Progress Report by the Trade Promotions Coordinating Committee (TPCC) on the status of the 2002 National Export Strategy. To date, about a third of the 2002 recommendations have been fully implemented. For most of the remaining recommendations, a solution is either imminent or in the making. Chapters: Status of 2002 Recommendations: Strategic Approach to Project Development, Better Customer Service, & Outreach: Education & Partnering; Supporting the Administration's Trade Agenda: Capacity Building, Promoting Development of Russia's Business Climate, & Transportation Security; & Appendices: Progress Report on the 2002 Recommendations, & TPCC Program Budget Authority. Abbreviations & Acronyms.

American companies, and the goods and services that they market, remain among the most competitive in the world.