Recently Doug Hundt, President of Underground Solutions at Vermeer Corporation, testified in front of the members of the Trade Subcommittee in Washington, D.C. Doug oversee the underground and excavation segments, as well as international entities and emerging markets. Doug spoke to the committee about the challenges that Vermeer and virtually all other U.S. companies have. Language, cultural differences, currency, differences in laws and contracts, distance, time zones and political risks, which are a part of doing business with any foreign country.