Each year the Trade Alliance organizes a Business and Trade Mission, as well as an International Study Mission, which is co-organized with the Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce. The Trade Alliance also organizes a Cultural and Tourism Trip.
General Information
Promoting Greater Seattle in international markets and ensuring that the Seattle region maintains its place in the global economy requires contact with our business partners in target markets.
The Trade Alliance manages promotional and business missions to economic regions that have been selected by our Executive Board. Outbound missions include regional business leaders, small and medium-sized businesses and elected officials.
Below are our upcoming missions and to the right is a list of all the missions we’ve organized over the years.
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212 Greater Seattle International Study Mission to Chile
Santiago, Valparaiso, and Vina del Mar, Chile
April 20 – 27, 2012
Registration/sponsorship info: Anne Maria Jacobson
Tel: 206.389.7220
Program details: “A” Boungjaktha
Tel: 206.389.7289
2012 Cultural Mission to India and Nepal
Delhi, Jaipur, Agra, Kathmandu, Pokhara, Nagarkot, and Seoul (South Korea
September 22 – October 6, 2012
Contact: Allison Peterson
Tel: 206.389.7227
Trip Report Excerpt: 2012 Cleantech Business Mission to China
By Joe Borich, President, Washington State China Relations Council
Business and Trade Missions
2012: Cleantech Business Mission to Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai and Wuxi
2010: Taipei & Hong Kong
2009: Vietnam
2008: Northeast
China
2007: Southeast Asia
2006: India
2005: South China
2004: Japan
2003: Ireland and N. Ireland
2002: UK, Netherlands and Brussels
2001: Germany and Central Europe
2001: Taiwan and South Korea
2000: China
1999: Japan
1997: South America
1996: India
1995: United Kingdom
1995: China
1994: Vietnam
1993: Exploratory Mission to Vietnam
1992: Taiwan, Hong Kong and China
International Study Missions
2011 International Study Mission to the United Kingdom: Scotland and England
2010: Daejeon & Seoul, Korea
2009: Abu Dhabi & Dubai, UAE
2008: Helsinki, Finland
2007: Fukuoka and Kitakyushu, Japan
2006: Melbourne, Australia
2005: Belfast, N. Ireland and Dublin, Ireland
2004: Munich, Germany
2003: Shanghai, China
2002: Barcelona, Spain
2001: Stockholm, Sweden
2000: Berlin, Germany
1999: Sydney, Australia
1998: Singapore
1997: London and Bristol, UK
1996: Hong Kong
1994: Kansai Region, Japan
1992: Amsterdam and Rotterdam, Netherlands
1991: Atlanta
Cultural and Tourism Trips
2011 Cultural and Tourism Trip to Cambodia and Vietnam