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Your firm can reap the most benefit from contact
with the Advocacy Center at the earliest stages
of a project. Early expressions of interest
by an overseas government ministry or agency,
followed by your company's expressions of interest,
often help shape the tender specifications and
can improve your chances of winning a tender.
When your efforts are combined with U.S. Government
advocacy, the prospects of winning improve even
more!
Therefore, to better serve U.S. firms seeking
to win major projects overseas, the Advocacy
Center is leading the President's TPCC
Early Project Development efforts
within the Department of Commerce. The Advocacy
Center works closely with the Export-Import
Bank of the United States and other key agencies
to make sure U.S. companies have access to bidding
opportunities and U.S. Government financing
commitments at the earliest stages of competitions.
The purpose of early project development is
to assist U.S. firms by identifying overseas
projects likely to lead to tenders and to identify
ways in which TPCC departments and agencies
can appropriately assist U.S. firms seeking
to compete and win these upcoming tenders.
As indicated by U.S. industry, early expressions
of financing are essential to compete with foreign
companies -- often, the financing is the focus
of the competition! As a result, the Center
is developing close working relationships with
the U.S. Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im Bank), the
Trade and Development Agency (TDA) and the Overseas
Private Investment Corporation (OPIC). In fact,
through a formal cooperative arrangement, Ex-Im
and the Center can develop attractive financing
packages which offer your project a competitive
edge.
The Advocacy Center's Regional Managers work
on early project development tasks under the
overall guidance of the Center's Director and
with inputs from our embassies overseas, clients,
and members of the TPCC.
The Trade Promotion Coordinating
Committee
The TPCC is an interagency committee chaired
by the Secretary of Commerce. It was established
under the Export Enhancement Act of 1992 to
provide a unifying framework to coordinate the
export promotion and export financing activities
of the U.S. government and to develop a government-wide
strategic plan for carrying out such programs.
The weight of any or all of these agencies can
be leveraged to support your project.
Members of the TPCC include:
Department of Commerce
Department of State
Department of the Treasury
Department of Transportation
Department of Agriculture
Department of Energy
Department of Defense
Department of Labor
Department of the Interior
Agency for International Development
Trade and Development Agency
Environmental Protection Agency
U.S. Information Agency
Small Business Administration
Overseas Private Investment
Corporation Export-Import Bank of the U.S.
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
Council of Economic Advisors
Office of Management & Budget
National Economic Council
National Security Council
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