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Exports, and their promotion, are a crucial component of economic recovery in the United States. By seizing opportunities in new markets, firms can create jobs and help boost the country’s competitiveness in the global economy. Brookings analyses on the export sector explore these goals and what can be done to achieve them at the federal, state and regional levels.

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How Good Export Data Inspires Action

September 17, 2013, Brad McDearman and Ryan Donahue

Knowledge is power, the saying goes, and the truism holds for exporting goods and services. Without a keen understanding of export data and regional economic strengths and weaknesses it is difficult to craft a regional economic development strategy truly tailored to local conditions.

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Metropolitan Export Plans

The Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookings has developed the Metropolitan Export Initiative, a ground-up collaborative effort to help regional civic, business, and political leaders, with their states, create and implement customized Metropolitan Export Plans (MEPs).

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