Are trade missions politically driven?
As the mission organizers, our main focus is on the business program – the job of setting up business meetings and coordinating logistics. Occasionally there is political participation on trade missions. Half of NSBI-organized trade missions include a Provincial Minister or our Premier. We look at their involvement as a positive addition to trade missions. Participants have the unique opportunity to meet with our political leaders. As well, there are often more networking events included in the mission. We believe that trade missions are all about new business opportunities and including political representatives on a mission is almost always good for results.6. I want to be part of a trade mission, but they never seem to go to the market that I want, or take place at a convenient time.If your company has a market in mind that you’d like to pursue and you’ve done the research to support it, NSBI can help through a program calledExport Prospector.
