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  • Wall Street Journal: Firms Face Hurdles Overseas
    Aug 25, 2011 - Firms Face Hurdles Overseas By Angus Loten, Wall Street Journal August 25, 2011 When Nancy Simmons was contacted by customers in Brazil about buying refurbished aerospace parts from her Orlando, Fla., plant, she wasn't sure how to handle the language barrier. None of her eight employees spoke Portu... More
  • Chairman Graves in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Small Firms Need New Markets
    May 10, 2011 - Small Firms Need New Markets By Rep. Sam Graves May 9, 2011 Navigating the trials of international trade barriers is akin to “watching a cow poke its head through a sharp barbwire fence and struggle to get that next piece of greenery,” said John Taylor, President of T-Tech Inc., a leading manufactu... More
  • Atlanta Journal-Constitution
    May 10, 2011 - Small Firms Need New Markets By Rep. Sam Graves May 9, 2011 Navigating the trials of international trade barriers is akin to “watching a cow poke its head through a sharp barbwire fence and struggle to get that next piece of greenery,” said John Taylor, President of T-Tech Inc., a leading manufactu... More
  • Chairman Graves Previews National Small Business Week
    May 10, 2011 - Chairman Graves Previews National Small Business Week Next week, May 16-20th, will mark the 48th annual National Small Business Week, a recognized time to celebrate the contributions of small businesses to the economic well-being of America. Republican Members of the House Small Business Committee ... More
  • Chairman Graves Previews National Small Business Week
    May 10, 2011 - Chairman Graves Previews National Small Business Week Next week, May 16-20th, will mark the 48th annual National Small Business Week, a recognized time to celebrate the contributions of small businesses to the economic well-being of America. Republican Members of the House Small Business Committee w... More
  • Small Business Owners Join Chairman Graves In Calling for Swift Passage of Pending Free Trade Agreements
    Apr 6, 2011 - WASHINGTON—House Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) today called for swift passage of the pending free trade agreements with Panama, Colombia and Korea during a House Small Business full committee hearing. Trade agreements with all three countries were concluded in 2007; however, no... More
  • Graves Names Rep. Scott Tipton Chair of Subcommittee on Agriculture, Energy and Trade
    Jan 31, 2011 - House Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) announced today that Representative Scott Tipton (R-CO) will chair the Subcommittee on Agriculture, Energy and Trade. “As the co-founder of a successful family-owned small business with international sales, Scott Tipton will bring fresh insig... More
  • Bloomberg: Obama Cabinet Taking to Road to Promote More Exports by Small Businesses
    Jan 27, 2011 - By Mark Drajem, Bloomberg Members of President Barack Obama’s Cabinet plan to travel across the U.S. this year seeking to persuade small businesses to engage in more international trade as part of the administration’s drive to double exports. “For America to win the future, more small and medium- si... More
  • Wall Street Journal: For Small Businesses, Big World Beckons
    Jan 26, 2011 - By Justin Lahart, Wall Street Journal Husband-and-wife business partners Matt and Rene Greff are on track to open the first out-of-state branch of their Michigan brewpub later this year—in Bangalore, India. At Peter Frykman's Palo Alto, Calif., irrigation-equipment company, seven of the 20 employees... More
  • Chamber Poll: Small Biz Blames D.C.
    Jan 18, 2011 - “…78 percent of small businesses believe that taxation, regulation and legislation from Washington make it harder for businesses to hire more employees — and 74 percent blame the recent health care reforms passed by the Obama administration for creating an impediment to job creation.” Chamber Poll:... More

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