WORLD TRADE CENTER MISSISSIPPI NEWS
Consul General of Canada, Louise Blais, with Consul General of Haiti, Gandy Thomas at the GCTA Welcome Reception
2016 Gulf Coast Trade Alliance (GCTA) Conference

The Mississippi World Trade Center hosted the 2016 Gulf Coast Trade Alliance on May 9-11 at the Beau Rivage in Biloxi. The GCTA is made of economic development agencies from Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, and Louisiana. 

The Alliance holds its annual world trade conference to promote international trade and provide connections for small businesses to resource and other businesses that can help them identify and pursue potential export opportunities. 

The conference explored the opportunities in markets across the globe with speakers and representatives from the ASEAN region, China, the Dominican Republic, the Caribbean, Haiti, Canada, and the U.S. 

INTERNATIONAL NEWS
U.S. Lifts Arms Embargo on Vietnam

The United States is rescinding a decades-old ban on sales of lethal military equipment to Vietnam, President Obama announced at a news conference in Hanoi on Monday, ending one of the last legal vestiges of the Vietnam War.

The United States has long made lifting the embargo contingent on Vietnam's improving its human rights record, and recently administration officials had hinted that the ban could be removed partly in response to China's buildup in the South China Sea.

MISSISSIPPI GLOBAL NEWS IN MAY
Boeing opens UAV unit at Mississippi State

Insitu , a unit of Boeing Co. will work with MSU's  unmanned aircraft center.


MDA International Trade Office Receives Presidential "E" Award

MDA receives the highest recognition for significant contribution to the expansion of U.S. exports.

Mississippi Legislature Passes Corporate Franchise Tax 

Recently, the MS House and Senate approved a conference committee report on Senate Bill 2858, known as the "Taxpayer Pay Raise Act of 2016."

Senate Passes American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act

Mississippi Manufacturers Association is thrilled to see the passing of HR 4923. The law will benefit textile producers and apparel brands by eliminating tariffs on imported goods that are not commercially available in the U.S.



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