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New Senate Bill Aims to Increase Competitiveness of Small Companies
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SOCMA this week announced its support of a bipartisan Senate bill that would help small and medium-sized manufacturers, which include many SOCMA members, promote their products overseas.
The Export Promotion Act of 2010 (S. 3084), spearheaded by Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and George LeMieux (R-FL), helps small businesses by increasing export promotion and outreach efforts through the Department of Commerce. Importantly, it restores staffing levels to roughly 1,600 for the International Trade Administration’s program specializing in matching small businesses with potential export markets.
“Promoting trade is one of SOCMA’s top legislative and regulatory priorities and this legislation will help increase the competitiveness of the chemical industry among those that need it most – smaller companies,” said Bill Allmond, SOCMA’s Vice President of Government Relations.
For more information on this issue, contact Justine Freisleben at (202) 721-4155.
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What Members Are Saying…
“Right off the bat, SOCMA’s ChemStewards provides you with a template that shows you good practices that should be implemented across-the-board. And the dialogue with other members and SOCMA staff is very valuable. You would have to pay a lot of money to bring in that kind of expertise, but with SOCMA, it’s all a benefit of membership.”
Dave Hurder
Vice President
McGean Inc.
