• Picture 006 low res From left, Chairwoman Deanna Tanner Okun of  USITC, Professor Brad Jensen of McDonough School of Business Georgetown University, Congressman Kevin Brady, and President of CSI Bob Vastine at the Hill Briefing  hosted by the Congressional Services Caucus on October 27,2011.
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    CSI Welcomes Passage of Free Trade Agreements: Historic Vote Will Open Colombia, Korea, Panama Markets to U.S. Service Providers. For a copy of the press release, Click Here



     

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  • The majority of workers in every single U.S. Congressional district is employed in the service sector.

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    Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010

    Click here to see updated Congressional District Employment Data.


    This data shows the vast majority of workers in every Congressional District are employed in services.
    The Services Sector is Driving the American Economy.

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    United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk (left) at the Global Services Summit in Washington, DC on July 20, 2011.
    At right is CSI Chairman Bill Toppeta, President, MetLife International.

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    Congressman Greg Meeks, Co-Chair of the Congressional Services Caucus, addresses the 2011 Caucus kick-off event on Tuesday, February 15, 2011.

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    Congressmen Joseph Crowley (left) and Kevin Brady address the 2011 kick-off event of the Congressional Services Caucus on February 15, 2011.

CSI Welcomes Passage of Free Trade Agreements

 

Historic Vote Will Open Colombia, Korea, Panama Markets to U.S. Service Providers. For a copy of the press release, Click Here.

Interactive Trade Agreements Map

WHAT'S NEW

January 13, 2012

CSI has submitted its response for the request for comment in the Federal Registry on Canada, Japan, and Mexico's bid to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiation. For a copy of the submission, click here.

December 16, 2011

CSI has submitted its response to a request for comment from USTR in regards to Section 1377, concerning compliance with Telecommunications Trade Agreements. For a copy of the submission, click here.

November 21, 2011

The Financial Leaders Working Group and the Global Services Coalition, responding to the G20 Leaders' call at the Cannes Summit for "fresh, credible approaches to furthering negotiations" on global trade, have issued the Statement below on Cross-Border Data Flows and Trade in Services. For a copy of the statement, click here.

November 11, 2011

CSI Welcomes Japan's Interest in TPP. For a copy of the press release, click here

November 10, 2011

CSI Praises Russia WTO Accession Agreement, for a copy of the press release click here.

October 20, 2011

CSI's Middle East and North Africa Task Force has submitted its response to the request for comment in the Federal Registry on the Trade and Investment Partnership for MENA. A special thanks to the chair of the task force, Diana Keegan of MetLife, for her leadership of the project. For a copy of the submission, click here.

October 16, 2011

CSI has co-signed a letter to the Office of Management of Budget, that requests an increase in the deminimis and informal entry levels in the FY2013 Budget. These trade facilitation measures would provide significant benefits to the US Economy, particularly for small and medium businesses, as well as conserving public sector resources. For a copy of the letter, click here.

October 12, 2011

CSI Welcomes Passage of Free Trade Agreements: Historic Vote Will Open Colombia, Korea, Panama Markets to U.S. Service Providers. For a copy of the press release, Click Here.

October 3, 2011

CSI welcomes White House's decision to submit to Congress the pending U.S. free trade agreements. For a copy of the press release, click here.

September 13, 2011

CSI President Bob Vastine writes letter to Deputy USTR Miriam Sapiro to reinforce CSI members concerns about key elements of the Kazakhstan accession to the WTO negotiations regarding local content and visa restrictions applying to energy services. For a copy of the letter, click here.

 

Services Drive Growth

About CSI

CSI is the leading business organization dedicated to the development of U.S. domestic and international policies that enhance the global competitiveness of the U.S. service sector through bilateral, regional, multilateral, and other trade and investment initiatives.
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The Service Economy

Services represents approximately 75% of US economic output and about 80% of US private sector employment. In 2010, US private services exports exceeded $526 billion, and had a services trade surplus of approximately $168 billion.

Services are essential inputs into the production of virtually all products.  The price and quality of services influence costs and productivity in all other sectors in an economy, including manufacturing and agriculture.  Thus, when liberalized and made more efficient, services have a strong effect in the competitiveness of an entire economy.  For more data and statistics on the service economy, click here.