News

2017

  • WTC SAN DIEGO COMMENTS ON EFFECTS OF TRADE POLICY - A trade war is brewing inside the White House between rival camps By Don Lee, Contact Reporter Soon after President Trump took office, an executive order was quietly drafted to suspend talks with China on an obscure but potentially far-reaching treaty about bilateral inves... more

  • PUBLIC INVITED TO OPEN HOUSE ON PORT MASTER PLAN - SAN DIEGO, CA, USA - The Port of San Diego invites the public to attend an Open House to learn about and discuss the Port Master Plan Update. The Port has been conducting an Integrated Planning initiative that spans 6,000 acres of land and water with the goal of setting a blue... more

  • PORT OF SD INVOLVES COMMUNITY IN DEVELOPMENT PLANS - SAN DIEGO, CA, USA - Building upon the feedback from its February 16, 2017 community workshop, the Port of San Diego invites the public to a second community workshop for feedback on potential future improvements to the North Embarcadero. The second community workshop will foc... more

  • WTCSD LICENSEE WINS ENVIRONMENTAL EXCELLENCE AWARD - SAN DIEGO, CA, USA - The National Association of Environmental Professionals (NAEP) has selected the Port of San Diego’s Integrated Planning Vision for the Environmental Excellence Award for Public Involvement/Partnership. The Port of San Diego, co-owner of the WTC San Diego ... more

  • WTC San Diego welcomes largest maritime conference - SAN DIEGO, CA, USA - Like CES for maritime… San Diego welcomed the world's leading marine science and ocean technology exhibition and conference this week. Oceanology International (OI) – launched in London in 1969 – kicked off its first North American conference at the San Di... more

  • WTC San Diego helps VAVi overcome global obstacle - SAN DIEGO, CA, USA - EDC investor and recreational sporting events organizer VAVi Sport & Social Club was looking to make a big splash at its first major international competition: a 20,000-person obstacle course and race in Sydney, Australia. Little did VAVi know its ship... more

  • Trump's Trade Policy Impacts San Diego - By Nikia Clarke, executive director of WTC San Diego and Peter Cowhey, interim executive vice chancellor for Academic Affairs at UC San Diego During his first week in office President Trump made many bold moves, including an executive order to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific... more

  • San Diego: Regional Socioeconomic Disparities - SAN DIEGO, CA, USA -Often hidden behind San Diego’s pristine beaches and thriving regional economy are the socioeconomic disparities that exist across the county’s 18 cities. As an organization that aims to support growth of San Diego’s regional economy, EDC understands the ... more

2016

  • EDC & WTC's 2016: Connecting San Diego - SAN DIEGO, CA, USA - Connections: a simple word that takes on different meanings, but for EDC, it describes both what we do and how we do it. In 2016, we were all about connecting... Connecting companies to global markets. Connecting business to opportunities. And connecting w... more

  • SD Brewery Scores Big at MetroConnect PitchFest - SAN DIEGO, CA, USA - To propel San Diego into the global marketplace, WTC San Diego, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Councilmember Mark Kersey, new Stone Brewing CEO Dominic Engels and nearly 200 business and community leaders awarded the MetroConnect Grand Prize to Rough Draft Brew... more