Arlington, VA – USTDA Director Enoh T. Ebong will lead a roadshow to four U.S. cities to raise awareness of how the Agency supports U.S. jobs through exports to the infrastructure projects that it develops in emerging economies. The roadshow, held under the umbrella of USTDA’s Making Global Local initiative, will showcase how USTDA carries out its mission and generates results for U.S. companies in communities across the country.
“USTDA creates opportunities for American businesses to deploy their expertise and innovation to some of the most exciting infrastructure projects in emerging economies,” said Enoh T. Ebong, USTDA’s Director. “Each stop of our roadshow will profile how USTDA works with U.S. companies in a specific sector, including clean energy, transportation, digital, and healthcare infrastructure. Our program benefits U.S. companies of all sizes, and this roadshow will highlight how we partner with them to generate measurable results at home and abroad.”
Director Ebong will travel to Wisconsin and Arizona from August 5-8, where the roadshow will focus on healthcare infrastructure and clean energy, respectively. In early September she will travel to New Hampshire and Illinois for events focused on digital infrastructure and transportation. Her program will include tours of U.S. facilities that manufacture cutting-edge infrastructure technologies, meetings with USTDA partners and diaspora communities, and public engagements.
The roadshow will also highlight USTDA’s consistent success as an organization. On average, USTDA now facilitates $231 in U.S. exports for every appropriated dollar it programs. Since its inception in 1992, USTDA has facilitated more than $119 billion in U.S. exports to the infrastructure projects it has supported, including from small businesses in more than 370 communities across the United States. The roadshow will center on USTDA’s focus sectors of clean energy, transportation, healthcare and digital infrastructure.
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The U.S. Trade and Development Agency helps companies create U.S. jobs through the export of U.S. goods and services for priority infrastructure projects in emerging economies. USTDA links U.S. businesses to export opportunities by funding project preparation and partnership building activities that develop sustainable infrastructure and foster economic growth in partner countries.
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