Secretary Locke Kicks Off New Markets, New Jobs Export Tour in Minneapolis

Submitted on February 17, 2011 - 4:15pm
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Locke on podium at tour event

U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke traveled to Minneapolis, MN, today to launch the inaugural New Markets, New Jobs National Export Initiative Small Business conference.  Joined by U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk, Small Business Administration Administrator Karen Mills, Export-Import Bank Chairman Fred Hochberg, Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Kathleen Merrigan, Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton, and Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak, Locke discussed the importance of exports to America’s economic recovery and job creation, and the resources that the government is providing to connect small- and medium-sized businesses with foreign buyers in order to help them sell more overseas and hire more at home.

Announced on the one-year anniversary of President Obama’s National Export Initiative, New Markets, New Jobs is a year-long, interagency, multi-city outreach campaign designed to proactively bring government services to businesses across the country that are interested in exporting.  After Minneapolis, the tour will make stops in Los Angeles, Louisiana, and Wilmington, DE.  Remarks

USTR Ambassador Ron Kirk Audience listening to speaker Panel members at table Rybak in audience SBA Administrator Karen Mills Photo of Sec. Locke and Gov. Dayton

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More Jobs......For China

Submitted on February 18, 2011 - 5:49pm.

It sounds like a band road tour. What exactly is this going to accomplish by way of bringing jobs to Americans?

Increasing exports creates jobs

Submitted on March 1, 2011 - 6:34pm.

The more American companies export, the more they produce. The more they produce, the more workers they need. And that means jobs. Good paying jobs here at home.

Consider that exports directly support nearly 10 million U.S. jobs.

Or that one in three manufacturing jobs and almost one in five agricultural jobs are tied directly to exports.

And these are good-paying jobs that pay 15 percent more than the typical wage in America, exactly the type of jobs we need a lot more of.