NAIS scrapped!

According to a NY Times article this morning, USDA secretary Tom Vilsack will announce Friday that the Obama administration has decided to scrap NAIS, the controversial program intended to identify and track livestock in the event of an animal disease outbreak.

Doing Business With Mexico

The U.S. Commercial Service is holding a FREE webinar on doing business with Mexico on November 17 at 10 AM MT. The Santa Fe Export Assistance Center would like to welcome the participation of any of the NM firms you work with that might find it of interest. Speakers will include the Senior Commercial Officer (Mexico Region) Ann Bacher, the Principal Commercial Officer for Monterrey Geoff Bogart, someone from FedEx to talk about shipping issues, and someone from Zions Bank to discuss trade finance issues. Also highlighted during the webinar will be an upcoming trade mission to Mexico in February. If you are interested in participating in the webinar or the upcoming trade mission log on directly on Nov. 17th to:

http://www.buyusa.gov/utah/mexicowebinar.html

or contact the Santa Fe Export Assistance Center – Attention:

Catherine Spillman
International Trade Specialist
U.S. Export Assistance Center
Santa Fe, NM
T: 505-908-7434
F: 505-827-0211

Catherine.Spillman@mail.doc.gov