Are You Ready to Export? Meet the Western U.S. Agricultural Trade Association

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Are You Ready to Export?

Join us this week for a conversation with the Western U.S. Agricultural Trade Association (WUSATA). WUSATA is a nonprofit funded primarily through the USDA's Market Access Program that creates opportunities by helping western food and agricultural companies grow internationally through export education resources, business development services, and financial support.

This webinar will focus on the resources WUSATA offers, eligibility requirements, and how you can access them as a small food or beverage company. Speakers will provide examples of how companies have found success through our programs and speak to how you can best utilize of these opportunities.

Whether your company is new to exporting or is looking to expand to new markets, WUSATA’s resources will help you increase your reach and revenue. Get connected today and watch your company learn, connect, and compete in international markets!

Wednesday Webinars

Wednesday Webinars with SBA Seattle is an ongoing series of free, virtual, webinars covering a variety of topics to benefit small business owners. On the fourth Wednesday of each month, we will be focusing on export assistance, featuring conversations with different members of the Washington Export Outreach Team (WEOT). Established in 2013 following a national mandate to do more to support international trade, WEOT is a collaborative team of local, state, regional, and federal export assistance agencies who provide you the tools and resources you need to sell internationally.

About the Host

John Brislin is SBA's International Trade & Finance Specialist (Export Finance Manager) for Washington State, Northern Idaho and Alaska. He has over 23 years of private-sector international banking and trade finance experience working at Bank of Boston (Bank of America) and Bank of California (U.S. Bank). John has over 12 years of public-sector export trade finance and risk mitigation experience working at Export Finance Assistance Center of Washington (EFACW), Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank) and SBA Office of International Trade (SBA OIT). He looks forward to working with Small Businesses so they can turn their export opportunities into actual sales and to achieve the ultimate goal of getting paid—especially on time—for those sales.