Briefly: Franklin firm expands World Trade Center ties

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Robert Thompson

Franklin-based CenTradeX, which provides global and U.S. trade data for use by more than 300 members of the New York City-based World Trade Centers Association, has obtained an additional WTCA endorsement.

CenTradeX Founder and CEO Robert Thompson told NashvillePost.com that his firm is now also authorized to market its Web site- and database-development services to WTCA members in 85 nations, with the association's stamp of approval.

CenTradeX's relationship with WTCA began with the introduction of Thompson's SEEDS Trade Intelligence System.

Dean Peterson, head of Nashville's U.S. Department of Commerce Export Assistance Center, is quoted in CenTradeX materials as saying, "No other database systematically integrates U.S. export, import, and trade balance data at the detailed product/commodity level with globally-sourced international trade data... CenTradeX is a major breakthrough in international market research and global prospecting."