Tuesday, April 21, 2015
YOUNGSTOWN — The website, ohpaexports.com, for the global trade initiative created by the Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber and Youngstown State University is now live.
The OH-PA Stateline Export Initiative brings leaders from Ashtabula, Trumbull, Mahoning and Columbiana counties in Ohio, and Erie, Crawford, Mercer, Lawrence, Beaver and Butler counties in Pennsylvania together to survey local manufacturers on international trade efforts.
The goal is to create “a worldwide trade strategy that would turn the Valley into a more formidable economic engine,” according to a press release.
The chamber received recognition from Brookings Institution, a Washington D.C.-based think tank, for the trade initiative.
“As a leader in export policy and planning, their encouragement and guidance is necessary for the success of this initiative,” said Sarah Boyarko, chamber vice president for business expansion North America. “With the release of our website and survey, we’re ready to move on any opportunity to assist local firms with export growth and new firms with foreign direct investment.”