The realities of export trade finance in the midst of economic uncertainty

Date:  Monday, May 18th 
Time: 8:00 a.m – Noon  

Union Square Boardroom
600 University Street
Seattle, Washington 98101

Please join the World Trade Club of Seattle and the Export Finance Assistance Center of Washington for a half-day professional briefing on the status of payment risk intermediation and trade financing options for international trade transactions. Up-to-date program status and recent activity reviews by government resources, including Export-Import Bank of the United States and the U.S. Small Business Administration.

Topics Include:

• Working capital guarantees to support bank financing;
• Short-term payment risk insurance – the government version;
  
• Buyer financing guarantees – what markets remain eligible;
  
• Private sector credit research (“due diligence”) support for making sound credit decisions;
  
• Payment risk insurance from the private sector:  what resources remain viable, what are their eligibility requirements and coverage parameters;
  
• The bankers’ view:  practical advice from experienced  local trade finance bankers;
  
• Exporters’ actual transactions in the current market; hear what worked for them;
  

WHO SHOULD ATTEND:  Small business managers who export or want to do so on an acceptable-risk basis. Bankers who need to know how to respond to these customers and make use of payment-risk intermediation resources.  Business professionals (attorneys, CPA’s, consultants) who rely on current resource and market practice information.