The U.S. Department of Commerce is hosting a webinar next Tuesday, March 27, at 1:00 p.m. (EDT) designed to maximum U.S. company sales with  international buyers at trade shows.

Brazil has long been on a short list of automotive specialty-equipment markets that SEMA is tracking as having the potential to develop into one of the world’s most important.

President Obama has created a new Interagency Trade Enforcement Center (ITEC) to enhance the administration's capabilities to aggressively challenge unfair foreign trade practices.

A total of 150 SEMA Show exhibitors received international recognition for 257 new products released at the 2011 SEMA Show through the Global Media Awards.

The April 2012 SEMA Middle East Business Development Program in the United Arab Emirates has now sold out. A waiting list has been started online, and those registering will be invited to participate on a space-available basis.

Some of the fastest-growing markets in recent years have been in the Middle East—the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the five neighboring countries comprising the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), which are Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and Saudi Arabia.

The Jeep Wrangler Diesel, Toyota Hilux and the Thailand-built Ford Ranger Double Cab are among the vehicles SEMA members would most like to have access to in order to create product. Each of these vehicles is popular overseas but is not sold in the United States.

Join SEMA members traveling to the region for meetings with pre-vetted buyers from throughout the UAE , Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Qatar in a day-long series of face-to-face meetings and networking events, April 17–20.

SEMA manufacturers of air intake systems, exhausts, exterior accessories, suspension kits, interior accessories, truck caps and other products are participating in the inaugural SEMA one-on-one, Middle East matchmaking program taking place in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

In a SEMA-supported development, the U.S. government announced this week that the United States and Chinese governments have agreed to include the legalization of the Chinese specialty-equipment market as part of high-level U.S.-Chinese government talks.