And Russia, the world's leading exporter of nuclear technology, has reaped the benefits.
The Philippines is the world's leading exporter of nurses, yet continues to have more nurses per person than Spain or Japan.
In this case, it's because of a long-standing rivalry between Venezuela and the Arab nations, particularly the leading exporter, Saudi Arabia.
In the process, it has spawned a vibrant marketplace of ideas and helped America become the leading exporter of expressive works on the planet.
As a leading exporter of fossil fuels, Russia may well play a stabilizing role in global energy markets, despite its purported truculence in recent years.
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The German economy - the fifth largest economy in the world in PPP terms and Europe's largest - is a leading exporter of machinery, vehicles, chemicals, and household equipment and benefits from a highly skilled labor force.
Though huge offshore oil discoveries in 2007 ensure that the country will become a leading energy exporter, its economy is well diversified.
In a sharp reversal of the 1930s, Texas and the Sun Belt have supplanted the Golden State as a magnet for jobs and people, while California has become America's leading labor exporter.
"From supporting the training and finances of an Olympic athlete to building industrial parks and helping Cambodia become a leading rice exporter, we want to invest in areas that Cambodians take pride in, " said Marvin Yeo, the co-founder of Frontier Investment Partners.
The Tories are also keen, and say they want Britain to become Europe's leading high-tech exporter (Germany might have something to say about that).
It doesn't have to import the bulk of its food, and when demand for agricultural commodities rises as incomes rise, Brazil is ready as the world's leading sugar, coffee, beef and chicken exporter.
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