Advocating for International Trade - Insights from NAFTZ's Legislative Summit

Getting lawmakers' eyes wide open to the benefits of Foreign Trade Zones. Hear from NAFTZ on educating Congress through their successful advocacy efforts on Capitol Hill.

The National Association of Foreign Trade Zones (NAFTZ) held their annual Legislative Summit in DC, where multiple teams met with over 40 congressional offices to discuss key issues facing the FTZ industry. We'll cover their strategic approach and top priorities for supporting international trade, importing, and exporting.

Main Points:
- NAFTZ emphasized getting lawmakers first-hand experience touring FTZs, noting their reaction to understanding the economic impact
- Shannon Fura highlights NAFTZ's proactive role in driving issues home to Congress and keeping jobs in the US across many industries
- The group shares how teams tailored their messaging to lawmakers' districts or states while universally emphasizing CBP resource constraints
- Jeff Tafel stresses the importance of ongoing advocacy like fly-ins to keep issues top-of-mind in Congress

Hear directly from NAFTZ on educating policymakers to support the Foreign Trade Zone Program and international trade. Their grassroots efforts are creating opportunities to address challenges in importing, exporting and supply chain management.

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Show references:

• Global Training Center - www.GlobalTrainingCenter.com
• Simply Trade Podcast - twitter.com/SimplyTradePod 

• Shannon Fura - https://www.linkedin.com/in/shannon-fura-895a92a

• Jeff Tafel - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffrey-j-tafel-cae

• Melissa Irmen - https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissairmen/ 

• PageFura - http://pagefura.com/ 

• NAFTZ - https://www.naftz.org/ 

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