PRONETLINK.COM TO ADVISE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT ON E-COMMERCE TRADE ISSUES
-For release Aug 9, 2000
NEW YORK CITY,—August 9, 2000—ProNetLink.com (OTC BB: PNLK), the Global Trade Internetwork(TM), announced today that Glenn Zagoren, Co-Chairman of ProNetLink.com, has been invited to be participate in the Global Information Economy (GIE) Working Group of the U.S. State Department's Advisory Committee on International Economic Policy (ACIEP). The meetings will be hosted by Ambassador Alan Larson, the Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business and Agricultural Affairs at the main State Department building in Washington.
The Committee will be discussing the Department's cross-sectoral initiative on electronic commerce. One goal of the cross-sectoral e-commerce promotion initiative is to remove the barriers to global e-commerce trade.
At the same time that U.S. e-commerce firms are facing these obstacles, many countries are requesting advice on how best to revise their policies and laws so as to maximize their participation in the global information economy.
Through the Global Information Economy Working Group, Mr. Zagoren will part of a team that will provide advice on what reforms the U.S. Department of State should promote, and how it might best promote them.
Mr. Zagoren is also an advisor to the U.S. Department of Commerce as well as other international governments and organizations.
About ProNetLink.com
ProNetLink.com offers a frictionless e-commerce solution for global trade. ProNetLink's web site (www.ProNetLink.com), called the Global Trade Internetwork(TM), is an online, interactive webtool™ where small to medium sized businesses can work within the site to arrange all areas of global trade including procurement, logistics, finance, insurance, product certification and much more. Seasoned professionals or newcomers to the world trade market can use ProNetLink.com to identify business opportunities that will help increase revenues, as well as take advantage of tools and resources that will enhance operating efficiencies. ProNetLink.com offers a horizontal trade services solution for vertical e-based businesses around the world. Currently the ProNetLink.com Procurement Directory contains over 3.2 million companies from 122 countries.
About PNLTV.com
ProNetLink.com also features www.PNLTV.com">www.PNLTV.com, the Internet’s first global trade news broadcast network. PNLTV.com broadcasts a live newscast Monday through Friday at 11:00 a.m. EST featuring current global trade issues, interviews with government and international business leaders and reports from correspondents from around the world. PNLTV.com also offers in-depth coverage of special events such as the United Nations, U.S. Department of Commerce, WTO Meetings and the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. All PNLTV.com broadcasts are archived for viewing at anytime. PNLTV.com is free to viewers and can be accessed through the ProNetLink.com home page or by visiting www.PNLTV.com.
For more information, please contact ProNetLink.com, 645 Fifth Avenue, Suite 303, New York, NY 10022 Tel: (212) 688-8838, email: info@pronetlink.com.
ProNetLink.com is publicly traded on the NASDAQ exchange OTC Bulletin Board: PNLK (PNLK.OB).
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