Sec. 7. Activities to promote exports of goods and services from the United States
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The Championing American Business through Diplomacy Act of 2019 (enacted as title VII of subtitle H of title I of division J of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 ( Public Law 116–94 ; 22 U.S.C. 9901 et seq.)) is amended by adding at the end the following: The Secretary of State, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Economic and Business Matters and the relevant chiefs of mission, shall place primary emphasis on the promotion of exports of goods and services from the United States, particularly by small and medium-sized businesses, and on the protection of United States business interests abroad by carrying out activities such as the following:
Identifying United States businesses with the potential to export goods and services and providing such businesses with advice and information on establishing export businesses. Providing United States exporters with information and advice on the necessary adaptation of product design and marketing strategy to meet the differing cultural and technical requirements of foreign countries. Providing United States exporters with actual leads and an introduction to contacts within foreign countries.
Assisting United States exporters in locating reliable sources of business services in foreign countries and in their dealings with foreign governments and enterprises owned by foreign governments. Assisting the coordination of the efforts of State and local agencies and private organizations that seek to promote United States business interests in foreign countries so as to maximize the effectiveness and minimize the duplication of efforts of such agencies and organizations.
Utilizing district offices established under subsection
(b)as one-stop shops for United States exporters by— providing exporters with information on all export promotion and export finance activities of the Federal Government; assisting exporters in identifying which Federal programs may be of greatest assistance; and assisting exporters in making contact with such identified Federal programs. Providing United States exporters and export finance institutions with information on all financing and insurance programs of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, the United States International Development Finance Corporation, the Trade and Development Program, and the Small Business Administration, including providing assistance in completing applications for such programs and working with exporters and export finance institutions to address any deficiencies in such applications that have been submitted. The Secretary of State shall establish, or maintain if transferred to the Secretary under the Foreign Trade Modernization Act of 2020, district offices of the Foreign Service in any United States city in a region in which the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, determines that there is a need for Federal Government export assistance. .
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Activities to promote exports of goods and services from the United States
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