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Brookings Report Finds that Increasing Exports Leads to Good-Pay Jobs

On July 27, 2010, Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade Sánchez addressed the link between government and local efforts to promote exports, job creation and economic growth, stating that a recent Brookings study of the 100 top metropolitan areas…

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found that increasing the nation’s exports has the potential to generate a significant number of good-paying jobs throughout the U.S. The largest 100 metropolitan areas produce most of the nation’s exports, and strong manufacturing and patent producing metropolitan areas generate the highest share of exports from their output.