Cooperation yields results: high-tech small business development is targeted.The Partnership for Prosperity, initiated by U.S. President George W. Bush and President Vicente Fox in 2001, continues to yield positive benefits for both countries. Curtently, the Partnership has various working groups that assist in the overall mission of encouraging business development and collaboration between Mexico and the United States Relations between the United States and Mexico are among the most important and complex that each nation maintains. They are shaped by a mixture of mutual interests, shared problems, and growing interdependence. while strengthening commercial ties. In early July, as part of the Small Business and Finance Working Group, U.S. Treasurer Anna Escobedo Cabral Anna Escobedo Cabral (born 1959 in San Bernardino, California, USA) is the 42nd Treasurer of the United States. Cabral, a second-generation Mexican-American, was confirmed and sworn in to the position on December 13, 2004, joining a cadre of high ranking Hispanics that serve in and Hector Barreto Hector V. Barreto was the 21st Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration, confirmed on July 25, 2001. George W. Bush nominated him to the post. He resigned on April 25, 2006 following a controversial tenure as SBA chief. , chief administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA SBA abbr. Small Business Administration Noun 1. SBA - an independent agency of the United States government that protects the interests of small businesses and ensures that they receive a fair share of government ), came to Mexico to meet with officials in the Secretariat of the Economy and the PyME (Pequenas y Medias Empresas) along with representatives from the Import-Export Bank and the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC OPIC Overseas Private Investment Corporation OPIC Office de la Propriété Intellectuelle du Canada (French: Canadian Intellectual Property Office) OPIC Organization of Professional Immigration Consultants OPIC Ohio Public Interest Campaign ). Also in attendance were representatives from the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, led by Board Chairman David Lizarraga. AMCHAM/MEXICO, as part of its growing commitment to small business development, was represented by members of the External Relations Department as well as AMCHAM CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Larry D. Rubin. Persons of Hispanic descent represent the fastest-growing small business entrepreneurial community in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , accounting for 2 million small businesses. One of the aims of the Small Business and Finance Working Group is to transfer such success stories to Mexico and develop greater bilateral collaboration for small businesses. The purpose of the event was to sign a statement of collaboration between the U.S. and Mexican governments aimed at developing high-tech small business development centers across the border. In the hopes of providing Mexico with the tools necessary to foment fo·ment tr.v. fo·ment·ed, fo·ment·ing, fo·ments 1. To promote the growth of; incite. 2. To treat (the skin, for example) by fomentation. a hospitable small business environment, new educational partnerships in the technology field will exist between Mexico and the United States to develop more high-tech small business development centers. Universities in both countries will work together along with the public and private sectors to provide opportunities for small businesses in Mexico. Furthermore, policies are being discussed that could provide these centers with access to U.S. government-sponsored Small Business Innovation Research Grants as part of an information-sharing strategy between the two countries. Michael T. Parker is Coordinator of Government Relations at the American Chamber/Mexico. |
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