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Test your trade IQ.

1:  What percentage of U.S. exporters are small and medium-size businesses?
14%
37%
72%
97%
 
2:  International trade raises the average American family’s “purchasing power” (much like a tax cut) every year, enough to buy:
An MP3 player ($100)
A TV ($500)
A really nice TV ($1,000)
A car ($9,000)
 
3:  How much did the U.S. export in goods and services in 2005?
$2.4 billion
$50 billion
$451.9 billion
$1.3 trillion
 
4: 

How much of the U.S. Gross Domestic Product was generated by exports in 2005?
10%
17%
26%
50%
 

5:  How many U.S. jobs are supported by manufacturing products for export?
500,000 -- the population of the state of Wyoming
2.7 million -- the population of Phoenix + San Antonio
5.2 million -- the population of LA + Philadelphia
8.1 million -- the population of New York City
 
 
 
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