Fun Facts:

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Fun Facts

• One-sixth of Gross Domestic Product

• 60 gt retail

• 90 gt transportation utilities

• 130 gt construction, mining agriculture

2
Standing alone, it is

• The worlds 5th largest economy
• Larger than the economies of

-France
-China
-Canada and Mexico combined
3

• Manufacturing is responsible for three quarters
  of all exports
• Manufacturing is responsible for two-thirds of
  all R D

-Agriculture 50billion/yearly
-Manufacturing 50billion/monthly
4

• Manufacturing employs 16 million people

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1. Reduce the costs of doing business in the US

• NAM Study
• 22 cost disadvantages vs. trading
  partners

• Taxes

• Health Care (1/6 of GDP)

• Regulations
• --180 billion cost of regulation
• --32 billion workplace
• --Highest environmental costs