Thats projected to double by the year 2030. At the same time, agoa, the african growth and opportunity act, has allowed more than 6400 african products to reach american customers duty free supporting african jobs and industry, training, ranging from vehicles to vegetables. So 2010 nonoil exports from subsahara and africa to the United States have almost quadrupled. I see no reason why, this is not hyperbole, i see no reason why trade and investment between the United States should not double, triple, quadruple in the decades ahead, but to get there each of us has a whole lot of work to do and no one knows that better than the people, particularly the heads of state, sitting in this audience. To start, American Businesses have to show up. My dad used to say to me as a young man, he said, joey, half of winning is just showing up. American businesses have to show up, and they are showing up. And theyre doing it in greater and greater numbers. To compete alongside indian, chinese, Europea
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