Assistance to Small Business Exporters and Dislocated
Creates Task Force to Boost Small Business Exports and Aid Workers
What it does
Agencies must establish a task force to boost small business exports and Labor must expedite dislocation assistance and outreach.
Real-world impact
- Helps small businesses sell to China, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Caribbean markets.
- Creates a national toll-free help line for displaced workers.
- Increases outreach and on-site assistance after multi-State layoffs.
Topics
Summary
This order creates an interagency task force to help U.S. small businesses, including those led by women, minorities, or in rural areas, sell products in new overseas markets—especially China, Sub-Saharan Africa, and the Caribbean Basin. The task force must begin work within 60 days and report annually.
It also directs the Department of Labor to speed up help for workers who lose jobs because of imports by improving outreach, creating a national help line, updating web information, and providing on-site assistance to affected communities.
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