8-22-12 St. Louis Post Dispatch by Tim Logan Local business leaders and the World Trade Center St. Louis are planning a trade delegation to China, the latest in a long string of efforts to deepen the region’s ties with the world’s fastest-growing large economy. The trip, to the cities of Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing and Hangzhou, will […]

7-14-12 St. Louis Post Dispatch by Tim Logan Missouri companies continued to sell more products overseas in the first half of 2012, despite the cooling global economy. Exports from Missouri grew to $7.5 billion in the first six months of the year, up 5.8 percent from the same period in 2011, according to new data from […]

1-2-12 St. Louis Business Journal by Jeremy Nulik The World Trade Center St. Louis’ Ana Romero-Lizana said lexicon and cash flow are the biggest hurdles to building business internationally.               After 30 years of international business experience with companies such as Caterpillar, Monsanto and Solutia, Ana Romero-Lizana thought she had seen […]