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Exports: Its Business Not Government

Originally published in Japan Today, February 4, 2011. Used with permission of Michael R. Czinkota and Japan Today.

Exports were mentioned in U.S. President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address. Such U.S. presidential attention tends to be very special. However, there was virtually no focus on what needs to be done and how goals can be achieved. Though exports have no party affiliation, the policies leading to them do.

The U.S. economy needs a boost. Though the world may count on the U.S. import locomotive, this time around, U.S. exports need to have global priority. In the 10 years from 2000 to 2009, ...

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