This document discusses a proposed strategic alliance to export products to Europe and serve the growing European market. The strategic partner was evaluated and found to have good financial capacity and a robust local market. However, it was discovered that the partner had not opened its market to Europe as expected. They only exported their own products without expanding market access. As a result, the decision was made to not pursue the strategic alliance, but instead contact a distributor directly in Europe to introduce products at favorable prices and gain a foothold in the new market before designing an expansion strategy.