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Risk Assessment & Partner Protection
for U.S. Companies Exporting Worldwide
MTW GROUP USA, LLC
MTW GROUP USA, LLC
ExportShield™ is a preventive risk management service designed to protect U.S. companies from critical mistakes during the early stages of international market entry.
Protect today what will build
your business tomorrow
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20+ Year of Experience
Appointed by AmCham Italy
Published on HBR for 10+ yrs.
Supporting companies
in expanding their business globally
Appointed by American Chamber of Commerce in Italy as Florida Representative
Our insights have been featured in Harvard Business Review
ExportShield™ allows you to:
ExportShield™ is designed to:
ExportShield™ ideal for:
- U.S. mid-sized companies expanding internationally
- Companies in early-stage export agreements
- Organizations evaluating:
- New international buyers
- Global distributors
- Distribution agreements
- International partnerships
- Prevent irreversible strategic mistakes
- Protect long-term market access
- Enable informed, data-driven decisions
- Drastically reduce strategic exposure
- Evaluate partner reliability
- Identify contractual risks
- Prevent market access limitations
- Protect the long-term strategic value of your international expansion
A Shield for Your Global Business
Each ExportShield™ report is delivered within 3–5 business days and assessed using the MTW GROUP USA Risk Score,
which includes:
Partner Reliability Score
Measures the overall reliability of the counterparty through analysis of:
- Financial strength
- Corporate structure
- Operating history
- Market reputation
- Presence of potential red flags
Contract Risk Level
Evaluates the level of contractual exposure derived from:
- Critical clauses
- Scope and duration of exclusivity agreements
- Territorial restrictions
- Termination conditions
- Lock-in risks that may limit future control of the market
Overall Strategic Risk
Provides a consolidated view of the overall risk of entrusting international market development to a specific counterparty, evaluating the probability that such decision could compromise long-term project sustainability and defensibility.
Market Access Risk
Analyzes the risk of losing control over:
- Market access
- Distribution channels
- End-customer relationships
- Go-to-market structure defined by the partner or distributor
Special Offer
$ 999
Protect today what will build
your International business tomorrow
Within just a few days, ExportShield™ analyzes partner reliability, contractual risk exposure, and the actual level of control over market access, delivering a clear, structured, decision-ready risk evaluation.
The result is not an opinion.
It is a measured risk assessment.
Entering international markets is not only a matter of product or demand.
In global markets, the real risk is not whether you will sell, but through whom and under what conditions.
Many companies lose control of their international expansion projects not because the market does not respond, but because they delegate commercial development too early to partners, buyers, or distributors without proper preventive evaluation.
Signing without protection creates exposure.
Signing with clarity builds long-term enterprise value.
A wrong agreement
can mean:
> Loss of direct access to the end customer
> Contractual constraints that are difficult or impossible to reverse
> Poorly structured territorial exclusivity agreements
> Operational restrictions that can compromise future growth
ExportShield™ exists for this reason.
It is a preventive risk management service designed to protect companies before signing international commercial agreements.
ExportShield™
allows you to:
> Understand whether a partner is truly reliable
> Know exactly what you are giving up — and what you could be losing
> Structure market entry in a progressive and defensible way
> Avoid mistakes that, once signed, become irreversible
ExportShield™ stands between your company and international market risk.
Before you commit your commercial future to an agreement, know exactly what is at risk.
Request a Risk Assessment & Partner Protection Review
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