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Forum for International Trade Training (www.F**TforTrade.com) —Canada’s Leading Global Business Training Provider.

The Forum for International Trade Training (F**T)
Grow your business/career with confidence with F**Tskills online international business training & certification (fittfortrade.com) The Forum for International Trade Training (F**T) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to providing international business training, resources and professional certification to individuals and businesses. We off

er the only international business training programs and related professional designation (CITP/FIBP) endorsed by the World Trade Centers Association and the Canadian government. And our international business training solutions have become the standard of excellence for global trade professionals across Canada and around the world.

09/02/2026

CITPs aren’t limited to one corner of international trade.

They’re being sought for roles spanning customs and compliance, internationalization, business development, advisory work and more, in organizations around the world.

That breadth reflects the value of the CITP® designation: proven, full-picture expertise across the functions that keep international trade moving.

💼🌎 See where CITP expertise is in demand. Explore the latest opportunities on the TradeReady jobs board (linked in comments) ⬇️

08/28/2026

What does “globally ready” actually look like inside a business?

It’s more than having export ambitions, a promising lead, or a market in mind. The difference shows up in how the business is set up to make decisions, manage risk, and execute.

In Video 4 of our series, F**T President & CEO Caroline Tompkins, CITP, breaks down the signs that an SME is truly ready to compete internationally.

▶️ Watch the full video, then tell us: Which piece of global readiness do you think SMEs struggle with most?

08/25/2026

Prince Khayyam Khan, MEDI, CITP®-FIBP® was already established in his economic development and international trade career when he earned his CITP.

What changed?

His expertise carried more weight.

Colleagues began turning to him for guidance on importing, exporting and international markets. His organization valued the designation. And he was able to build on that credibility through new leadership, teaching and advisory opportunities.

For Prince, the CITP became leverage for what came next.

Swipe through his story. ➡️

08/20/2026

As a product travels through the supply chain it doesn’t just move across borders, it moves through risk after risk.

Sourcing ->cold chain ->customs ->inventory ->compliance ->delivery

One weak link in the chain affects the whole operation. ⛓️💥

Next week, Toufik Amrani, CITP joins us for this month’s F**Tskills Live webinar to break down how these pieces connect, using the seafood supply chain as a real-world example.

The industry may be seafood. The lessons are for anyone moving physical products internationally.

See how the decisions behind the shipment apply to your business.

Register now ➡️ https://eu1.hubs.ly/H0xHkSx0

**TskillsLive

08/17/2026

Don’t just learn about international trade.

Learn how to do it.

How to assess whether a market makes sense.
How to understand the risks before they become expensive.
How to work with partners, documents, regulations, logistics, finance, and strategy.
How to make better decisions when the answer is rarely one-size-fits-all.

That’s what F**Tskills is built for.

Each course helps you build practical skills you can carry into your work, the kind that stay with you long after the course is done.

At the end of each course you can validate what you’ve learned through assessments that lead to recognized F**T credentials, including the F**T Certificate in International Trade and F**T Diploma in International Trade.

Because in global trade, confidence doesn’t come from knowing the terms.

It comes from knowing what to do next.

Explore F**Tskills training ➡️ https://eu1.hubs.ly/H0xHqlS0

**TskillsAdvantage

08/11/2026

A seafood shipment has a lot to teach us about logistics.

At the next F**Tskills Live webinar Toufik Amrani, CITP will unpack what happens between sourcing a product overseas and getting it successfully to market, taking us all the way through from logistics to compliance to inventory management to delivery.

The example may be seafood, but the lessons apply to anyone moving products across borders.

Come see what one supply chain can teach you about yours.

Register here➡️ https://eu1.hubs.ly/H0xzYcw0

**TskillsLive

08/05/2026

🚢 What does it really take to move a product from an international supplier to the customer?
Well, it’s a lot more than shipping.

Join us for the next F**Tskills Live webinar, featuring Toufik Amrani, CITP, as we go behind the scenes of global procurement and logistics through a real-world seafood supply chain case study.

We’ll explore how sourcing, inbound logistics, processing, storage, inventory planning, compliance, customs and market delivery all connect—and what happens when one link in that chain breaks.

The examples come from seafood and food production, but the lessons apply to any business trading physical products internationally.

📅 Tuesday, August 25, 2026
⏰ 12:00–12:45 p.m. ET / 1:00–1:45 p.m. AT
🎤 30-minute presentation and discussion + 15-minute live Q&A

Registration is now open. Save your spot and join us on the logistics frontline
➡️ https://eu1.hubs.ly/H0xtjPq0

**TskillsLive

07/31/2026

The China opportunity is changing.🔄

Chinese companies are looking beyond manufacturing and searching for distributors and agents who can help them win abroad. That creates a very different kind of opportunity, with higher stakes, greater potential and plenty of ways to get it wrong.

This article explores what it takes to move from buyer to market-entry partner, and why the shift could change how you approach your next deal.

Read the full story linked in comments ⬇️

07/29/2026

Presenting the F**T Educational Awards is one of the highlights of our year. 🎉

It's a chance to celebrate the remarkable learners at our Educational Partner institutions whose hard work, dedication and achievement have truly set them apart, and to recognize the schools and educators supporting them along the way.

We are incredibly proud to introduce the winners of the F**T Educational Awards for the 2025 academic year:

🏆Student of the Year, presented in partnership with Export Development Canada - Exportation et développement Canada, achieving the highest overall grade point average - Ya-Han Yang, Canadian College

🏆🏆International Sales and Marketing Plan Award, achieving the highest grade for a completed sales and marketing plan - Mark Anthony Daluz & Angelica Ngo, Sault College of Applied Arts and Technology

🏆International Business Plan Award, achieving the highest grade for a completed international business plan - Tarun Atal, Georgian College

🏆F**T Achievement Award selected by committee for a combination of community involvement and academic success - Grade Okaredi, Manitoba Institute of Trades and Technology

Congratulations to every recipient on this well-earned achievement. Your commitment to your studies and to building the skills needed to succeed in international business deserves to be celebrated. 👏🌎

We are so happy to recognize your accomplishments and cannot wait to see where they take you next.

07/28/2026

Two professional communities with a lot to learn from each other are coming closer together. 🤝

After years of collaboration, F**T is proud to announce a new industry alliance with CITT, Canada’s Logistics Association.

Together, we’ll create more opportunities for our communities to build skills, validate their expertise, make valuable professional connections and learn across closely connected areas of international trade. ↪️🌎↩️

As global trade becomes more complex, professionals benefit from understanding how decisions across markets, logistics and supply chains affect the bigger picture. This partnership will help bring that expertise and experience together.

We’re excited for what’s ahead.

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