Made In The USA: An Export Boom In his State of the Union address two years ago,

Made In The USA: An Export Boom

In his State of the Union address two years ago,President Obama argued that in order to recover from the economic recession,one of the few things the U．S. needed to do was toexport more goods around the world. That night, the president unveiled a newgoal: to double U．S. exports over the next five years. Itwould be an increase that the president said would “support two million jobs inAmerica.”

Most economists dismissed the promise at the time assomething unrealistic, but two years later, the U．S. ison pace to meet that goal. American exports are up 34 percent since thepresident gave that speech, and the number continues to rise.

Competitive In A Global Market

Marlin Steel, a metal working business in Baltimore,makes parts that ship all across the world. “We export to 36 countries，” owner Drew Greenblatt tells All Things ConsideredHost Guy Raz. “We're working around the clock, and we're growing.”

It's not just advanced manufacturing exports on therise, but pork, cattle and all kinds of agricultural exports are up as well.Even American craft beer has found an export market.

Flying Dog CEO Jim Caruso says that increasingly,people all over the world are trying the beer from the Maryland-based brewery.Caruso says，“Even in those top beer-producingcountries, a competitive American product is finding a market.”

Services Are Exports, Too

Another place exports are coming from is New YorkCity—in particular, the 30th floor of a Manhattan skyscraper on 5th Avenue and52nd Street. That's where the consulting firm Kurt Solomon lies. It doesn'tactually produce a product for export; it provides management advice andstrategy.

“Four out of every five Americans is now employed inthe service industry，” the nation's top trade official, Ron Kirksays, “Services are a significant part of our exports, and make up about aquarter of our exported goods.” These services can include everything fromlegal consulting, finance, information technology and even engineering.

And There Are Other Factors

So why has there been an increase of more than 30percent for exports in almost everything? Part of the increase, at least forthe manufacturing side, is due to better technology, says Tyler Cowen, aneconomist. “A lot of it is being driven by smart machines，” he tells Raz，“The U．S. has high wage rates, which is a disadvantage, butif machines are doing a lot of the work, that doesn't matter.”

China factors a lot in America's export economy, too.“Wages in China have been going up as the country becomes more productive. ThusChina is losing the cheap labor advantage it has held for some time.” Cowensays.

Will Jobs Grow, too?

“Companies have become more productive by dismissingworkers and lowering costs.” Cowen says. “So I don't view exporting as a way ofcreating a very large number of jobs, but it will create more profits.”

So not every business or worker is necessarilybenefiting from the export boom in the U．S., and Cowensays that could ultimately lead to a polarization (两极) of economic outcomes.

Made In the USA: An Export Boom

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 recovery

 jobs

 by

 benefit　

 Factors

 Competitive

 located/based　

 accounting

 Machines

 advantage

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