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"Canada and Louisiana: Expanding Trade & Cultural Ties"

A Luncheon Briefing

featuring

Hon. Jean-Michel Roy
Consul General of Canada, Dallas

Hon. Mitch Landrieu
Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana

Introductions by

Patricia C. Denechaud, CMP
New Honorary Consul of Canada in Louisiana


Wednesday, July 7, 2004

12:00 Noon - 1:30 p.m.
(11:30 a.m. networking reception)

Plimsoll Club, 30th Floor, WTC
(Free validated parking in the WTC Garage)

Canada-U.S.-Louisiana

  • Together, Canada and the U.S. are the largest trading partners in the world with $1.1 billion, in two-way trade crossing the Canada-U.S. border every day of the year.
     
  • Canada is the largest single supplier of petroleum products to the U.S. and provides 100 percent of electricity imports, 83 percent of natural gas imports, and 35 percent of the uranium used in U.S. nuclear power plants.
     
  • In 2002, Canada-Louisiana trade amounted to $1.7 billion while 114,000 Canadian tourists spent $65 million in Louisiana.

More Canada-Louisiana trade information can be accessed by clicking here.

Co-Sponsoring Organizations

Honorary Consulate of Canada
UPS
World Trade Center of New Orleans
 
In Cooperation With
 
Ark-La-Tex Regional Export & Technology Center
Baton Rouge Center for World Affairs
Consular Corps of New Orleans
French-American Chamber of Commerce
Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Louisiana
International Freight Forwarders and Customs Brokers Association of New Orleans
International Trade Council/Red River Region
Lafayette International Center
Louisiana District Export Council
Louisiana International Trade Center/SBDC
Louisiana Tax Free Shopping
Louisiana Technology Council
New Orleans U.S. Export Assistance Center
Propeller Club, Port of New Orleans
World Affairs Council of New Orleans
World Trade Club of Greater New Orleans

Cost: $30 for members of the sponsoring organizations and companies.  $35 for non-members.

Registration and prepayment are
required by July 6, 10:00 a.m.

If you are a WTC member, the registration fee can be charged to your account number noted on the registration form. 

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