Americas Partnership Countries Publish Resources for Small Business Inclusive Trade

Today, the Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity (the Americas Partnership) countries released an Americas Partnership Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SME) Inclusive Trade Inventory, that consists of self-reported existing SME export programs and resources in each Partnership country that support its SME exporters and includes programs which assist women-led, minority-led and Indigenous-led SMEs, micro-SMEs, and SMEs from historically underrepresented and underserved communities.

The Americas Partnership Trade Ministers established the Inclusive Trade and SME Committee with the intent of developing "activities to promote greater access to the benefits of trade for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and underserved communities." This SME Inclusive Trade Inventory reflects the work of the Committee to build information-sharing tools and activities to promote greater access to the benefits of trade for SMEs. It is available in English (Part 1, Part 2) and Spanish (Part 1, Part 2.)

The Americas Partnership countries are the United States, Barbados, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Peru, and Uruguay.

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