It is just one part of a much broader US assistance efforts.
The United States is the largest single country donor of trade capacity building assistance.
Total United States funding for trade capacity building activities in FY2005 was $1.3 billion, up from $903 million in the prior year.
At the WTO Ministerial in Hong Kong, Ambassador Portman announced plans to more than double US contributions to global Aid for Trade, from $1.3 billion in 2005 to $2.7 billion in grants annually by 2010.
Office of the United States Trade Representative