Union leaders attacked the interest rate rise, warning that firms will find it more difficult to expand and export.

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Bangladesh has a limited number of export goods and is keen to expand its range.

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China's economy would probably still expand by around 8-9% even if export growth dried up.

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So our engagement there, the President's engagement in the region, is focused on making sure that countries are pursuing balanced growth going forward, opening their economies, allowing us to expand our exports to the region and create more export-related jobs here at home.

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The fact is, even in this depressed world situation, economies that are export oriented, high-tech and can expand domestic services - including mixed-economy health services - are growing.

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Brazil could expand output much more, but will do so only when export markets are less unpredictable.

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The market access and trade disciplines provided by the Agreement offer an opportunity to further expand U.S. exports to a region that is already seeing high export growth rates.

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Moreover, Chinese officials in July increased the scope of export quotas to include other rare earth minerals, and there are rumors that they will expand these restrictions yet again to cover certain processed alloys.

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Today, the company's biggest export market is Mexico, followed by the UK and Japan, and it is now looking to expand to India.

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