Small Business Exporters Association (SBEA)
SBEA is NSBA’s international trade arm for small and mid-sized exporters. SBEA serves small and mid-sized exporters by advancing trade and export policy priorities that help small businesses compete globally.
A Voice for Small-Business Exporters
SBEA represents small and mid-sized exporters within NSBA’s broader small-business advocacy platform. Together, NSBA and SBEA work on federal trade and export policy issues that affect small businesses’ ability to access global markets, compete internationally, and navigate changing trade conditions.
SBEA connects exporter experiences with policy conversations in Congress, the White House, and among trade policy leaders.
- Shapes how easily small businesses can access loans, credit, and investment.
- Determines whether trade, exporting, and government contracting are realistic growth paths.
- Impacts the strength of local economies, infrastructure, and workforce pipelines that small firms depend on.
SBEA Advocacy Priorities
Free Trade Agreements
Free trade agreements can help small businesses access new markets, reduce barriers, and compete more effectively overseas.
View Free Trade Agreements Issue BriefExport-Import Bank
A strong Export-Import Bank helps provide certainty and financing support for small-business exporters competing in the global marketplace.
View Ex-Im Bank Issue BriefTrade Regulations
Trade rules, compliance requirements, and supply chain policies can create real challenges for small exporters. SBEA advocates for policies that recognize the realities facing small businesses.
View Trade Regulations Issue BriefTariff Policy
Tariffs and trade disputes can directly affect small-business costs, pricing, sourcing, and competitiveness. SBEA helps elevate the small-business exporter perspective in these policy conversations.
View Tariff BriefFederal Export Resource
Small businesses need clear, accessible federal export resources to help them navigate global trade opportunities and requirements.
Explore Exporting Resources
SBEA
NEWS | NSBA Submits Comments to USTR on Unfair Practices, Harm in Trade Agreements
NSBA urges the USTR to focus on solutions for unfair, harmful trade agreement practices through work with economic stakeholders - especially
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NEWS | NSBA Closely Monitoring Trump Tariff Announcements
NSBA continues to monitor tariff announcements from the White House, urging leaders from Washington to prioritize Small Business.
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PRESS | NSBA Endorses Legislation to Provide Small Business Exemption on Tariffs
NSBA continues to monitor tariff developments from D.C., urging Congress and Administration to remember how constant shifts in regulations harm small businesses, and supporting legislation to provide an exemption for the nation's most important economic community.
Join the Small Business Exporters Association
Join SBEA to support advocacy for small and mid-sized exporters and stay connected to the trade and export policy issues affecting small businesses.