Aug 20, 2024
Export-Import (EXIM) Bank of the United States is the federal agency that provides finance solutions to exporters as a way to support U.S. jobs. While EXIM is best known for offering export credit insurance, it is also a lender. EXIM’s Make More in America Initiative provides loans for the creation…
Read MoreJul 24, 2024
Critical Minerals Supply Chains, Part II International Division Assistant Director Laurie Pieper has been having valuable conversations about critical minerals supply chains with researchers and stakeholders in our Kansas business ecosystem. These are helping Commerce understand the efforts underway and will help better position us for collaboration and information sharing…
Read MoreJun 28, 2024
The issues surrounding critical mineral supply chains are complicated, variable, and constitute an area of high priority for economic and national security. Broadly speaking, critical minerals (including rare earth elements) are those that have essential uses and vulnerable supply chains. Of particular interest are those that play a role in…
Read MoreJun 28, 2024
International trade can be a valuable opportunity for companies to grow strategically and harness many benefits in the process. Good businesses that are successful in trade become better businesses as they increase their revenues, improve efficiencies of scale, diversify their markets, expand their connections, and become more innovative, more resilient,…
Read MoreJun 28, 2024
Investment in Kansas by international companies is important to the state economy. Attracting these investments is one of the International Division’s main strategies for growing the Kansas economy. Investments by majority foreign-owned firms can take the form of significant capital and managerial investment into an existing business; acquiring, merging, or…
Read MoreJun 6, 2024
As the world becomes more globally interconnected, Kansas Department of Commerce ensures that our state is relevant and engaged internationally. This helps grow the state economy and fosters positive diplomatic relations. At an increasingly rapid rate, advances in technology, transportation and communications systems facilitate the free flow of goods and…
Read MoreJun 6, 2024
Global Resources is focused on key assets to support the international business ecosystem in Kansas. One of these is strong trade infrastructure. Kansas is fortunate to have valuable systems, structures and facilities that contribute to this infrastructure. There is, however, more work to be done to ensure we minimize hurdles…
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Global Resources is an innovative, new sub-division within the International Division of the Kansas Department of Commerce. Our mission is to advance the state’s economic development objectives by cultivating and maintaining resources that bolster Kansas’ participation in international commerce. Amongst state-level economic development organizations across the United States, Kansas is…
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