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This Global Trade Adventure

This Global Trade Adventure

著者： Jim Ray
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 The World Trade Center Kentucky provides insights and services related to global trade for Kentucky companies. Episodes will focus on international business, trade issues, supply chain management and other topics. These brief discussions will involve guests from various companies already doing business on a global scale. They'll share observation, perspectives and advice to help other professionals navigate this global trade adventure.2023 マネジメント マネジメント・リーダーシップ 経済学
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  • A Technology Entrepreneur's Journey with Sunny Dronawat, ECO of Samiteon

    A Technology Entrepreneur's Journey with Sunny Dronawat, ECO of Samiteon
    2025/10/13

    Episode 28: Today, podcast producer Jim Ray interviews Dr. Sunny Dronawat, Executive Chairman and Global CEO of Samiteon. Based in Louisville, Samiteon is a technology process and people innovation company, founded in 2006. They’ll discuss how the company began and how it is growing in the US, India and the UAE.

    So, from all of us at the World Trade Center Kentucky's This Global Trade Adventure podcast, remember, when you're ready, we connect businesses globally.

    To Learn More:

    Website: www.Samiteon.com

    Upcoming WTCKY EVENTS:

    · 11/05/25 – Tariff Strategies for Your Global Supply Chain

    · 11/11-13/25 – International Trade Certification Program

    The next episode of our podcast will launch on 11/10/25. Thank you for listening. Be sure to follow This Global Trade Adventure on your favorite podcast platform, or at www.WTCKY.com/podcast.

    We hope you enjoyed this episode. Our schedule is to publish a new episode on the 2nd Monday of each month.

    Please consider sharing this with your colleagues. Until next time, thank you for listening and welcome to This Global Trade Adventure.
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    34 分
  • A Discussion with Colin Bird, Consul General for Canada in Detroit

    A Discussion with Colin Bird, Consul General for Canada in Detroit
    2025/09/08
    Episode 27: Today, podcast producer Jim Ray interviews the Consul General for Canada in Detroit, Colin Bird. He’s in town speaking with Kentucky businesses and government officials. He’ll return for the upcoming Global Executive Forum, on September 23rd, in Lexington. Today, we’ll discuss the very significant trade relationship Kentucky has with Canada. It might surprise you. Meet Consul General Colin Bird Colin is responsible for a regional area including Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio and Michigan. The role of a Consul General is to be the regional Canadian diplomat. He functions as a regional ambassador. Canada has multiple consuls general responsible for various regions, across the US. The night before recording this episode, Colin gave a presentation in Louisville to the Rotary Club on the state of the US-Canadian relationship. Colin is joined on this trip by Canadian trade diplomat, Jeff Burghardt. Colin and his team support the interests of Canadian businesses that are interested in doing business in this region of the US. They track approximately 100 Canadian businesses that have operations in Kentucky. The team also helps Kentucky businesses interested in doing business with Canada. How Much Business Does Kentucky Do with Canada? According to recent figures, provided by the Consul General’s office, Kentucky exports $9.3billion in goods to Canada, annually. This includes $5.4million in services. This is more than Kentucky exports to its next 2 export markets, combined. Kentucky imports $5.8billion in goods from Canada. Colin points out that we are trading a significant level of “intermediate goods” that are used as inputs into final products that are built or assembled in our respective countries. We typically receive finished goods from other global companies in China and Europe. However, 70% of the trade between Canada and Kentucky are for intermediate goods. Canada is the largest export market for the US, particularly with regard to Colin’s 4-state area of responsibility. The US and Canada have been growing its mutual trade relationship since WWII. Colin comments on how the recent tariff issues seems to be a significant change from that seamless, trade relationship. The situation is impacting factors that have contributed to the long-existing relationship. Both Kentucky and Canada have a strong Toyota presence. Trade Diplomacy is the Mission Colin is a trade diplomat. Previously, he lead the economic and policy team at the embassy in Washington DC. He was the senior trade official for the G7 and the G20. His has been a career that’s highlighted many of the reasons the US-Canada trade relationship is special. There is currently optimism that the current tension will level out and we’ll be able to recognize our mutual interest. Colin was directly involved in the USMCA agreement negotiations. The conversations behind the scenes tend to be extremely productive. Kentucky’s own Kelly Craft was also involved. She served as US Ambassador to Canada from 2017-2019 and was later confirmed as the US Ambassador to the United Nations. While the negotiations began fairly at odds, the focus on critical supply chain integrity and external strategic threats (e.g. critical minerals), worked to bring the parties into alignment. China was 10-15 years ahead on electric vehicles. Having a strong, North American manufacturing capability and base became the imperative. Five years ago, the USMCA was signed all three parties. From Colin’s perspective, the investments made have begun to bear fruit. Tariff policy is having an effect, but the advances in manufacturing have resulted in good paying jobs for all three constituents. Interestingly, 70% of the feedstock going into the refineries in our region come from Canada, at a discounted price. This helps to fuel manufacturing. Kentucky Is an Important Market for Canada There are multiple, Canadian sectors that benefit from exports to Kentucky. Agriculture has become a significant sector resulting from direct investment from Canada. There’s already a strong automotive parts trade between Canada and Kentucky. Kentucky’s strategic location is extremely advantageous. Having the UPS world hub in Louisville is a serious advantage. Colin mentions the new Canadian bridge that will tie into I-75 out of Toronto. It’ll include 6 new lanes and 35 customs booths. It’s an investment in infrastructure that will yield a tremendous advantage in years to come. Both Canada and Kentucky will soon have very large SK Blue Oval electric battery manufacturing facilities. Kentucky’s advancement, according to Colin, is in large part due to the abundance of raw and processed minerals being imported from Canada. One of Louisville’s Ford plants is changing over to produce more of the electric vehicles, while the Windsor Canada plant (across from Detroit) is building a new battery ...
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    32 分
  • Using AI to Scale Your Business Globally

    Using AI to Scale Your Business Globally
    2025/07/14
    Episode 26: Today, Omar Ayyash, President & CEO of the World Trade Center Kentucky interviews Todd Schmiedeler, Senior VP of Zero Waste Manufacturing, as well as the Founder & CEO of Thumbprint Consulting. They are going to discuss issues related to using AI to scale your business globally. Meet Todd Schmiedeler Todd spends a considerable time thinking about growing businesses, partly in an effort to make sure his own kids have a thriving environment in which to grow and work. The more global business that being done in Kentucky means people living hear will have the opportunity to gain valuable experience without having to leave for other cities. Todd completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Louisville. He later earned his Master’s degree in business communications, as well as his doctorate in Leadership at Spaulding University. He worked at the Center for Women and Families, a Louisville, nonprofit organization. He later worked at Norton Healthcare’s Children’s Hospital and the Norton Healthcare Foundation. Later, he spent 10 years at Trilogy Health Services. Four years ago, he launched his own company and also ventured into the waste-to-energy business. Todd has become extremely involved in AI, especially from a business process and business growth perspective. The Impact of AI Omar asks Todd to discuss the impact on AI on Todd’s business, as well as the business with which he consults. Todd is extremely excited about the growth of AI domestically, as well as internationally. He admits that 9 months ago, he used AI similar to how he used Google and as an administrative assistant. A friend gave him a copy of The AI-Driven Leader, by Geoff Woods. It helped bring the potential into focus and now he spends considerable time helping friends and clients to implement AI technology in their respective businesses. Todd believes most people are significantly underutilizing the power of AI, if they’re using it at all. He admits he was, at first. He contacted Geoff and asked how he could learn more. Geoff was in the process of establishing The Leadership Collective (AILeadership.com), which he later joined. It meets quarterly in Austin, TX. It’s comprised of roughly 75 C-Suite leaders from across the world. Those leaders are incredibly savvy in business and implementation. It’s, in large part, how Todd began engaging in global business. Todd disagrees with the adage, knowledge is power. Knowledge is potential power. You have to understand how to apply it and how to access it. By itself, knowledge is only intelligence. Todd is taking this approach to AI and helping people with their individual businesses. The productivity AI offers should result in employees being able to better balance their objectives with their outside lives. Todd readily admits, he struggles in this area. He loves what he does, but would relish the opportunity to spend more time with his family, several of whom work with him at Thumbprint Consulting. AI is helping them tool the business for scale. They are focused on 10X-ing the business, each year. One of the people Todd interacts with in The Leadership Collective owns all of the Domino’s pizzas in China. He’s adding 500 stores per year. He’s using AI to standardize back-office data and report out all of the key financials, at the individual store-level, and roll them up into a more manageable reporting structure, for problem identification and decision making insights, across 2,000+ locations. Geoff Woods notes that AI can be your thought-partner. You still need to be the leader, but imagine the collaborative impact of AI, at your fingertips. Geoff has created an AI Board of Directors, based on AI personas from people like Steve Jobs, Warren Buffet, Jim Collins and other high-performing leaders. Todd shares how he uses AI to determine if words he uses in team communications could be misunderstood or misinterpreted by his team. He has a number of foreign nationals working for him. Colloquial terms may be challenges for people who do not speak English, natively. AI is a tool for improving the effectiveness of his communication. AI is about improving speed, accuracy and the integrity about what you’re trying to accomplish. On a regular day, Todd asks himself 2 questions: 1. How can AI help me? 2. Who should be doing this? Advice For Global Business Leaders Hesitant to Embrace AI An important question Todd offers is for leaders to consider, “Who do you want to be?” Is it about who you’ve been or maybe you’re only interested in becoming incrementally better. Better yet, if you want freedom of time, relationships and financial, you have to figure out how to scale. It’s difficult in an environment in which capital is thinning. The solution is to consider hiring AI staff members, at a fraction of the cost, able to work 24-7 and operating at an ...
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