27 Quotes About Exports

  • Author Thomas L. Friedman
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    Goods are traded, but services are consumed and produced in the same place. And you cannot export a haircut. But we are coming close to exporting a haircut, the appointment part. What kind of haircut do you want? Which barber do you want? All those things can and will be done by a call center far away.

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  • Author Sarah Palin
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    Oil and coal? Of course, it's a fungible commodity and they don't flag, you know, the molecules, where it's going and where it's not [...]. So, I believe that what Congress is going to do, also, is not to allow the export bans to such a degree that it's Americans that get stuck to holding the bag without the energy source that is produced here, pumped here.

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  • Author George Buckley
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    If you look at the underlying numbers you'll see that underlying trade has improved. It looks like exports have improved quite a bit.

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  • Author Jay Bryson
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    Imports are about twice as large as exports, so just to stabilize the deficit, exports have to grow twice as fast. That's a pretty tall order. Then you throw oil on top of it.

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  • Author Richard Boucher
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    The goal here is not to put someone on or off the hook ... stop exports of missiles. That's what really matters and that's what we have achieved.

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  • Author David Cohen
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    Exports held up at a solid increase and imports have been in a more moderate range, after skyrocketing in the middle of the year.

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  • Author David Cohen
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    Exports are susceptible to the pharmaceuticals number, which is volatile from month to month.

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  • Author David Cohen
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    The improvement in exports has been shared by regional neighbors. The electronics sector has been picking up in the region and the rest of the world, and that's one more sign that is continuing.

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