The Trade Winds Business Forum is the main conference for Trade Winds, featuring speeches from business and government leaders, panel discussions with key experts, networking events, and one-on-one counseling with commercial experts from a number of regional markets. The Trade Winds Business Forum in 2019 will be in New Delhi, India, May 6-9.
The optional trade mission stops are visits to other markets where companies can meet directly with potential business partners. The trade mission stops in 2019 are: New Delhi, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata. Options for meeting in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka are also available.
Trade Winds attendees can register just for the business forum, for the forum plus a mission stop, or just for a mission stop.
Our team of industry and market experts will work with you once you register to help you determine if the Indo-Pacific is a good market for you.
The U.S. Commercial Service has industry experts based in U.S. embassies and consulates around the world. Trade Winds offers the opportunity for attending companies and organizations to meet with these experts to understand market-specific trends and opportunities. Each company can register for 20-minute strategy consultations with experts from markets of your choice.
These experts work on the ground every day in your target markets, so their personalized advice can be crucial as you finalize your export strategy.
There are a number of financial support programs available based on where your company is located.
State Trade Expansion Program (STEP) funds are available for qualifying companies in many states across the country. Learn about what funds are available for your state here: https://www.sba.gov/managing-business/exporting/step.
The Appalachian Regional Commission also provides support for companies based in the Appalachia region. Learn about the counties included in that region here: https://www.arc.gov/counties. We will post more information about ARC support soon, but feel free to contact us at tradewinds@trade.gov if you have questions.
Attendees must follow the established itinerary.
We will post detailed travel information for each mission stop in advance of Trade Winds to make sure all attendees are prepared.
For ease of logistics and planning, and to help reduce your costs, we work with hotels in each market to set up group rates. Staying in these hotels makes it easy for you to get to events and access transportation to any business-to-business meetings we arrange for you.
You are welcome to stay in another hotel, but we will not be able to secure transportation for you. You will need to arrange your own transportation to our designated hotel to get to your business-to-business meetings or to attend events.
We do not have a formal dress code, but recommend that you dress for business. Certain networking events may require a formal dress code, and we will let you know of that in advance.
As long as your products have at least 51 percent U.S. content, you are eligible to participate.
Please send inquiries to tradewinds@trade.gov.
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