Global Trade During COVID 19: WTO Response

Join Kislaya Prasad, academic director of the Center for Global Business as he hosts Emmanuelle Ganne of the World Trade Organization to discuss the "Global Trade During COVID 19: WTO Response." Topics to be discussed include how global trade has been impacted by the pandemic, WTO's responses worldwide, tools it has to support the economic recovery, and how countries are thinking about the future of trade, through the lens of an expert from the WTO. 

About the Speaker

In partnership with the MAPIT Alliance, the Center for Global Business presents, "Show Me the Money: Financing Exports in Uncertain Times," the fifth edition of a series of webinars connecting Maryland companies to export resources at Maryland Smith, the Maryland Department of Commerce, the U.S. Export Assistance Center, and the Maryland/D.C. District Export Council.

Learn from federal and state representatives about how to leverage their programs and resources to finance your exports, and from Maryland companies that have been successful in doing so.

Where Are All Your International Customers?
Finding Them With the Right Online Market Research

Discover online tools and strategies to help you choose the right markets for your company.

Connect to export resources at the Maryland Department of Commerce, Robert H. Smith School of Business, MD-DC District Export Council, and U.S. Export Assistance Center.

Host & Panelist

• Rebecca Bellinger, Executive Director, Center for Global Business

Panelists

The Center for Global Business and the MAPIT Alliance invite you and your company to join us for a webinar to learn about current trends related to incoming and outgoing cargo, current shipping challenges and opportunities, and information on resources available for Maryland companies. 

COVID-19 has made digital marketing imperative. You’ve got a website which gives you a global reach. Now, how can you create a global digital marketing campaign and find new customers?

Panelists

• P. K. Kannan, Dean's Chair of Marketing Science, Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland
• Bob Zhang, President and Founder of USABAL Solutions
• Jessica Reynolds, Director of the Office of Intl Investment and Trade, MDOC
• Colleen Fisher, Director of MD office of US Export Assistance Center

The Center for Global Business Annual Forum is an event occurring every spring that brings together distinguished voices from the academic, policy, diplomatic, and business communities to speak on a different theme each year.

The Maryland Department of Commerce ExportMD Program helps offset some of the costs of marketing internationally for Maryland small and mid-sized companies, including website globalization and translation. ExportMD awardees are eligible for up to $5,000 for ⅔ reimbursement for expenses. 
The program is funded in part through a Cooperative Agreement with the SBA.

Annual retreat for Centers of Excellence leadership to meet with each other and the Dean's Office to share and discuss concerns and ideas. Event details: Friday, March 27, 2020 - 10 a.m.-3 p.m. - 2333 VMH. An agenda will be emailed prior to the event.

The Distinguished Speakers Series (DSS) presents the latest trends in international business and provokes conversation among undergraduate and graduate students, policy experts, and business executives alike.

The DSS helps to meet this goal by providing influential figures to speak on the following topics, among others:

All former study abroad participants are invited to join the Office of Career Services and the Center for Global Business for the “Leveraging Your Study Abroad Experience”