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Reserve Your Spot for Global Business Connections 2018!

Connect with North Dakota businesses and international trade professionals at NDTO's 2018 Global Business Connections conference on April 4 & 5. The conference will include keynote speeches and breakout sessions with leading international business professionals, as well as networking events, an industry trade show and the presentation of the 2017 Global Business Awards.
 
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Ag Commissioner Leads Trade Mission to Italy & Spain

North Dakota companies returned last week from a trade mission to Italy and Spain where the focus was on specialty crops. The mission was led by Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring, and focused on the state's pulse exports. Four North Dakota companies traveled to Naples, Italy and Madrid, Spain, two of the largest pulse markets in Europe, on March 5-9 to promote their beans, peas, chickpeas, lentils and borage to potential buyers.

Attend the May Trade Talk: Complying with European Standards: 2-Day Hazard & Risk Analysis Training for Machinery
 
Are you looking at selling your machinery into the European Union? Confused about regulations and how to perform a Hazard and Risk Analysis - the core of the required CE Mark? Bring your machinery on-site and let us help you with a two-day, hands-on trade talk with an actual assessment of your company's equipment.

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Importing and Exporting 101

Both importing and exporting basics will be the focus at upcoming educational sessions hosted by the North Dakota Trade Office. At this year's Global Business Connections Conference, Bonnie Anderson, owner of WTH International, will offer Exporting 101, a course on finding markets, export regulations and getting paid. Meanwhile trade and compliance expert Suzanne Richer will present Importing 101, a training session on the basics of logistics, customs compliance and payment for products from foreign markets. Richer will also introduce a financial benefit for companies that both import and export.
 
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