RE: US Exports

[Trish Winston <TrishWinston@hawaii.rr.com>]

Oh but not in Korea where importation of American films is strictly 
regulated.  IIRC the major film producer is "family" and every effort is 
made to protect the Korean film industry from competition.

Trish

On Sunday, November 04, 2001 16:00, Marc James Small 
[SMTP:msmall@roanoke.infi.net] wrote:
> At 06:34 PM 11/4/01 -0800, Love Shack wrote:
> >  Other then food I do not
> >know what the USA exports to other countries.
>
> Arms sales are a minute portion of US exports.  This information is 
freely
> available at your local library.  A lot of US income is derived from
> "invisible exports" -- financial transactions -- as New York is the
> second-most-important financial center in the world and this brings in 
huge
> chunks of money by itself.  We also export technology -- almost all of 
the
> high-tech gadgetry we buy is made overseas -- but the patents are owned 
in
> the US, a reward for our extensive and intensive research and development
> base.
>
> And then there IS entertainment, a comodity now almost entirely US-owned.
> Every time a Schwarzenegger film is a hit in India or Taiwan or South
> Africa, profits pour into Hollywood, USA.
>
> Food?  Sure, we export some.  But we sell a LOT of other things overseas!
>
> Marc
>
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