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[[Karan Bhatia, Vice-President of Global Government Affairs and Policy, GE]]
[International markets are critical to our company and to our country's growth. ]
[The fastest-growing markets in the world are outside of the United States.]
[More than 95% of the world's consumers reside outside of the United States,]
[so if we're going to grow and grow as fast and effectively as we need to, ]
[we're going to have to be able to effectively compete in international markets. ]
[[Ed Gerwin, Senior Fellow for Trade and Global Economic Policy, Third Way]]
[Exporting is crucial to the American economy because it helps us ]
[tap into growth in foreign markets. ]
[You know, a famous bank robber once said that he robbed banks]
[because that's where the money is. ]
[Well, the United States needs to export because that's where the economic growth is. ]
[[Bill Lane, Washington Director for Governmental Affairs, Caterpillar]]
[Over half of what we make in the United States, we export. And over the last 4 years, ]
[over half of what we export we've exported to non-OECD countries. ]
[So it's just absolutely critical, if you want to keep growing, if you want to be part of]
[the very dynamic economy right now, you need to export. ]
[[Jay Timmons, President and CEO, National Association of Manufacturers]]
[Exporting means jobs. Manufacturing means jobs. And the more products that we]
[manufacture in the United States, the more jobs we create for Americans. ]
[The more markets that we have access to, the more exports ]
[that we can send to those markets. ]
[If we are not aggressive in doubling or even going beyond doubling]
[our exports from this country, the United States will be at a severe competitive disadvantage.]
[[John Rice, Vice-Chairman, President & CEO of Global Growth & Operations, GE]]
[Manufacturing is really important because in addition to the work that gets done]
[in an Erie or an Evendale, Ohio, or Greenville, South Carolina, ]
[producing a locomotive, a jet engine, or a gas turbine, ]
[There are many jobs that feed into those big assembly or manufacturing operations. ]
[I think it's really important for us to be good at manufacturing, and we are. ]
[We have world-class manufacturing operations in a lot of our businesses. ]
[We can move goods around. We can develop capabilities which we're good at]
[and take advantage of capabilities that might exist in another place,]
[and at the end of the day, this is about creating economic value and creating jobs. ]
[It's important that we create jobs in the United States. ]
