Testiony of Mr. Drew Greenblatt, President, Marlin Steel Wire Products LLC (Baltimore, MD), on behalf of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, at the House Committee on Small Business hearing on Evaluating the Impact of Small Business Trade Policy on Job Creation and Economic Growth on April 28, 2010.
- Small Business and TradeTwo quick facts from TradeRoots Liz Reilly on international trade and Small/Medium sized enterprises.
- Trade, SMEs and South Korea Paul Hodges from Hodges Warehouse + Logistics talks about how connections with South Korean companies has been an integral part of our success in this century and the importance of the passing the free trade agreement with South Korea.
- Faces of Trade - It Straps On Steve Smith, Owner of It Straps On talks about how trade stimulates the economy and jobs.
- Whether businesses are large or small, studies show that firms that export tend to grow faster, hire more, and pay better wages than those that do not.
- Over the past 25 years, the United States has negotiated free trade agreements (FTAs) with 17 countries around the globe. The results are amazing.
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One in 10 - Labor’s NAFTA Fantasy an Indulgence U.S. Cannot Afford
by Patrick Kilbride It’s time to quit indulging the labor unions’ international trade fantasy. Jobs are at stake. A recent U.S. Chamber of Commerce study shows that 14 million U.S. jobs depend on trade with NAFTA partners Canada and Mexico alone. That’s 14 million out of a total of 140 million working Americans. One in 10. Think about that this Memorial Day Weekend, as you sit on the beach, barbeque with the neighbors, go to the park… Look around: one in 10 of your fellow Americans goes to work, collects a paycheck, due to trade with Canada and Mexico. I thought about that when I read yesterday that Senator Blanche Lincoln was under attack in Arkansas by the AFL-CIO for her support of the North American Free Trade Agreement. Under attack for supporting an agreement that supports one in 10 U.S. jobs… The U.S. Department of Commerce paints an even brighter picture for manufacturing workers in Arkansas: “One-seventh (14.2 percent) of all manufacturing workers in Arkansas depend on exports for their jobs.” Hey, AFL-CIO. Maybe a “thank you” is in...
- The President has hit a double The President has hit a double, but he has yet to score on trade. First, he set a great goal in his State of the Union address - doubling exports in five years. It's achievable - we've done it before, and we can do it again...
- Chamber Plan to Double Exports In his 2010 State of the Union address, President Barack Obama said: "We will double our exports over the next five years, an increase that will support two million jobs in America." The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has welcomed this goal...
- Chamber Plan to Double Exports (Speech) We need an aggressive strategy to open markets and compete in the new global economy. Our goal should be nothing less than to double U.S. exports around the world within five years...
