Los Angeles — The National Foreign Trade Council (NFTC) Foundation’s Global Innovation Forum (GIF) today released a new report, “Making Small Businesses Mighty,” sharing insights from Indo-Pacific small businesses about the importance of digital trade and the...
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Jamaica Gayle Appointed Global Innovation Forum Executive Director
Washington D.C. – National Foreign Trade Council (NFTC) President Jake Colvin today announced the appointment of Jamaica Gayle as Executive Director of the NFTC Foundation's Global Innovation Forum (GIF) as of November 1, 2021. "I am thrilled that Jamaica will serve...
Global Innovation Forum, Allied for Startups, release transatlantic recommendations for promoting small business access to digital technologies
WASHINGTON D.C. — The National Foreign Trade Council (NFTC) Foundation’s Global Innovation Forum (GIF) and Allied for Startups (A4S) today issued a series of recommendations to help inform the European Union and the United States as they seek to shape the...
New Report Highlights How Digital Tools are Powering SMB Resilience & Global Engagement
Washington, D.C.— NFTC’s Global Innovation Forum (GIF) released a new report that examines how pandemic has demonstrated the importance of digital tools in mitigating the economic impact of COVID-19 and maximizing small businesses’ access to global markets to bolster...
New Report Explores Lessons Learned from COVID-19 for e-Commerce
Washington, D.C.—NFTC’s Global Innovation Forum (GIF) released a new report that explores the lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic for the World Trade Organization (WTO) e-commerce agenda. The report, Lessons From COVID-19 For E-Commerce, features digital trade...
New Report Explores Women Entrepreneurs’ Use of Digitally-Enabled Networks
Ottawa, ON -- Today, NFTC’s Global Innovation Forum (GIF) released a new report on how women are leveraging digitally-enabled networks to manage uncertainty and how governments can support women’s entrepreneurship through COVID-19 economic recovery efforts. The...
GIF Launches New Report at APEC Forums on SMEs and Women’s Economic Empowerment
The Global Innovation Forum released a new report on supporting women's entrepreneurship to support Chile's host year of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum (APEC) via events in September and October. On September 5, 2019 the Global Innovation Forum officially...