{"id":3673,"date":"2020-03-03T12:52:48","date_gmt":"2020-03-03T12:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/conferences.la.utexas.edu\/texaseusummit\/?page_id=3673"},"modified":"2020-03-03T13:38:01","modified_gmt":"2020-03-03T13:38:01","slug":"2019-summit","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/conferences.la.utexas.edu\/texaseusummit\/2019-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\" style=\"color:#14485e\">Texas-EU Business Summit 2019<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\" style=\"color:#14485e\">May 16, 2019<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\" style=\"color:#14485e\">University of Texas, Austin<br>San Jacinto Residence\/Event Hall<br>309 E 21st&nbsp;Street<br>Austin, TX 78705<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>In its 8<sup>th<\/sup> year, the Texas-EU Business Summit is the premier event for Texas businesses, entrepreneurs and economic development professionals seeking to expand their footprint in Europe. The summit provides Texas businesses, entrepreneurs, policymakers and<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>target businesses with an overview of trade and expansion business opportunities in Europe as well as information and connections to make the most of those opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Texas is already the largest exporting state to the EU. The summit builds on that footprint, focusing on promoting the international trade capacity of Texas businesses and economic development organizations while creating greater awareness regarding the benefits of exporting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-color wp-block-heading\" style=\"color:#961515\">Texas-European Union quick facts:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Offers business access to a diverse market of 500 million people with a GDP of $18.5 trillion.<\/li><li>Texas exports to the European Union exceed $60 billion.<\/li><li>In 2015,&nbsp; the Top Five Texas exports to Europe by sector were: petroleum and coal products \u2013 22.7%, chemicals \u2013 22.7%, computers and electronics \u2013 15.0%, transportation equipment \u2013 10.0%, and machinery 8.1%<\/li><li>The UK, Germany, France, Netherlands, and Spain are leading sources of FDI in Texas.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>The Texas-EU Business Summit sessions are led by business leaders, trade and investment officials from EU countries, trade policy experts and political officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This years event will be held at the University of Texas at Austin San Jacinto Resident\/Event Hall <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/309+E+21st+St,+Austin,+TX+78705\/@30.2822461,-97.7368051,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x8644b59bdf224df7:0xcb8646ff6c27c882!8m2!3d30.2822461!4d-97.7346164\">309 E 21st , Austin TX 78705<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\"><br><a href=\"https:\/\/conferences.la.utexas.edu\/texaseusummit\/files\/2019\/05\/AbbottPortrait-updated-headshot-3.15.png\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"452\" height=\"452\" class=\"wp-image-3645\" style=\"width: 195px\" src=\"https:\/\/conferences.la.utexas.edu\/texaseusummit\/files\/2019\/05\/AbbottPortrait-updated-headshot-3.15.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/conferences.la.utexas.edu\/texaseusummit\/files\/2019\/05\/AbbottPortrait-updated-headshot-3.15.png 452w, https:\/\/conferences.la.utexas.edu\/texaseusummit\/files\/2019\/05\/AbbottPortrait-updated-headshot-3.15-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/conferences.la.utexas.edu\/texaseusummit\/files\/2019\/05\/AbbottPortrait-updated-headshot-3.15-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 452px) 100vw, 452px\" \/><br><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\" style=\"color:#961515\"><br><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/open?id=1EeuBbYWUGNxCda_SR-xiEJ-AZayyHfro\">Texas Governor Greg Abbott\u2019s Welcome Letter<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-color wp-block-heading\" style=\"color:#14485e\"><br><a href=\"https:\/\/conferences.la.utexas.edu\/texaseusummit\/2019-agenda\/\">2019 Agenda<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-color wp-block-heading\" style=\"color:#14485e\"><a href=\"https:\/\/conferences.la.utexas.edu\/texaseusummit\/2019-presenters-2\/\">2019 Presenters<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-color wp-block-heading\" style=\"color:#144853\"><a href=\"https:\/\/conferences.la.utexas.edu\/texaseusummit\/2019-advisors\/\">2019 Summit Advisors<\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas-EU Business Summit 2019 May 16, 2019 University of Texas, AustinSan Jacinto Residence\/Event Hall309 E 21st&nbsp;StreetAustin, TX 78705 In its 8th year, the Texas-EU Business Summit is the premier event for Texas businesses, entrepreneurs and economic development professionals seeking to expand their footprint in Europe. 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