CLDP, in partnership with the U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, and hosted by the Iraqi National Investment Commission (NIC), held a franchise trade mission, the first of its kind in recent years to Iraq.

To support the development of US franchise opportunities in Iraq, the US Department of Commerce (FCS and CLDP), in cooperation with the Iraqi National Investment Commission (NIC), the US Embassy in Iraq, and the US Consulate in Erbil, organized a Franchising Program for representatives from Iraq’s...

As part of a multi-phase technical assistance program, CLDP sponsored the participation of a representative of the State Enterprise Derzhzovnishinform (DZI), affiliated with the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine (MEDT), to attend the 22nd Annual Short Course in Global Trade...

June 16-21, CLDP organized the US Consultations on Franchising for Georgia in New York to assist officials from the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development and the Business Association of Georgia to develop a business environment conducive to attracting more franchises in Georgia.

In cooperation with the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine, CLDP organized a five-day Workshop on Economic Modeling and Trade Policy Development II in Kyiv on June 2-6, 2014 for Ukrainian Government officials.

CLDP, in cooperation with the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia (MoESD), held a Workshop on Trade Policy Analysis and Negotiation in Tbilisi, Georgia on April 16-17, 2014.

CLDP hosted a delegation of 15 Tunisian franchising stakeholders, including representatives from the Ministry of Commerce and private sector executives in Paris, France from March 21-24, 2014.

CLDP held a workshop for the Moroccan Ministry of Commerce on the effective implementation of trade remedies, with a focus on subsidies, in Rabat from March 11-13, 2014.

From January 13-17, CLDP was in Bamako, Mali to conduct an assessment of the commercial law capacity building needs of the Government of Mali. During the assessment, conducted in coordination with the USAID Mission in Bamako, CLDP met with officials from the Ministries of Commerce, Justice...