About Us

The U.S. Trade and Development Agency helps companies create U.S. jobs through the export of U.S. goods and services to critical infrastructure projects in emerging economies. USTDA funds project preparation and partnership-building activities that define technical and design options for infrastructure projects, counter unfair foreign competition, and generate results that make America safer, stronger, and more prosperous.

USTDA achieves its mission by funding feasibility studies, technical assistance and pilot projects that integrate U.S. private sector innovation into infrastructure projects at the critical early stages when design choices and technology options are determined. The Agency also connects U.S. industry with overseas project sponsors through its reverse trade missions, industry conferences and expert workshops.
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Our Results
USTDA generates an average of $231 in U.S. exports for every dollar it programs. Since its inception, the Agency has supported more than $120 billion in U.S. exports to the infrastructure projects that it has supported in emerging economies, helping companies create good-paying jobs across the United States, including small businesses from approximately 380 communities.
Our Tools
USTDA Training Grants.
Training Grants

U.S. firms may face a competitive disadvantage from foreign competitors offering incentives that exceed tender requirements. U.S. companies may request that USTDA help level the playing field with a training grant to fund the cost of beneficial training for the project sponsor.

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Project Preparation Assistance

USTDA funds feasibility studies, technical assistance and the comprehensive analyses that infrastructure projects need to move from concept to financing and implementation.

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Pilot Projects

USTDA tests U.S. equipment and technology in overseas settings to promote cutting-edge U.S. solutions and identify new development opportunities for scalability and replicability throughout emerging markets.

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Reverse Trade Missions

USTDA brings foreign project sponsors to the United States to observe the innovative design, manufacture and operation of American products and services to support their infrastructure development goals.