The worldwide export ban was imposed in March 1996, in response to the announcement of a suspected link between BSE in cattle and the human equivalent of the disease, CJD.

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He may or may not spell it out, but there is an underlying sense from this White House, as much as the last, of that contradictory feeling that American exceptionalism is a worldwide export.

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The FDA's just-announced import ban on some farm-raised seafood from China, based on its concerns about chemical residues, attracted bad press for Asia's export powerhouse and was more bad news for the worldwide fisheries industry.

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According to one industry assessment the U.S. space industry, including its supplier chain, remains disadvantaged by current satellite export controls, noting that the U.S. held 73 percent of the worldwide share of satellite exports in 1995 but by 2005 that number had fallen a staggering 25 percent.

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Even though there might be plenty of people who enjoy these wines, which then act as a gateway to higher-end bottles (New Zealand sales are still trending up, worldwide, anywhere from 10% to 35%, depending on the export destination), quality-driven producers and industry watchers have a much more grave outlook.

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Add those export tons with the amount of coal burned domestically, and the amount of American coal being burned a year worldwide has barely budged at all.

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