Hartford area business owners and U.S. trade officials will gather Wednesday in South Windsor for a free public forum on how they and the Obama administration’s national export initiative can help America meet its goal to double exports in the next five years.
East Hartford Congressman John B. Larson, D-1st District, and Anne Evans, Connecticut director of the U.S. Commercial Service Office, will host the 4:30 p.m. forum at Capewell Components Co., a South Windsor maker of aerial cargo handling gear and parachute delivery systems for commercial and military customers.
Also present will be Deputy U.S. Trade Ambassador Demtrios Marantis to explain how Obama’s March executive order creating the initiative is meant to address U.S. and foreign trade barriers.
To meet the goal, federal agencies will be assisting firms, especially small businesses, to overcome the hurdles of entering new export markets.
Registration begins at 4 p.m. at Capewell’s facility at 105 Nutmeg Road South, and the presentation starting at 4:30. To RSVP, contact Congressman Larson’s office at 860-278-8888.
