Export Promotion: Commerce Needs Better Information to Evaluate Its Fee-Based Programs and Customers
Description:
A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Federal and state trade promotion activities are intended to help U.S. firms compete successfully in foreign markets. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)--firms with fewer than 500 employees--represent a key segment of exporting firms. GAO was asked to determine (1) the relationship between the Department of Commerce's (Commerce) U.S. Commercial Service (CS) and states' trade offices' export promot…
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Date:
March 4, 2009
Creator:
United States. Government Accountability Office.