Domestic Markets Will Not Sustain Job Creation or Revenue Growth

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What do you get when you combine the services of Pennsylvania’s SBDC and those of the U.S. Commercial Service?

Enable small businesses in the commonwealth to learn more about the benefits and challenges of exporting their products from the United States.

Learn more here.

Acting Globally

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In this case, a state helps small, midsized companies target the China market.

Local small and midsized companies have experience and technologies that can be attractive to Chinese companies, but a lack of resources to explore the international market can hold them back. That's why the state is taking a role in helping these companies identify the right market and find the right partners.

Read all about it here.

Pennyslvania Exports Up 18 Percent

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First of all, Pennsylvania exports are up 18 percent in 2008 versus 2007. Secondly and according to the World Institute for Strategic Economic Research (WISER), Pennsylvania exported $34.4 billion worth of goods in 2008, more than double the total five years ago with the bulk of it going to Canada and Brazil. Lastly, Pennsylvania exports totaled just $16.3 billion in 2003.

The question we have to ask: Is this export momentum sustainable?

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