Workshop Objectives

Trade continues to dominate news headlines, with changes taking place daily. The complexity can seem overwhelming to companies trying to make sense of what seems like a suddenly threatening environment. Firms that understand the new global and regional landscape are better prepared and positioned to find new opportunities for growth. This one-day workshop will help prepare you better to seize these prospects to find new markets or maximise the potential of existing contact networks.

Workshop Trainers

• Dr Deborah Elms Executive Director, Asian Trade Centre
• Dr Raymon Krishnan Director, Asian Trade Centre

Why you should attend this workshop:

• Have a better understanding of how the global trading system affects your business
• See how regional trade arrangements fit within the global system
• Appreciate how and why trade news continues to dominate the headlines
• Grasp how you can take advantage of existing trade arrangements in the region to capture new business opportunities that are often unavailable to your competitors
• Decode common technical terms and jargon that are important for running your business smoothly
• Learn from case studies of firms taking advantage of trade agreements like ASEAN, the Comprehensive and Progressive TransPacific Partnership (CPTPP), and others
• Build-in the use of trade agreements and free-trade areas as a component for your internationalisation plan, strategies and other strategic planning decisions
• Identify the relationships between free-trade areas and other parts of a business such as supply chain, logistics, revenue, and costs

Who should attend this workshop?

• CEOs
• COOs
• Directors of Business Development
• Directors of Supply Chain & Logistics
• Business Owners of SMEs
• Key decision-makers involved in ASEAN, Asia, global expansion, internationalisation strategies and planning

Workshop Details

• Date – 1 August 2019
• Time – 8.30am to 5.30pm
• Venue – Singapore (TBC)

Workshop Fees

• Standard – S$1,000
• Early Bird – S$800
• Group Registration (minimum of 10 participants) – S$700
• ABTA Members (Gold) – First two tickets free; the next two tickets at S$600/each
• ABTA Members (Silver) – First ticket free; the next two tickets at S$600/each
• ABTA Members (General) – The first two tickets at S$700/each
• NTUC Members – S$600
• AMTC Members in Singapore who qualify for SkillsFuture program – S$500
• AMTC Members who are based outside Singapore – S$200

Please note that prices are inclusive of GST and payments need to be made within seven days from registration day.

More Information

For more information, contact +65 6536 3415, info@asiabusinesstrade.org. The contact for this event is Jia Hui Tee, on email: jiahui@asiantradecentre.org.

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