WTCGP Breakfast Around the Region - October 20, 2005

  "International Trade: Assessing Country Risk"

   At this seminar, Nina Covrljan, Vice President and International Trade Banking Consultant with Sovereign   

   bank's Global Solutions Group, shared her in-depth knowledge of cross-border financing, both from the

   perspective of small and medium sized US businesses as well as International Financial Institutions. Through

   interactive discussions and case studies, seminar participants had an opportunity to develop a deeper

   understanding of the various components of foreign country risk as well as commercial risk and learned from

   a financing perspective how to effectively factor these elements into their business decisions.