United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office General Government Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1995-05-23 monographic deposited born digital GA 1.13:T-GGD-95-169 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-T-GGD-95-169 P0b002ee18039b5d2 f:tgg95169 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-T-GGD-95-169 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-T-GGD-95-169 T-GGD-95-169 International trade Exporting Business assistance Sales promotion Export regulation Commodity marketing Agricultural programs Foreign trade policies Economic analysis International economic relations Dept. of Commerce National Trade Data Bank USDA Market Promotion Program USDA Export Enhancement Program USDA GSM-102 Program USDA GSM-103 Program Tied Aid Capital Projects Fund Testimony GGD The U.S. government currently has several trade promotion programs that provide business counseling, training, market research information, export subsidies, and export finance assistance and sponsor trade missions and fairs. In today's tight budget environment, Congress is carefully reviewing all government programs and expenditures. Export promotion programs are receiving close scrutiny because they involve, at a minimum, government intervention in markets and, in the most expansive form, provide subsidies to the private sector. This testimony addresses the following issues: What are the justifications for such programs? Can money be saved and the programs made more cost effective? Are such programs, irrespective of whether they are cost effective and are grounded in an analytically defensible rationale, worthy of the expenditure of taxpayer dollars, given the extent of proposed cuts in a whole range of government programs? https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-T-GGD-95-169/html/GAOREPORTS-T-GGD-95-169.htm GAO/T-GGD-95-169 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-T-GGD-95-169 Testimony GAO/T-GGD-95-169; Export Promotion: Rationales For and Against Government Programs and Expenditures; International trade Exporting Business assistance Sales promotion Export regulation Commodity marketing Agricultural programs Foreign trade policies Economic analysis International economic relations Dept. of Commerce National Trade Data Bank USDA Market Promotion Program USDA Export Enhancement Program USDA GSM-102 Program USDA GSM-103 Program Tied Aid Capital Projects Fund