U.S. economic growth and job creation depend on our ability to sell American goods and services to the 95% of the world’s customers living outside our borders. Yet there are restrictions and tariffs, often in the double digits, that create an uneven playing field for U.S. companies and workers operating in a global marketplace. We can level the playing field, and the first step lies with Congress.

By approving Trade Promotion Authority (TPA), also called “fast track,” Congress has the opportunity to open up even more overseas markets to U.S. companies.

# 1: Trade Supports Growth and Jobs

• Outside of our borders are markets that represent 80% of the world’s purchasing power, 92% of its economic growth, and 95% of its consumers.
• Trade already supports 38 million American jobs.
• One in three manufacturing jobs depends on exports, and one in three acres on American farms is planted for export.
• U.S. services exports top $600 billion, leading the world rankings.

# 2: Trade is Vital to Small Business

• More than 97% of the 300,000 U.S. companies that export their products are small and medium-sized companies.
• Small firms account for more than one-third of all U.S. merchandise exports.