The Challenge to American cities from Global Competition

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1 The Challenge to American cities from Global Competition

2 Strategic Emerging Industries Biotechnology New Energy High-end equipment manufacturing Energy conservation and environmental protection Clean-energy vehicles New materials Next-generation IT

3 The Challenge to American cities from Global Competition Invest in Australia-Victoria-Melbourne

5 US Export Service at Leading Edge of Turmoil From Budget Cuts (Dow Jones)

6 What is the Trade Development Alliance? Ex Officio Partners: WA State Department of Commerce Everett Community College Highline Community College Puget Sound Regional Council University of Washington Clover Park Technical College Washington State University

7 Metro not city The East Side is not known in Hanoi.

9 About Us Mission: To promote the Greater Seattle region to domestic and international markets in areas of business, education, tourism, ports and logistics and coordinate among the major players.

10 The What, Where and How of the Trade Alliance What: Branding the Greater Seattle Region Where: Target Markets How: Marketing Tools

11 Our Tools Outbound Missions Study: Helsinki, Finland Spring 2008 Abu Dhabi & Dubai, UAE, Spring 2009 Daejeon and Seoul, Korea, Spring 2010 Scotland and England, Spring 2011 Business: India, Fall 2006 Southeast Asia, Fall 2007 Northeast China, Fall Study Mission to UAE

12 Our Tools Inbound Delegations and Visitors Doug Kemper, Margaret Jackson (Chair of Qantas Airways Ltd.) and Laura Peterson July 2006 Zhaoqing, China Delegation October 2005

Emerging Markets Environmental Services &

13 Our Tools Publications Sectors Agriculture Architecture, Planning & Engineering Biotechnology Clean Energy Distribution & Logistics Education Emerging Markets Environmental Services & Technology Forestry Health & Medical Information Technology Maritime Outdoor Recreational Equipment Research Specialty Beverages Telecommunications

14 Our Tools Publications Language Arabic Bahasa Malaysia Chinese (Simplified) Chinese (Traditional) English French German Hungarian Indonesian Italian Japanese Korean Polish Portuguese Russian Spanish Tagalog Thai Vietnamese

16 Internationally Tied Washington State exports three times as much as the average state One out of three jobs are dependent on international trade in the region

17 Internationally Tied The Ports of Seattle, Tacoma and Everett are the third-largest container complex in the United States. More than $80 billion worth of goods travel through the ports of Puget Sound each year.

18 Internationally Tied International cargo accounts for 29% of the air cargo through SeaTac, totaling 71,048 metric tons.

of Microsoft s sales are to overseas customers

19 Internationally Tied Seventy percent of Boeing s sales are to overseas customers Sixty percent of Microsoft s sales are to overseas customers Half of Paccar s sales are to overseas customers

20 More than Goods and Cargo Each year, more than 14,000 international students study at our universities, community colleges and other institutions of learning. They bring in more than $300 million to Washington State s economy each year.

21 More than Goods and Cargo Nearly half a million international visitors travel through Washington State each year.

22 More than Goods and Cargo Inward Foreign Investment Internationally-owned local companies employ more than 84,000 people in Washington State Largest Sources of Foreign Investment Japan Canada UK

23 More than Goods and Cargo Inward Foreign Investment Examples include: Dutch ATL Ultrasound in Bothell Deutsche Telekom in Bellevue Downtown hotel owned by Taiwanese Bahrain investment in Bellevue

24 More than Goods and Cargo Over 350 nonprofit organizations and foundations based in Washington State contribute to development throughout the world.

25 More than Goods and Cargo 35% 35 % of Bellevue Residents are Foreign Born

26 International Study Missions Dublin City Hall, Ireland

27 Leadership -Snohomish County Executive Aaron Reardon -Boeing VP Laura Peterson -Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen Goal: Development the most sophisticated civic leadership in the United States

28 International Study Missions Mosque in Abu Dhabi, UAE

29 Metropolitan Economic Strategy 35%

30 Metropolitan Economic Strategy 35%

31 International Regions Benchmarking Consortium 35%

32 Building the Future from a Solid Foundation 35% Bringing Greater Seattle to the world Bringing the world to Greater Seattle

33 Outbound Missions 35% UK International Study Mission Commercialization Waterfront Regeneration Meeting with businesses Recruiting to come here

34 Outbound Missions 35% Targeted business missions Clean Energy Life Sciences

35 Inbound 35% Trade and Business FDI 90 Chinese business and government officials and over 100 Seattle area businesses

36 Foreign Direct Investment 35% Working with EDCs Convening state and others on attracting FDI

37 Convener and Coordinator 35% ISG Sister Cities China group CERB Grants

38 Leveraging 35% The World is getting smaller Seattle is more connected to it than ever

Mission. Trade and. Global Footprint Commerce. Events & Tourism

Mission. Trade and. Global Footprint Commerce. Events & Tourism Mission Making sure the City of Atlanta remains globally competitive has been one of Mayor Kasim Reed s key priorities since taking office in 2010. Re-opening the Office of International Affairs (MOIA)