Montana World Trade Center E-News January 2008

The Montana World Trade Center (MWTC) works to increase international trade through public-private partnerships, business networking, and student education. In the entire state of Montana, and well beyond its borders, there is no other source of information and access to global trade opportunities that is comparable to the Montana World Trade Center.

1. EXPORTS OF TANGIBLE MERCHANDISE FROM MONTANA SURPASSES US $1 BILLION (CAREY HESTER)

2. EVENT (BOZEMAN): DOING BUSINESS IN SINGAPORE

3. FREE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE TO DEVELOP YOUR MONTANA BOARD OF RESEARCH COMMERCIALIZATION TECHNOLOGY PROPOSAL

4. WESTERN UNITED STATES AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION (WUSATA): IT’S TIME TO UPDATE OLD CONTACT INFORMATION

5. MEXICO’S PREMIER FOOD AND BEVERAGE EXHIBITION, MEXICO ALIMENTARIA, JUNE 3-5, 2008

6. MEMBERS IN THE NEWS: MISSOULA CHILDREN’S THEATRE

7. MEMBERS IN THE NEWS: MSE…FINDING NICHE MARKETS, PARTNERING WITH OTHERS AND BUILDING A STRONG REPUTATION

8. OREGON UNIVERSITIES JOIN FORCES TO COLLABORATE ON TECH TRANSFER (MATR.NET)

9. UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA BUSINESS STUDENTS NEED CLIENTS FOR MARKETING PLANS. THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUR COMPANY

10. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY ENDS ORAL DECLARATION AT BORDERS, REMINDS TRAVELERS OF NEW PROCEDURES ON JANUARY 31 (COMPLIMENTS OF CAREY HESTER)

11. 33 MORE TURBINES SLATED FOR JUDITH GAP WIND FARM IN MONTANA

12. ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS: PPL MONTANA COMMUNITY FUND

13. EUROPE MAY BAN IMPORTS OF SOME BIOFUEL CROPS (NY Times)

14. GM TEAMS WITH STARTUP AIMING TO PRODUCE LOW-COST BIOFULES FROM TIRES AND TRASH (PUBLISHED BY MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW)

15. CAFTADR UPDATES FROM MANCHESTER TRADE – JANUARY 22, 2008 (CHAMBER OF THE AMERICAS)

16. STATE TAX SYSTEMS AND ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS (NATIONAL DIALOGUE ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP)

17. ECONOMIC PESSIMISM IN EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA (NATIONAL DIALOGUE ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP)

18. US COMMERCIAL SERVICE TRADE SHOW: SHOWTIME SINGAPORE AIRSHOW

19. EVENT IN SEATTLE: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION IN THE 2010 WINTER OLYMPICS

20. INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS FOR THE BIOTECH INDUSTRY (NATIONAL DIALOGUE ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP)

21. SUPPORTING GENERATION IOWA (NATIONAL DIALOGUE ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP)

22. GLOBALIZATION AND THE EUROPEAN UNION: WHO CAN CPE BEST? (NATIONAL DIALOGUE ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP)

23. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY EARMARKS RETURN WITH A VENGEANCE (NATIONAL DIALOGUE ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP)

24. ‘WHAT ARE YOU GIVING AWAY?’ THE CHALLENGES OF MARKETING IN ASIA (GLOBALEDGE)

25. FEATURED COUNTRY: COLOMBIA (GLOBALEDGE)

26. RUNNING A GLOBAL CORPORATION (GLOBALEDGE)

27. WTO: WORLD TRADE REPORT (GLOBALEDGE)

28. YOUTH HOMES “RUN 4 KIDS MARATHON (OR HALF MARATHON)

Full Newsletter: http://www.matr.net/files/MWTCNewsJanuary2008.doc