The U.S. Chamber of Commerce recently unveiled TradeRoots.org ^[1] which “is the only sustained, national trade education program dedicated to raising grassroots support and public awareness about the importance of international trade to local communities.” Their “Facts ^[1]” page includes:

Exports have been growing two to three times faster than the economy as a whole.

Over one-fifth of the growth in U.S. GDP depended on exports in 2005.

Jobs supported by goods exports pay 13-18% higher than the average wage.

Small businesses represent 97% of all U.S. exporters, and produced 28.6 percent of the known export value in FY 2004

One in three acres of U.S. agricultural production is exported.