World Trade Week

“We set a new goal: We will double our exports over the next five years …
To help meet this goal, we’re launching a National Export Initiative.”
- President Obama, State of the Union Address, January 27, 2010

Trade is Fundamental to the Regional Economy

Since its harbor and river were explored and charted by Henry Hudson on an expedition of the Dutch East India Company over 400 years ago, the New York metropolitan region has benefited from international trade and the related commercial activity that it has made possible.    The mission of World Trade Week NYC is to underscore and promote the importance of international trade to the New York City metropolitan economy, highlighting the many ways that it creates employment, supports a diverse economy and provides an ever widening assortment of goods and services for sale and purchase.

Every year, the New York region’s trade and transportation community celebrates World Trade Week by offering a full agenda of educational seminars, global business networking events, and an awards breakfast that recognizes exemplary contributions by practitioners in the field.    As we all know, today’s global economy poses unprecedented challenges.  And that is why here in New York, where trade plays such a crucial role in our economy, the need to focus on opportunities in today’s global markets has become so important.

Join the discussions that address how to turn the challenges we face today into opportunities by participating in World Trade Week 2010. Access invaluable resources, learn from companies that are successfully entering global markets and network with New York’s international business community – all available to you at http://www.worldtradeweeknyc.org/calendar/

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WTW Co-chairs and Awards Breakfast Keynote Speaker

Roy W. Hoffman, Partner, International Client Services, J.H. Cohn, LLP and Richard M. Larrabee, Director of Port Commerce, The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey are serving as Co-chairs of World Trade Week NYC 2010. The WTW NYC Awards Breakfast scheduled for Monday, May 17 will feature Joseph P. Quinlan, Economist and Chief Global Market Strategist, Investment Strategies Group, Bank of America as the keynote speaker.