The Arkansas District Export Council (AR DEC) is accepting applications for the 2022 Governor’s Award for Excellence in Global Trade to recognize the exporting success of small, medium and large Arkansas companies. The Arkansas District Export Council is a nonprofit…
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Arkansas WTC Names New Trade Directors, Global Project Manager
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe World Trade Center Arkansas announced Monday the hiring of three new team members to assist in growing exports from the Natural State. Jana Carter is the Center’s new Global Trader Director and Foreign Trade Policy Advisor; Ed Mabry has…
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Arkansas Leaders Back Bill to Ease Shipping Backlogs, Boost US Exports
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffU.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) is supporting legislation to reform ocean freight shipping. The Ocean Shipping Reform Act would help level the playing field for American exporters by making it harder for ocean carriers to refuse goods ready to export…
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Making Lemonade Out of Lemons: 2021 Excellence in Global Trade Award Winners Celebrate Resilience
The winners of the AEDC’s 2021 Global Trade Awards were celebrated Oct. 13 in a ceremony at the Governor’s Mansion in Little Rock. Governor Asa Hutchinson, Secretary of Commerce Mike Preston, and the AEDC’s Rudy Ortiz were present to give…
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District Export Council and AEDC Offer ‘ExporTech’ Program for Export Training
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe Arkansas District Export Council (ARDEC) is partnering with the Arkansas Economic Development Commission (AEDC) on a program called ExporTech™, which is a series of group workshops with individual coaching for businesses with the goal of developing a strategic exporting…