About the founder

Mr. de Leon is the Founder and President of Trade Connections International, a Washington, DC based international trade and business development consultancy which assists US companies work abroad, and foreign companies work in the US.


Trade Connections International elaborates business, marketing, project management and public relations strategies, seeks financing for projects, and gathers critical information for its clients.

Monday, November 30, 2009

Growth Obstacles Facing Financial Outsourcing

 In a world of globalization, some countries that are losing their competitiveness and feeling that their national security is at stake are resorting to protectionism. This article focuses on the need to have outsourcing, such as financial outsourcing, to be seen as a positive development and stresses the need to establish safeguards to prevent defense mechanisms from being used such as protectionism.

This article was written for and published by the Chinese publication Global Outsourcing Resources. Click HERE to read this article.

Sunday, November 29, 2009

Interdependence, Integration and Investment: The Ineluctable Need to Find New Emerging Oil Players

This article elaborates on why oil is here to stay and on the world's on-going efforts to find new oil partners.

This article was written for and published by OilPrice.com. Click HERE to read this article.

Friday, November 20, 2009

CrossTalk: Obama takes on Chinese Red Dragon

RT - November 20, 2009 - China has arrived in a big way. Peter Lavelle asks his guests whether the world should embrace China's rising or whether we should expect a major reordering of the international system.



de Leon: It's all a gas game

The United States wants to create a committee that would regulate energy transactions between the European Union and Russia to determine whether or not certain deals are legal. RT's Dina Gusovsky speaks to Trade Connections International president Philip de Leon about why the U.S. is involving itself in this process.


Saturday, November 7, 2009

Russia: Then and Now

Philip H. de Leon spent ten years with the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Business Information Service for the Newly Independent States (BISNIS) in Washington, DC rising to the position of Director. He is now President of Trade Connections International, a Washington, DC based international trade & business development consultancy that assists companies work abroad and foreign companies work in the United States. In his presentation, he elaborates on the dramatic changes Russia has experienced since the break-up of the Soviet Union and on the evolution of the business environment.

Sunday, November 1, 2009

Discussion panel on Russia: Then & Now

Washington, DC - November 2009