But Alan Tonelson, who heads the U.S. Business and Industry Council in Washington, D.C., noted that even though exports have been increasing, imports have been keeping pace. In the first six months of the year, U.S. exports totaled roughly $517 billion, up 22 percent from last year’s $422 billion. But imports rose 21 percent, from $772 billion to $937 billion. As long as imports keep rising like that, Tonelson said, growth in exports will not create a net rise in employment.


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