Title: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: U.S. and EU Export Activities, and Barriers and Opportunities Experienced by U.S. Firms

Abstract: This report examines the extent and composition of U.S. exports by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and factors that may disproportionately impede U.S. SME exports. It compares the exporting activities of SMEs in the United States with those of SMEs in the European Union (EU); describes barriers and costs associated with exporting, as reported by U.S. SMEs; and identifies the benefits to U.S. SMEs from improvements to the exporting environment resulting from free trade agreements (FTAs) and other trading arrangements…

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Publication ID: 101

Category Description: International Trade and related Economic Statistics

Publication Type: Book

Inistitute: USITC

Year: 2010

Month: July

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Author 1: Justino De La Cruz

Author 2: James Stamps

Author 3:Laura Bloodgood

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Link: http://www.usitc.gov/publications/332/pub4169.pdf

Tags: cross-border trade , data gaps on SME exports of services , foreign affiliate sales , Sectoral analysis , SME exporters' growth , SME trade , tradable services , trade barriers ,

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