Category: Press Releases

The delegation is the first to travel abroad on behalf of the state since early 2020 SALT LAKE CITY – Eight Utah life science companies are representing the state in […]

January 21, 2021 Jon M. Huntsman Jr. is the new chair of World Trade Center Utah (WTC Utah). With members and partners across the state, including the Governor’s Office of […]

SALT LAKE CITY (Nov. 19, 2020) – World Trade Center Utah (WTC Utah) now offers a full range of products and services to help Utah companies enter and expand in global […]

November 3, 2020 – Utah Industry Resource Alliance (UIRA), under CARES Act funding, released an in-depth economic study of the impacts of the COVID-19 induced recession on Utah’s manufactures: Using […]

September 30, 2020 SALT LAKE CITY – The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced that World Trade Center Utah (WTC Utah) will receive a State Trade Expansion Program (STEP) Grant […]

September 1, 2020 Aaron Starks will be joining the World Trade Center Utah team as the Vice President of Growth Services. WTC Utah leads Utah’s international business development and elevates […]

Salt Lake City – The Utah Industry Resource Alliance (UIRA) announces its offcial launch. UIRA provides all Utah manufacturers with a single, expert resource to help them improve their bottom […]

April 23, 2020 The flood of new programs and resources from D.C. are critical for small business owners to understand, but with the volume and number of changes, that is […]

Salt Lake City (March 5, 2020) – Celebrating the economic and social contributions of women on a global scale, the Women’s Business Center of Utah and World Trade Center Utah […]

WTC Utah is administering STEP Grants to small Utah companies to pursue their international business efforts. STEP is funded in part through a Grant with the U.S. Small Business Administration. […]

SALT LAKE CITY (January 14, 2020) – Seven Utah companies and organizations were recruited by World Trade Center Utah (WTC Utah) to attend CES 2020 in Las Vegas as part […]

DENVER – The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced that the World Trade Center Utah (WTC Utah) will receive a $500,000 grant to support export growth among small businesses through […]

SALT LAKE CITY – Last week, Gov. Gary R. Herbert led a delegation of 22 Utah businesses and organizations on a trade mission to Japan. Throughout the trade mission, in […]

SALT LAKE CITY – Gov. Gary R. Herbert is leading a trade mission to Japan later this week. Representatives from 22 of Utah’s leading companies and organizations will join him. […]

Salt Lake City – While participating in the National Governors Association Summer Meeting held in Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. Ambassador to China Terry Branstad met with WTC Utah as […]

Gov. Gary R. Herbert led a delegation of 23 Utah businesses and organizations on a trade mission to Switzerland, France and Italy from June 13 to 21, 2019. Throughout the trade mission, Utah delegation members participated in 52 meetings with international companies and organizations to accelerate worldwide growth for Utah companies, forge new relationships with key European business and government leaders and promote Utah as a global hub for trade and investment.  

SALT LAKE CITY – Gov. Gary R. Herbert is leading a business and diplomacy delegation of Utah companies and organizations on a trade mission to Switzerland, France and Italy to boost […]

SALT LAKE CITY – On May 23, 2019, the U.S. Department of Commerce awarded Utah-based medical device company Maxtec with the 2019 President’s “E” Awards in recognition of their organization’s […]

SALT LAKE CITY – World Trade Center Utah (WTC Utah) hosted a delegation of more than 100 high-level Chinese government and business leaders for a trade and investment forum at […]

A Qatari delegation, led by His Excellency Sheikh Meshal Bin Hamad Al-Thani, Ambassador Anne Patterson and Ambassador Khalid Bin Yousef Al-Sada, visited Utah on March 21 and 22 and was […]

World Trade Center Utah (WTC Utah) co-hosted an International Women’s Day Celebration on March 8 in cooperation with the Women’s Business Center of Utah (WBCUtah) and the Salt Lake Chamber. […]

The Silicon Slopes Tech Summit that spanned from Jan. 31 – Feb. 1 in Salt Lake City brought over 20,000 attendees in celebration of a historic year for Utah’s tech […]

Serving as the gateway to the Middle East, the UAE purchased more than $20 billion in imports last year from the United States.  Hoping to diversify their economy and, particularly, trade and investment in the United States, the UAE diplomats visited Utah to identify potential investment and partnership opportunities.

SALT LAKE CITY – World Trade Center Utah (WTC Utah) recently awarded funding to 10 Utah companies as part of the Utah Export Acceleration Grant (EAG). Created to help small […]

Presented by Gov. Gary R. Herbert, the annual Utah Global Forum on Nov. 8, 2018, convened national experts, diplomats from Utah’s largest international trade markets and more than 400 Utah business leaders to discuss the opportunities and challenges for Utah to increase its global trade and investment.