView - A Kentucky World Trade Center Publication
Volume 17 Number 4
Summer 2006

Welcome to the fifth edition of the Kentucky World Trade Center’s newsletter, TradeView, in its new electronic format! Please feel free to contact TradeView Editor and Marketing Director Juli Gaworski with any comments or suggestions at juli@kwtc.org.

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KWTC Welcomes the Japanese Ambassador to Kentucky

The KWTC hosted a luncheon for the Japanese Ambassador to the United States at Keeneland Race Track earlier this year in May.
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KWTC's 14th Annual World Trade Day 2006

Some 41 international dignitaries representing 22 nations joined government and business leaders from throughout the Commonwealth to celebrate the 14th Annual World Trade Day event on June 7th at the Lexington Convention Center in downtown Lexington.
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This year the KWTC was proud to congratulate four winners of the World Trade Success awards competition.


KWTC Leads Successful Trade Mission to China
By Robert L. Brown, Head of China Practice, Greenebaum, Doll & McDonald LLC & Vice Chair, Kentucky World Trade Center

The Kentucky World Trade Center (KWTC), in partnership with the Asia Center of the University of Kentucky, led a successful trade mission to Beijing, Jiujiang, Nanchang and Shanghai, China from June 24 - July 2, 2006. The group traveled to Jiujiang, a major economic center in China who recently was formalized as a Louisville Sister City in 2004.
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Exporting Kentucky - Why not to Africa?:
EconVillage Group Trip to Ghana

By Nathaniel Greene, CEO, EconVillage Group LLC

The work of EVG and its commercial partner, Whayne Supply Company, and education partner, Jefferson Community & Technical College, resulted in an invitation from Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to come to Washington D.C. for the Compact Signing Ceremony between the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) and the Republic of Ghana.
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Living With a Strong Russia
By The Economist Print Edition, July-2006

Forget the formal agenda at this weekend's G8 summit, given over to energy security, infectious diseases and education. The really awkward issue for the leaders of the seven rich democracies gathering in St Petersburg concerns their host: how to live with a strong, but increasingly undemocratic, Russia.
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South Africa's Big Companies Have Spread their Wings Abroad
By The Economist Print Edition, July-2006

At the Manda Hill and Arcades shopping centres in Lusaka, it is easy to forget that you are in Zambia's capital. For those traveling north from South Africa, the scene is eerily familiar: they can shop at the Shoprite or Woolworths supermarkets and go for a bite to eat at Debonair Pizza. MTN pre-paid mobile-phone cards are for sale at traffic lights and there is a choice of films at the Ster-Kinekor cinema or on the M-Net satellite-television channel.
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SABIT Training Program

With funds authorized by the U.S. Congress, the Special American Business Internship Training Program (SABIT) is a U.S. Department of Commerce - private sector joint initiative to promote market access and to cultivate economic development in Eurasia - Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. CLICK HERE to read more


What to Look for in an Overseas Representative
By Dennis Hessler, President, Spyglass Point Productions

One of the most important things you can do when starting the search for someone in your target market to represent your products overseas is to develop a profile of your preferred partner.
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International Trade News CLICK HERE

Vietnam on Track to Join WTO Before End of 2006
Fed official says Poole says China's growth is good for U.S.
China Looks at Possible New Steps to Cool Off Economy


KWTC Member Benefits:
New Member Discount on PIERS Global Trade Intelligence Reports

Piers logoYou can find and pre-qualify new customers, new suppliers, and new distribution channels with PIERS U.S. Import-Export data. PIERS maintains a comprehensive database of timely, accurate, import and export information on the cargoes moving through ports in the U.S., Mexico, Latin America, and Asia. PIERS collects data from over 25,000 bills of lading everyday - then translates the raw data into the kind of meaningful intelligence that companies around the world can use. CLICK HERE to read more


KWTC Member Benefits:
New Member Discount on Sprint Telecommunications

The KWTC and the Federation of International Trade Associations (FITA) have partnered to bring you an exciting new benefit. CLICK HERE to read more


KWTC Services Spotlight: Value-Added Services
The KWTC offers a full range of Value-Added Services (VAS). The VAS are more in-depth and customized in nature than our basic corporate member services, and are tailored to suit the specific needs of your company.

Our wide array of Value-Added Services include: International Trade Education Seminars, Customized Consulting Projects, Credit and Background Checks, Translation Services, Over-the-Phone Interpretation, Trade Missions, Trade Lead Verification and Qualification, and the Trade Link Service. CLICK HERE to read more


Calendar of International Trade Events
Discover which international events, seminars and trade missions are taking place this fall in Kentucky! CLICK HERE for a list of all KWTC events


KWTC Online Business Referral Directory CLICK HERE
Does your company need help with international shipping, payment, taxes, contracts, insurance or even warehousing? The KWTC’s online Business Referral Directory puts you in touch with local companies who provide international business services to companies like yours!


Member News CLICK HERE
Find out how other international companies are succeeding in international trade!

A LexingtonKWTC intern from Uzbekistan shares her cultural background and her favorite traditional foods.
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Member Highlight: Fifth Third Bank, Mark Klein, International Banking Specialist & Assistant VP
Sister Cities of Louisville Welcomes New Executive Director, Elizabeth Kuhn
Expeditors Newsflash - Asia Edition: South Asian Free Trade Area Launched in July

Dean Dorton & Ford's Exporters' Tax Update

Lexmark Introduces New Printer Lines

Expeditors Newsflash - U.S.-Bahrain FTA Implemented; Recent Customs Quota Book Transmittals


Welcome New Members 2006!

Corporate:
Chilton & Medley PLC
Clark Material Handling Company
Davis Distributing Inc./Davis Gates
Eckart Corporation

Faustin & Associates International, Inc.
Fruit of the Loom
Grindmaster Corporation
Kentucky American Water
Linak U.S. Inc.
Marsh USA Inc.
OFS - Styline

Honorary:
Kentucky Association for Economic Development (KAED)

Non-Profit:
Independent Industries

International Book Project


About the KWTC

"KWTC will facilitate international business and stimulate economic development in Kentucky, through our affiliation with the World Trade Centers Association global network, by offering a one-stop-shop for information, education, technical assistance and networking services that help Kentucky firms succeed in the global market and bring new global business opportunities to the Commonwealth."

The Kentucky World Trade Center (www.kwtc.org) is a non-profit membership organization helping Kentucky companies import, export and establish overseas operations. With offices in Lexington and Louisville, the KWTC offers counseling, market research services, translation assistance, trade education seminars, international events and programs, cross-cultural training, trade missions, and referrals to local international service providers.

The Kentucky World Trade Center is affiliated with the World Trade Centers Association in New York (www.wtca.org), which administers nearly 300 World Trade Centers in close to 100 countries.


KWTC Opens New Office in Murray, Kentucky

Kentucky World Trade Center, Murray State office. Our mission is to promote economic development and international trade related initiatives in western Kentucky.
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Learn More about the KWTC’s Programs & Services

KWTC Research Services

KWTC Translation & Interpretation Services

KWTC International Trade Education Seminars

KWTC Business Referral Service Program

WTCA Online


Lexington Office
1600 World Trade Center
333 West Vine Street
Lexington, KY 40507

Louisville Office
224 South 2nd Street
Louisville, KY 40202
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Web: www.kwtc.org & www.wtca.org

Phone: 859-258-3139

Contact:
Ying Juan Rogers
Trade Services Manager
E-Mail: yingjuan@kwtc.org

Contact:
Juli Gaworski
Director of Marketing & Member Services
E-Mail: juli@kwtc.org

 

Web: www.kwtc.org & www.wtca.org

Phone: 502-574-2400

Contact:
Susan Cook
Senior Trade Specialist & Editor of TradeView
E-Mail: susan.cook@louisvilleky.gov

 

 


Murray Office
International Center for Economic Development & Cultural Studies
211 Industry & Technology Bldg.
Murray, KY 42701

 

Web: www.murraystate.edu & www.wtca.org

Phone: 270-762-3033

Contact:
Bob Jackson
CEO
E-Mail: bob.jackson@murraystate.edu

Contact:
"Aik" Krutngoen
Office Manager
E-Mail: KWTC@murraystate.edu

 

A World of Thanks to our Supporting Partners!

Metro Louisville
Lexington Fayette Urban County Government

A World of Thanks to our Patron Members!

Sustaining

UPS
Lexmark
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Global Patron Members
Frost Brown Todd LLC
Greenebaum, Doll & McDonald PLLC
Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development

Multi-National Patron Members
Fifth Third Bank
National City Bank of Kentucky
Toyota Motor Manufacturing

Continental Patron Members
Accumetric, Inc.
Carrier Vibrating Equipment, Inc.
D.D.Williamson & Co. Inc.
Dean Dorton & Ford

E.On U.S. (formerly LG&E)

ELAN Home Systems, LLC
Ernst & Young LLP

JP Morgan Chase
LaSalle Bank

Mountjoy & Bressler, LLP
Papa John’s International, Inc.
Stites and Harbison
Stoll Keenon Ogden
Sud-Chemie, Inc.
U.S. Bank

Associate Patron Members
Associated Industries of Kentucky
Greater Louisville Inc. (GLI)

Kentucky District Export Council (DEC)
Kentucky Community & Technical College System


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