International Trade Administration (ITA) Trade Promotion Program

International Trade Administration (ITA) Trade Promotion Programs represent a suite of resources and services from the U.S. Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration designed to help U.S. businesses expand exports and compete in global markets. Programs include export counseling, market research, trade missions, and matchmaking with international buyers.

While many ITA services are not direct grants, some programs offer cost-share opportunities for trade show participation and market development. Eligible participants are generally U.S. companies—including small businesses and nonprofits—seeking to grow international sales. ITA services are available through a network of U.S. Export Assistance Centers nationwide.

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Situated in the epicenter of global AI innovation, the AI Center will focus on accelerating U.S. AI exports by giving companies a clear, unified entry point to government resources and international market support. Your essential international business toolkit of practical exporting advice and business tools developed for you by our trade professionals Get the latest data and reports produced by ITA's team of trade specialists.

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Learn how to find the right export markets for you Global Business Navigator Chatbot Beta Welcome to the Global Business Navigator, an artificial intelligence (AI) Chatbot from the International Trade Administration (ITA). This tool, currently in beta version testing, is designed to provide general information on the exporting process and the resources available to assist new and experienced U.S. exporters.

The Chatbot, developed using Microsoft’s Azure AI services, is trained on ITA’s export-related content and aims to quickly get users the information they need. The Chatbot is intended to make the benefits of exporting more accessible by understanding non-expert language, idiomatic expressions, and foreign languages.

As a beta product, the Chatbot is currently being tested and its responses may occasionally produce inaccurate or incomplete information. The Chatbot is trained to decline out of scope or inappropriate requests. The Chatbot’s knowledge is limited to the public information on the Export Solutions web pages of Trade.

gov, which covers a wide range of topics on exporting. While it cannot provide responses specific to a company’s product or a specific foreign market, its reference pages will guide you to other relevant government resources and market research. Always double-check the Chatbot’s responses using the provided references or by visiting the Export Solutions web pages on Trade.

gov. Do not use its responses as legal or professional advice. Inaccurate advice from the Chatbot would not be a defense to violating any export rules or regulations. The Chatbot does not collect information about users and does not use the contents of users’ chat history to learn new information.

All feedback is anonymous. Please do not enter personally identifiable information (PII), sensitive, or proprietary information into the Chatbot. Your conversations will not be connected to other interactions or accounts with ITA.

Conversations with the Chatbot may be reviewed to help ITA improve the tool and address harmful, illegal, or otherwise inappropriate questions. The Chatbot supports a wide range of languages. Because the Chatbot is trained in English and responses are translated, you should verify the translation.

For example, the Chatbot may have difficulty with acronyms, abbreviations, and nuances in a language other than English. Global Business Navigator Chatbot Beta Welcome to the Global Business Navigator, an artificial intelligence (AI) Chatbot from the International Trade Administration (ITA).

This tool, currently in beta version testing, is designed to provide general information on the exporting process and the resources available to assist new and experienced U.S. exporters. The Chatbot, developed using Microsoft’s Azure AI services, is trained on ITA’s export-related content and aims to quickly get users the information they need.

The Chatbot is intended to make the benefits of exporting more accessible by understanding non-expert language, idiomatic expressions, and foreign languages. As a beta product, the Chatbot is currently being tested and its responses may occasionally produce inaccurate or incomplete information. The Chatbot is trained to decline out of scope or inappropriate requests.

The Chatbot’s knowledge is limited to the public information on the Export Solutions web pages of Trade. gov, which covers a wide range of topics on exporting. While it cannot provide responses specific to a company’s product or a specific foreign market, its reference pages will guide you to other relevant government resources and market research.

Always double-check the Chatbot’s responses using the provided references or by visiting the Export Solutions web pages on Trade. gov. Do not use its responses as legal or professional advice. Inaccurate advice from the Chatbot would not be a defense to violating any export rules or regulations.

The Chatbot does not collect information about users and does not use the contents of users’ chat history to learn new information. All feedback is anonymous. Please do not enter personally identifiable information (PII), sensitive, or proprietary information into the Chatbot.

Your conversations will not be connected to other interactions or accounts with ITA. Conversations with the Chatbot may be reviewed to help ITA improve the tool and address harmful, illegal, or otherwise inappropriate questions. The Chatbot supports a wide range of languages.

Because the Chatbot is trained in English and responses are translated, you should verify the translation. For example, the Chatbot may have difficulty with acronyms, abbreviations, and nuances in a language other than English.