The Global Business Resource Center at the College of Charleston, in partnership with the World Trade Center Charleston, is offering a free business seminar on financing exports.

The event will be held from 8:30 a.m. to noon on June 26, 2014, in the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce Boardroom, 4500 Leeds Ave., North Charleston.

For more information and to register for free, visit the Charleston Chamber website at this link.

harbor-ship-embedThe session will teach attendees about the Export-Import Bank, the official export credit agency of the United States, and how to use this resource to help finance the export of U.S. goods and services to international markets.

The featured speakers are: Michael K. Jackson, Director of City/State Partners & Small Business, Export-Import Bank of the United States; Charlotte Starfire, Director of Trade and Supply Chain Finance at Bank of America; Angela Johnson, President, Export Insurance Services, Inc.; and Tom Lauria, Area Manager, Small Business Development Center.

The Global Business Resource Center in the School of Business provides international education opportunities for students to gain the necessary international business skills, cross-cultural experience and foreign language proficiencies needed to compete effectively in today’s globalized economy.

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