Here are a few examples of MDCP project activities classified according to ITA mission:

Strengthening competitiveness

- Support for standards that make it easier for U.S. products to conform to foreign market requirements.

- Development of a shared Internet-based distribution system in a target market.

- Training foreign staff for after-sale service of U.S. products in target markets.

- Increasing foreign market trust in U.S. products by safeguarding non-U.S. elements of the U.S. industry’s supply chain with an ingredient testing system.

Promoting exports

- Demonstration of U.S. products abroad.

- Joint promotion of U.S. products with foreign partners.

- Establishment of a trade association office in a target market.

- Publication of product brochures and company directories.

Ensuring fair trade

- Helping U.S. business leaders to leverage free trade agreements.

- Intellectual property rights education for foreign users of U.S. technology.