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These state-by-state TradeRoots reports show the enormous benefits of the international marketplace for each state economy.

  • TRADE means jobs for local communities throughout the United States.
  • TRADE means more business opportunities for small and medium-size firms across America.
  • TRADE means increased manufacturing for potential all key industrial sectors from chemicals and computers to machinery and transportation.
  • TRADE means more sales revenue to supplement the tax base of each state to fund community assets like roads and schools.
As these reports demonstrate, embracing international trade has bolstered the economic prosperity of companies from all 50 states. Nearly every state in the country exported at least a billion dollars worth of goods to markets overseas. These exports create thousands of jobs as local export-oriented businesses work to fulfill customers' orders around the world.
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