U.S. EMPLOYMENT TRENDS

Obama -- How to Improve the Bleak US Jobs Picture? Multiply!

“I just came back from a trip to Asia in which one of my highest priorities was discussing how we can increase exports into that region. If we could just increase our exports by 5 percent into that region, that would mean hundreds of thousands of well-paying jobs.”
–President Obama, November 23, 2009

U.S. goods exports to Pacific Rim countries, year-to-date, 2009: $168.885 billion

Five percent of that total: $8.44 billion

U.S. goods imports from Pacific Rim countries, year-to-date, 2009: $406.93 billion

Five percent of that total: $20.34 billion

trade barriers faced by U.S. exports to Pacific Rim markets: fill 173 pages in latest U.S. government report on foreign trade barriers

trade barriers faced by U.S. exports to U.S. markets: 0

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