America's high-tech industries are powered by foreign brains.

这些外国人才推动了美国高科技产业的进步。

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Entire economies may even leapfrog from agriculture straight to high-tech industries.

甚至有可能整个国家从农业经济直接转向高科技产业。

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High-tech industries employ only 10% of the workforce but account for 40% of exports.

高科技产业雇佣了10%的劳动力，但占出口额的40%。

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The tech industries are also obviously employing others, such as salespeople, managers, janitors, etc.

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Note that there is likely to be some double-counting of STEM workers working in tech industries.

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But what about those high-tech industries that demand a highly educated and skilled labor force?

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